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  Undefeated rising Jr. Lightweight Sultan Zaurbek scored a one-sided ten round unanimous decision over veteran Ronnie Clark to win the vacant WBO European Jr. Lightweight championship on Saturday night at the Baluan Sholak Sports Palace in Almaty, Kazakhstan. In an extremely tactical bout fought at a measured pace in front of a crowd of limited spectators due to the ongoing global COVID-19 epidemic, the unbeaten Kazakhstan native Zaurbek used his longer reach, height, and lateral movement to cleverly out box Clark over the course of ten rounds where the narrative was simply one fighter outworking the other to earn a convincing unanimous decision victory to win the World Boxing Organization’s version of the European Jr. Lightweight championship. Official scores were 100-90 (On two scorecards), and 99-91 all in favor of Zaurbek. Sultan Zaurbek advances to 11-0, with 7 Knockouts. Ronnie Clark falls to 21-5-2, with 7 Knockouts.   Also on this card:   Undefeated Jr. Middlewei...

  Undefeated Bantamweight contender Lee McGregor scored a devastating first round knockout over European Bantamweight champion Karim Guerfi to win the European Bantamweight championship on Friday night at the Whites Hotel in Bolton, England. McGregor nearly ended the fight as quickly as it started dropping Guerfi with a flush left hook to the body that sent the champion down and kicking in pain. Guerfi was able to beat the count and got up at nine, but McGregor pressed forward with the calmness of a tiger stalking its prey. McGregor dropped Guerfi for a second time with another left hook to the body moments later. The champion again beat the count, but simply had no answer to keep McGregor off of him. A follow-up barrage sent Guerfi down for a third and final time in the round resulting in the fight being stopped. Official time of the stoppage was 2:43 of round one. Lee McGregor advances to 10-0, with 8 Knockouts. Karim Guerfi falls to 29-5, with 9 Knockouts.     Also on ...

  Undefeated WBO European Welterweight champion  Lewis Crocker scored a hard fought ten round unanimous decision over former German Welterweight champion Deniz Ilbay on Friday night at the Bolton Whites Hotel  in Bolton, England. An entertaining bout from the outset, the two fighters showed a willingness to stand and trade punches early. In round three,    Crocker nearly ended the fight when he dropped Ilbay with a left hook to the body. Ilbay showed his mettle, was able to survive the round, and rocked Crocker with a right head to the head in the latter stages of the fourth round. Although Crocker was the consistently more active fighter throughout and continued to hurt Ilbay periodically, the former German Welterweight champion fought back immediately whenever he would get stunned by one of Crocker’s power shots. It was those power punches, greater activity, and having a knockdown of his opponent to his credit that allowed Crocker to earn a unanimous decision ...