ACTION
http://www.boxingnewsonline.net JUNE 27, 2019 lBOXING NEWSl 15GLASGOW
JUNE 22FULL
RESULTSLee McGregor (117lbs
3oz), 7-0 (6), w rsf 8
Scott Allan (117lbs
10oz), 9-4-1; Kieran
Smith (153lbs), 15-
(7), w td 10 Ivan
Montero (154lbs),
21-4 (9); Lewis
Benson (142lbs),
12-2 (2), w pts 8
Renald Garrido
(143lbs), 24-24-
(6); Craig MacIntyre
(145lbs), 11-0-1 (4),
w rsf 3 Chris Adaway
(142lbs), 9-57-
(1); Craig Morgan
(126lbs), 5-0, w
pts 4 Elvis Guillen
(125lbs), 9-54-4 (6);
Jack Turner (124lbs),
2-0, w pts 4 Jose
Hernandez (126lbs),
4-34-1 (3); Reece
McFadden (116lbs),
4-0 (1), w pts 6 Joel
Sanchez (116lbs),
4-4-1 (2).★★★ MAIN EVENT
★★★ UNDERCARD
★★★ ATMOSPHERELEE McGREGOR set up a potential
showdown against fellow Scot Kash
Farooq with a stoppage win over Scott
Allan. The Edinburgh bantamweight
retained his Commonwealth crown in
a sports hall next to the Sir Chris Hoy
Velodrome at the Emirates Arena.
The fight, which topped the
second night of an ‘MTK Fight Night’
doubleheader after Steven Ward and
Liam Conroy served up a classic in Belfast
24 hours earlier [see page 18], began at a
rapid pace, with McGregor taking the fight
to Allan, who was stopped by referee John
Latham after 1-45 of round eight.
McGregor came off with the harder
and more damaging shots in the early
stages and even had time at the end of
one of the rounds to snap back at a fan
of Shotts’ Allan who was tormenting him
from ringside.
After two close rounds, McGregor
began to take control in the fourth and
opened up a bad cut around Allan’s
right eye.
“The Title Taker” came swinging back
in the fifth and was connecting with good
punches from angles. But with around
a minute to go in that round, Allan was
stunned badly from a body shot and then
he was worked over with head blows.
He had spells of success in the
moments that followed but the
unravelling came in the eighth. “Lightning”
once again had Allan in trouble with shots
to the head and body, finally putting
him down. Allan — who protested to the
referee that he wasn’t hit with a shot and
instead slipped — beat the count, but
he was being driven back as the referee
jumped in to wave off the fight.
“It went exactly how I thought it would
go,” said McGregor, who was joined
at ringside by British bantamweight
champion Farooq. “He started to feel
my power and we took him out. I was
breaking him down and it was a good
performance.
“Mentally and physically, I’m in a great
place and I’d love to fight Kash next. I’ve
got a lot of respect for him as we’ve grown
up together in the amateurs, but this is
business and it would be a huge fight for
Scotland.”
Greenrigg’s Kieran Smith is planning
a break after keeping hold of his WBC
International Silver title with a win over
Mexico’s Ivan Montero.
The super-welterweight was on top
throughout and, though there were three
knockdowns in the fight that were ruled
slips, he came out the winner courtesy of
a technical decision.
A head clash in the final of the 10
rounds saw Montero’s nose bloodied and
referee Latham took him to the corner
and immediately waved off the action. The
three cards at the time of the stoppage
were 99-91 and 99-90 twice.
But Edinburgh’s Lewis Benson was
forced to survive a few scares against
game Frenchman Renald Garrido before
being awarded a controversial 77-
scorecard by referee Kenny Pringle.
It was a back-and-forth contest that the
visitor thought he had won after the eight
rounds.
Jack Turner got his second win as
a pro, winning a shutout to retain his
unblemished ledger.
The Glasgow bantamweight, who
had “Granda” proudly displayed on theback of his green tartan shorts, had it
all his own way against Girona’s Jose
Hernandez as the referee Kenny Pringle
gave him a 40-36 win before overseeing
Kelty southpaw Craig Morgan’s two-
knockdown four-rounder against Girona’s
Elvis Guillen which was scored 40-34.
Reece McFadden continued his
rise through the ranks by remaining
undefeated. The Commonwealth Games
bronze medallist from Motherwell — who
was most recently in action on the World
Boxing Super Series undercard at the
SSE Hydro in Glasgow back in May —
outpointed Girona’s Joel Sanchez.
McFadden, who was bloodied by the
left eye in the final round from a head
clash and suffered a cut which required
stitches, got the verdict on referee Kevin
MacIntyre’s 60-54 scorecard.
And Glasgow’s Craig MacIntyre
produced a dominant display as he
dropped and stopped Plymouth’s Chris
Adaway. The super-lightweight, who
recently signed with MTK Global, finished
the job after 2-58 of the third as third
man Kevin MacIntyre saved Adaway from
further punishment.THE VERDICTMcGregor gears up for
tougher tests as MTK continue
takeover of small-hall boxing.MOTORING:
McGregor sends
Allan to the canvasElliot Foster sees McGregor
overwhelm Allan to set up Farooq
showdown
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