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http://www.boxingnewsonline.net JULY 4, 2019 lBOXING NEWSl 19★★★ WHOLE SHOWPatera’s
perfectly
placed body
shots account
for Hyland,
writes
Paul Wheeler
THE SWEET SPOT
work really started to come into play.
Just before the bell sounded to conclude
the stanza, he slammed in a left hook to
Hyland’s liver which sent the Northern
Irishman to the floor.
Two more knockdowns awaited the
29-year-old in the sixth, as poisonous
left hooks downstairs did the damage
once more. Following the second count,
referee Jean Robert Laine decided to halt
proceedings at 1-15.
The impressive victory marked Patera’s
second successful European title defence
in what is his second reign as champion.
Having taken Lewis Ritson’s ‘0’ in October
last year on away turf in Newcastle, the
26-year-old from Genk is developing into
a serious player at 135lbs.
Promoter Eddie Hearn certainly thinks
so. After the bout, the Matchroom
Boxing chief said: “Patera is becoming
a real threat.” He then went on to talk
up a future clash between the EBU king
and Cardiff ’s unbeaten Joe Cordina, who
holds the British and Commonwealth
lightweight straps.
Further down the bill, Doncaster’s
former IBF bantamweight boss
Jamie McDonnell, 33, made his first
appearance since being stopped in under
two minutes by Japanese “Monster” andpound-for-pound star Naoya Inoue 13
months ago.
Weighing in at featherweight,
McDonnell shed some rust with a
comfortable six-round points win
over Spain-based Nicaraguan Cristian
Narvaez, 24, who has now lost his last
10 contests in a row.THE VERDICTPatera enhances his
growing reputation as his fine form
continues.TOO GOOD:
Patera cracks Hyland [left],
while Daniele Scardina [above]
moves to 17-0 with a points
win over Alessandro GoddiPAUL HYLAND JNR’S brave bid to
secure European honours ended in
defeat as Francesco Patera retained
his belt by dropping the challenger four
times en route to a sixth-round stoppage
triumph.
Competing at the Allianz Cloud in
Milan, Italy – the homeland of his parents- Belgian Patera engaged in a furious
firefight with Hyland in the opener, as the
warring lightweights set a frenetic pace.
Both men returned to their corners after
three minutes sporting cuts – Patera by
his right eye and Hyland on his head.
In the second session, a solid short
right hook forced Hyland to touch down
on the canvas with both gloves, though
fortunately for him, the incident occurred
right at the end of the frame.
Undeterred by his trip to the mat,
the gutsy Belfast scrapper continued to
march forward in the third and fourth,
but Patera was the one connecting with
the cleaner punches.
In the fifth, Patera’s punishing body
MILAN, ITALY
JUNE 28FULL RESULTS
Francesco Patera (134 1/4lbs), 22-3 (8), w rsf
6 Paul Hyland Jnr (135lbs), 20-2 (7); Daniele
Scardina (167 1/4lbs), 17-0 (14), w pts 10
Alessandro Goddi (165 1/4lbs), 35-5-1 (17);
Dario Morello (146 1/2lbs), 15-0 (2), w pts 10
Ahmed El Hamwi (146 1/2lbs), 19-9-2 (1);
Jamie McDonnell (126lbs), 30-3-1 (13) 1NC,
w pts 6 Cristian Narvaez (127 1/4lbs), 15-16-
(1) 1NC; Maxim Prodan (149lbs), 17-0-1 (14),
w pts 6 Nika Nakashidze (145 3/4lbs), 7-8-1 (2);
Riccardo Merafina (164 1/4lbs), 6-0 (3), w rsf 1
Altin Dedej (163 1/4lbs), 3-5 (1); Luca Capuano
(169 3/4lbs), 10-0 (2), w pts 6 Filippo Gallerini,
7-4 (3); Nicholas Esposito (149 1/4lbs), 10-
(5), w pts 6 Jonny Sigheh (149 1/4lbs), 2-2 (1);
Ivan Zucco (168 3/4lbs), 8-0 (7), w rsf 3 Borislav
Zankov (169 1/2lbs), 10-26-1 (4).
Photos: MATCHROOM