Boxing News – July 25, 2019

Harper sees off South African

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Ashley Ball

RINGSIDE

FULL

RESULTS

Terri Harper (130lbs),

8-0 (5), w ko 8

Nozipho Bell (128

1/2lbs), 9-3-1 (3);

Nicolie Campbell (162

1/4lbs), 7-1 (2), w

pts 6 Serge Ambomo

(157 1/2lbs), 7-14-2

(3); Gavin McDonnell

(133lbs 6oz), 21-2-2

(5), w pts 6 Jamie

Speight (134lb), 15-36

(2); Callum Hancock

(170lbs), 10-0 (1),

w pts 6 Daryl Sharp

(174lbs) 5-56-1; Levi

Kinsiona (147lbs 2oz),

6-0 (1), w pts 6 Lee

Hallett (147lbs), 1-19;

Jason Cunningham

(134lbs 5oz), 26-6

(6), w pts 4 Michael

Mooney (139lbs

9oz), 9-64-2 (3);

Lee Appleyard (145

1/2lbs), 15-5-1 (5),

w pts 4 Fonz Alexander

(147lbs 6oz), 6-100

(4); Callum Beardow

(189lbs 3oz), 1-0,

w pts 4 Elvis Dube

(192lbs), 8-77-2 (5);

Cam Shaw (130lbs

7oz), 1-0, w pts 4

Edward Bjorklund (131

1/4lbs), 1-24-1 (1).

BELL DOES NOT TOLL

that ultimately frustrated and broke the

African down.

Harper wobbled Bell with a left

hook in the third and by the fifth was

demonstrating elusive boxing skills to

build a lead on the scorecards.

Not content with a points win, Harper

took her opportunity to end it early with

a clinical and powerful finish.

With a backing of more than 400 fans,

Harper seems destined for bigger arenas

and titles. At just 22 there seems little

need to push her on just yet, though her

talent is glaringly obvious.

Someone who has operated at the

highest level was making a comeback

on the same Stefy Bull and Ryan Rhodes

joint bill at the Magna Centre.

Two-time world title challenger Gavin

McDonnell made his first appearance

since losing to Daniel Roman in Chicago

for the WBA super-bantamweight belt.

The Doncaster man eased back in

against Devon’s Jamie Speight with a

60-54 verdict from Jamie Kirkpatrick.

McDonnell was always too sharp and

evasive, coasting to victory.

Also over six rounds, Mr Kirkpatrick

saw Sheffield’s Nicolie Campbell

winning a testing fight against former

Olympian Serge Ambomo 58-57.

Rotherham-based Cameroonian

Ambomo made it very tough for

Campbell with rough-house tactics that

seemed to unsettle him.

Campbell did his best to stay out

of the way of the muscular Ambomo,

boxing behind a jab and at range. But

with little in the rounds, Ambomo could

count himself unfortunate not to pick up

a draw.

Sheffielders Levi Kinsiona and

CallumHancock made easier work of

their six-rounders.

Canning Town’s Lee Hallett had a real

go at denting Kinsiona’s perfect record

in the sixth round but the Yorkshireman

remained cool and boxed with a nice

rhythm to win every round in the view of

Mr Foster.

Hancock lost just one round to Darryl

Sharp, who was clearly outworked

throughout the bulk of the contest with

the home man throwing the greater

volume and eager to keep control from

ring centre. Mr Kirkpatrick oversaw.

Debutants Cam Shaw and Callum

Beardow made no mistakes in their

first professional outings, winning every

round in Mr Kirkpatrick’s view.

Shaw, from York, grew into his contest

against London-based Swede Edward

Bjorklund and by the time the final

bell had sounded, he looked very

comfortable in the pro environment.

Sheffield’s self-styled “Vanilla Gorilla”

Beardow had a noisy following as he saw

off Elvis Dube from Derby. Beardow, an

ABA finalist, did not go looking to wipe

out the veteran and instead got minutes

under his belt and an easy win.

There were four-round outings for

Bull’s experienced campaigners Lee

Appleyard and Jason Cunningham.

Hometown man Appleyard, a former

English lightweight champion, had

a good scrap against Newark’s Fonz

Alexander – won every round in Mr

Foster’s view.

Alexander seemed keen to stave off

a 100th professional loss and gave a

good account of himself, but Appleyard’s

dominance was all too apparent.

Cunningham, from down the road in

Doncaster, ensured Michael Mooney

earned his pay cheque with a one-sided

affair.

Worcester’s Mooney seemed to be

blowing from the early stages with two-

weight Commonwealth title-holder

Cunningham hitting him with every shot

in the training manual.

His toughness and Cunningham’s

naturally lower weight ensured he saw

out four rounds - but there must be

more enjoyable ways to spend a Friday

evening.

THE VERDICTPrecocious talent

Harper looks like she’s going to

enjoy many big nights.

THE IBO world title might not be held

in the highest of esteems among much

of the boxing world, but Terri Harper

claimed it in some style and can now

press on to even bigger challenges.

Harper took out South African

Nozipho Bell with one minute 25

seconds gone in the eighth round to lift

the title.

The Denaby super-featherweight had

already decked Bell earlier in the session

with a strong square right hand which

toppled the visitor in a delayed reaction.

Harper bided her time to land the

same shot again and once she did, Bell’s

legs betrayed her again, with referee

Howard Foster waving off the count.

Judges were Terry O’Connor, Leszek

Jankowiak and Pawel Kardyni.

Bell landed a flush right in the first

but Harper stood up to it. Terri then

began to assert her authority with tactics

Photo: RYAN MARSDEN

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WINNING IN STYLE:

Harper is just too

good for Bell

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