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http://www.boxingnewsonline.net JUNE 27, 2019 lBOXING NEWSl 19BETHNAL GREEN
JUNE 22FULL
RESULTSRohan Date (152lbs),
9-0-1 (7), w ko 2 Jan
Balog (152lbs), 13-47-
1 (7); Serge Ambomo
(157lbs), 7-12-2 (3),
w rsf 3 Ramon Perez
(156lbs), 3-1; Ivanya
Ivanova (109 3/4lbs),
2-11-2, w pts 4
Ruqsama Begum (
1/2lbs), 0-1-1; Tashan
Dwyer (160lbs),
2-0, w pts 4 Hassan
Karim (165lbs), 0-1;
Germaine Brown
(169lbs), 6-0 (1),
w ko 2 Harry
Matthews (172lbs),
16-46-3 (2); Kingsley
Egbunike (165lbs),
4-0 (1), w rsf 4
Kristaps Zulgis
(151lbs), 3-9-
(2); Ryan Charles
(249lbs), 6-0 (1),
w pts 4 Colin
Goldhawk (246lbs),
2-6-1 (1); Kevin
Cronin (177lbs), 2-
(1), w pts 4 Jevgenijs
Andrejevs (175lbs),
10-106-3 (4); Alex
Ananivi (150lbs),
3-0, w pts 6 Dylan
Draper (148lbs),
1-34; Rylan Charlton
(144lbs), 4-0-1 (2),
w pts 6 Oscar Amador
(149lbs), 10-
(1); EricDonovan
(130lbs), 10-0 (6),
w rsf 3 Moises Mojica
(125 1/4lbs), 9-8-
(6); Paul Brown
(189lbs), 4-0,
w pts 4 Nathan Junor
(184lbs); Connor
Marsden (133lbs),
2-0, w pts 6 Lesther
Cantillano (137lbs),
4-30 (3).★★★ MAIN EVENT
★★★ UNDERCARD
★★★ ATMOSPHERESimon Euan-Smith
RINGSIDEWATERFORD’S Rohan Date made a
winning London debut, dispatching
southpaw Jan Balog of the Czech
Republic in the second of a scheduled
eight-rounder at York Hall.
A well-timed right counter to the
chin dropped Balog by the ropes – he
struggled to get up, but was counted out
by referee Chas Coakley after 55 seconds
of the round. And Balog stumbled as he
walked back to his corner.
Date won the first round – he was
more on target, and got in some fair
body shots. But the one-punch ending
came as a surprise. It was Date’s ninth
win (seventh inside) against one draw.
Without a win in his last 11, Sheffield’s
Serge Ambomo shocked Balham’s
unbeaten Ramon Perez, flooring him
twice and stopping him in the third of a
scheduled four.
Ambomo pressed forward but Perez
moved and countered well, switching
briefly to southpaw in the second.
But in the third Ambomo started
connecting with rights to the head, and
three successive shots put Perez down
(Ambomo landing one when he was
on the floor). Perez was up at “five,” but
another burst put him down in his rival’s
corner – and Ambomo’s follow-up attack
convinced referee Kieran McCann to call
a halt after one minute 46 seconds.
Bulgarian Ivanka Ivanova caused
a surprise by clearly outscoring Ilford’s
Ruqsana Begum over four-twos, referee
McCann scoring 39-37. They had drawn
over the same distance here in March last
year – since when Ivanova had had nine
contests, Begum none.
Ivanova didn’t have the best start –
initially she came into the ring without
her protector, and when the bout began
she was getting caught as she came
forward. But she made a big effort
towards the end of the first, scoring with
rights – and at the start of the second
Begum had a badly-swollen right eye,
and was allowed to continue only after a
careful inspection by the doctor.
Ivanova kept ploughing forward,
landing with both hands, and a right to
the head had Begum holding in the last.
At the bell, Begum threw up her arms –
but there was only one winner.
Southpaw Eric Donovan (Athy) made
it 10 straight wins with a third-round
stoppage of Barcelona-based Moises
Mojica. It was scheduled for six.
Nicaragua-born Mojica tried to get
close but was floored by a right in the
second. By the third Mojica’s left eye was
nearly closed, and there was a bump
below the right – and a burst from
Donovan had him down on his hands
and knees for seven. Referee Mark Bates
completed the compulsory count, and
told Mojica to walk towards him – not
happy with what he saw, he signalled the
end at 2-42.
Germaine Brown (Kingston) scored
his sixth straight win (the first inside-
schedule), knocking out York’s Harry
Matthews in the second of a slated six.
Brown was on target in the first,
landing stiff jabs and picking his shots
effectively. In the second Matthews was
shaken by a right to the head, finally
going down on one knee in a neutral
corner. Another right had Matthews
holding – he tried to counter but was
caught by a big right that sent him down
on his knees in the opposite neutral
corner. Referee Coakley completed the
count after 2-25.
Kingsley Egbunike halted Kristaps
Zulgis, a Latvian based in Peterborough,
in the fourth of a scheduled six.
Egbunike scored well with jabs in theearly stages, and Zulgis took some stick
on the ropes in the third. In the fourth
three successive lefts, followed by a
left-right to the chin, had Zulgis down.
On resuming Zulgis moved, and tried
to cover up, but a right to the body put
him down by the ropes for eight. Then a
burst to the head, and finishing right to
the body, dropped him again, and referee
McCann waved it off at 1-24.
Kevin Cronin (Tralee) clearly
outpointed Latvian Jevgenijs Andrejevs
over four, referee Coakley scoring 40-35.
Andrejevs took a count in the third, Mr
Coakley correctly ruling that the ropes
were holding him up.
Connor Marsden (Chelsea) dropped
Spaniard Lesther Cantillano in the
third, with a right counter, and took
referee Coakley’s six-round verdict by
60-53.
In other sixes on this Hellraiser
promotion there were 60-54 wins for
Alex Ananivi (Edgware via Ghana) over
Braintree’s Dylan Draper and for Rylan
Charlton (Norwich) over Barcelona-
based Nicaraguan Lesther Castillano
(both Coakley).
In fours, there were 40-36 verdicts
from Mr McCann for Wembley’s Tashan
Dwyer over Sheffield debutant Hassan
Karim; and from Mr Bates for Ryan
Charles (Edmonton via St Lucia) over
Hoddesdon’s Colin “Butch” Goldhawk,
Wembley’s Simon Corcoran over
Melksham’s Liam Richards and
Ramsgate’s Paul Brown over Spain’s
Nathan Junor.THE VERDICTProspects move on,
but there are a couple of surprises.Rohan KOs Balog in London debut
ON THE ATTACK:
Date throws a
left hook at BalogPhoto: LEE SMITH/EAT SLEEP BOXING REPEATDATE MARCHES ON