Live Results: Whittaker Vs. Gavazi

Ben Whittaker makes his extremely anticipated debut with Matchroom tonight in opposition to Benjamin Gavazi on this tune-level primary occasion for the vacant WBC Silver mild heavyweight title.

Whittaker (9-0-1, 6 KOs) plans on utilizing this combat as a showcase for followers on DAZN in opposition to Gavazi (19-1, 13 KOs). Tonight’s occasion is on the Nationwide Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham, England. It’ll be proven dwell on DAZN starting at 2:00 pm ET / 11:00 p.m. PT.

Stay outcomes of tonight’s motion can be supplied under.

Cameron Vuong (9-0-1, 4 KOs) and Gavin Gwynne (18-4-2, 5 KOs) battled to a 10-round majority draw of their rematch at light-weight. The scores have been 97-93 for Vuong, 95-95, and 95-95. The 35-year-old Gwynne got here on within the second half of the combat to outwork a tired-looking Vuong.

No matter likelihood Cameron, 23, had of profitable, he blew it by holding always down the stretch and complaining to the referee about rabbit punches. He appeared like a fighter who was attempting to get relaxation breaks from the strain that Gwynne was placing on him.

The draw tonight is an excuse for the promoters to place Vuong and Gwynne again in for a trilogy. They need to transfer on and let different fighters get an opportunity. The fights have proven that Vuong doesn’t have a fuel tank and is mainly only a five-round fighter. On the mid-point of his fights, he’s acquired nothing left and holds on nonstop from that time.

Molly McCann (2-0, 1 KOs) defeated Ebanie Cotton (1-1) by a closer-than-expected six-round factors choice in tremendous bantamweight motion. Cotton suffered a lower on her brow within the third spherical.

She was getting dominated by the 35-year-old McCann via 4 rounds. Nevertheless, Cotton’s quantity punching and fixed strain allowed her to get the higher of a tired-looking McCann within the fifth and sixth rounds. Referee Ryan Churchill scored it 58-56.

Ibraheem ‘Spider’ Sulaimaan (10-0, 5 KOs) scored a sixth-round TKO victory over Nico Ogbeide (6-2-1) to seize the vacant BBBofC Midlands Space tremendous featherweight title. Sulaimann trapped Ogbeide in opposition to the ropes within the sixth and landed a flurry of unanswered photographs, inflicting referee Chris Dean to step in and halt the combat. The official time was at 1:52 of spherical six.

The German Gavazi, 30, is a step up for Whittaker to get him prepared to start preventing top-tier opposition at mild heavyweight. Promoter Eddie Hearn has already mentioned he believes the 28-year-old Whittaker can be ready to tackle the “machines” at 175 inside “5 fights.”

It might must be sooner if he desires Ben to catch the ageing, injury-slowed Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev earlier than they retire. The third apex predator at mild heavyweight, David Benavidez, could not keep within the division for for much longer as a result of his deliberate transfer to cruiserweight. So, he’s one other one which Whittaker should combat sooner relatively than later.

Tonight’s card

Ben Whittaker vs. Benjamin Gavazi
Cameron Vuong vs. Gavin Gwynne
Molly McCann vs. Ebonie Cotton
Aaron Bowen vs. Tom Cowling
Ibraheem Sulaimaan vs. Nico Ogbeide
Zelfa Barrett vs. Liam Dillon

In tonight’s co-feature, Cameron Vuong (9-0, 4 KOs fights the succesful Gavin Gwynne (18-4-1, 5 KOs) in a a ten-round bout for the WBO Intercontinental light-weight title.