Copper Box Arena, London, UK. The vacant IBF Inter-Continental belt and two local belts (British and British Commonwealth champions) were at stake in the fight between British super middleweights (up to 76.2 kg) Lennox Clark (20-2-1, 8 KOs) and Mark Heffron (28-2- 1, 22 KO).
Clarke picked up blows already in the opening round, but struck with incredible stamina, and then also tried to seize the initiative in the 2nd three-minute period. In the next round, Heffron again soloed, and his opponent had to survive.
In the 5th round, Clark was shocked again. The referee was always there. Deciding that Lennox did not respond with blows for blows and missed everything that flies into his head, he stopped the fight, which greatly upset the loser – he angrily pushed the third in the ring.
Huge stoppage for @Markheffron91
Lennox Clarke, his corner, and the fans aren’t happy with the ref
early? pic.twitter.com/TTBdYmesYb
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Heffron TKO 5.
It’s a normal stop…
The WBC “silver” belt in featherweight (up to 57.2 kg) was played in the confrontation between the local prospect Nick Ball (16-0, 9 KOs) and the African Nathanael Cacololo (14-4-1, 6 KOs), who was once a little robbed in Kyiv.
Small Ball gave the initiative to a hefty opponent, tried to counter. The African became bolder and even broke the nose of the favorite, but soon his advantage evaporated. Kakololo got hit hard in the 6th and 8th rounds, but he still tried to act as the first number. In the 10th three-minute period, he missed two left hooks, after which he turned away from his opponent, which forced the referee to stop the fight.
Nick Ball finally gets the stoppage!
Nathanael Kakololo is one tough guy but the Scouser came through in fine style pic.twitter.com/U2fGXs5g3z
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Ball TKO 10.