Tuairisc: Gianluca Di Caro
De ghnáth, tá sé ceachtar Dé hAoine nó Dé Sathairn oíche a fháil mé mo shocrú rialta
gníomhaíochta pugilistic, an tseachtain seo cé go raibh sé beagán difriúil mar a rinne mé
an turas ó Londain go dtí Leeds ar an Domhnach maidin, in order to catch the latest offering from former Irish Champion, tionscnóir iompú, Lee Murtagh.
De bhrí go raibh sé ina Dé Domhnaigh iarnóin / tráthnóna seó, Bhí mé mightily
ionadh, nó go bhfuil sin tógtha, sin nuair a tháinig mé ar an ionad, a good couple of hours before the advertised start time, it was already more or less full to capacity.
An bhfuil a rá ar an lucht leanúna Leeds i ndáiríre tá a fhios conas a taitneamh a bhaint as iad féin a, an
Ba atmaisféar ag an club oíche Pryzm leictreach, so no surprise that when the highly entertaining MC, An tUasal. Tony Déan, announced each of the boxers that the crowd vociferously showed their support, not just of the home fighters but they also made the opponents welcome too, which makes a nice change.
Headlining an seó a bhí is fearr leat áitiúil Sam Smith, who was making her pro debut, aghaidh Laitvia Jekaterina Lecko.
Ón amach dá cailíní ar athraíodh a ionad a ghlacadh fáinne lár, tentatively boxing off the back of their jabs, after about twenty seconds or so Lecko decided to step it up a tad, throwing a good stiff jab immediately followed by a looping right to the head, Smith closed her guard just enough to catch the shot on her glove, sula lámhach amach ceart díreach, which caught the Latvian flush.
Smith dúnta i arís agus lig sracadh le ceart mór don chomhlacht agus a d'fhág
chun an ceann, Fecko iarracht chun seasamh ar a talamh, ach Smith tháinig i, fiú
láidre forcing an ais Laitvis dtreo na rópaí.
I dtús báire Fecko úsáidtear sí jab chun éifeacht mhór a choinneáil Smith ag bá, ach
around the forty five second mark Smith slipped under the jab and let rip with a huge shot to the body, quickly followed by another to the head that shook the Latvian girl to the core.
Smith ar athraíodh a ionad díreach i do mharú, throwing an iliomad shots mór,
leaving Fecko no option but to cover up in the hope that she could survive the onslaught.
Smith had now corralled the Latvian into the corner and began bombarding Fecko with shots from every conceivable angle, then just as Fecko straightened up Smith landed an absolute peach of a shot to the body that sent Fecko straight to the canvas.
As referee Jimmy Byrne made the count Fecko looked towards her corner and shook her head before desperately trying to make it to her feet, however clearly in distress she instantly dropped back down onto one knee, leaving Jimmy Byrne no option but to call a halt to proceedings on the seventy second mark of the first round.
Prior to Smith-Fecko Lincoln’s unbeaten big punching Middleweight Nathan Decastro, aghaidh Elvis Rozembergs Laitvia, i sé rounder.
Decastro’s ring moniker is ‘Nightmare’ and boy oh boy I bet young Mr. Rozembergs will be having plenty of them after this fight.
Decastro, iar English Amaitéarach Idirnáisiúnta, is about as clinical as they come. Right from the off the Lincolnshire lad picked his shots with precision, landing three pin-point perfect shots just with his opening salvo.
Tá Rozembergs cluiche cé, clearly believing that attack is the best form of defense the Latvian came straight back with a series of off target looping right hands, gach uair a chur i láthair Decastro le sprioc soiléir -Rozembergs chorp - a shocrú ar a sights ar, atá ar ndóigh rinne sé, landing seriously solid shots each time.
On about the minute mark Rozembergs tried to back Decastro up by coming in hard and fast with a double handed flurry, however Decastro side stepped before letting rip with a big right to the body, which sent Rozembourgs to the canvas.
An Laitvis Bhí go soiléir i nguais, instantly referee Jimmy Byrne stopped the fight and called the ringside doctor and paramedics into the ring.
Tar éis cúpla nóiméad a bhí Rozembergs chabhraigh chun a chosa agus mar a rinne sé
Fuair applause rapturous ón lucht féachana buíoch.
Roimh Decastro-Rozembergs bhí tús pro eile, an uair seo
Middlesborough Welterweight Chris Wood, aghaidh Edgar Milevics.
Ní raibh Milevics cothrom ar bith níos fearr ná ceachtar Lecko nó Rozembergs, in fact the Latvian lad was sent to the deck in the first twenty seconds,
leanas pitching Adhmad ceart mór isteach ina easnacha.
Milevics rinne an líon, but on the restart you could see his heart was no longer in the fight, electing instead to cover up in the vein hope that Wood wouldn’t land another big shot.
Ar mar gheall ar an dara marc caoga an dosheachanta a tharla, Wood sneaked a lovely little hook in just behind Milevics guard, causing the Latvian to bring his hands down to protect his body, which left him open to a big right to the head, which left Milevics no option but to cover up again and as he did Wood calmly threw another big left to the body, which sent Milevic down to the canvas for the second time.
Milevic just about managed to make it to his feet but referee Jimmy Byrne took one look and see how unsteady the Latvian was on his feet and rightly stopped the fight on the sixty seconds mark.
Tacaíocht do na trí babhtaí gairmiúla, were a number of European Boxing Federation (EBF) bouts ceadaithe.
An ceann is mó, don EBF Idirnáisiúnta bantamweight Craobh, see Leeds’ Sophie Varley in a rematch against Malta’s Mandy Cortis.
Cortis had come all the way from sunny Malta to a rather wet and Windy Leeds to defend the title she won last time the two met.
An chéad trí bhabhta a bhí Cortis an cluiche feithimh, ag súil go léir
cailín gníomh Bheadh Varley punch féin amach.
Bhí Babhta ceithre affair i bhfad níos mó fiú, with Cortis electing to take the fight to Varley, ar dtús go raibh an cailín Mhálta tuirlingthe le shots maith le cúpla, but Varley is as tough as they come and by about the fifty second mark wrenched control back with a fantastic display of boxing, culminating with Cortis backed onto the ropes and absorbing a seemingly never ending barrage.
Maidir leis an nóiméad amháin tríocha marc a bhí sé Cortis ar ionsaí arís, utilizing her jab to great effect to set Varley up for a combination or two, until the final ten seconds or so, a bhí ina ladhar íon chun ladhar Cath Royale.
Cortis rialú an chuid is mó de na dhá bhabhta deiridh, le roinnt
dornálaíocht álainn, Thug Varley fós cuntas mhór de féin, ach an
méid na hoibre a bhí chuir sí i rith na babhtaí go luath a bhí beagnach
draenáilte sí.
Ba léir go raibh sé ag dul a bheith gar, and it was with Varley securing the title by a very, an-ghar 58-57 pointí cinneadh.
Bhí na torthaí an chuid eile den chárta EBF:
Eabhrac Carly McKenzie scóráil den scoth 40-37 pointí bua thar
Bridlington ar Mel HALSTEAD don teideal EBF Lárnach Limistéar featherweight.
Leeds’s Graham Mattison scored a one minute and fifty second second round TKO victory over Blackpool’s Richard Leak in the EBF Northern Heavyweight contest.
Leeds 'Jay Stevenson scór a 30-28 pointí bua thar Stoke ar Phil McGinn.
Leeds 'Liam Hayes scór a 40-37 pointí bua thar Stoke ar Lewis Sherrat
Manchain Tá Jimmy Óir scór gar 29-28 victory over Bramley’s Philip Walker.