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Full Frank Maloney Nottingham
Card Report
May 5, 2008 |
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Friday night at Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre
in Nottingham, England, Frank Maloney Promotions held a fight card headlined
by European super bantamweight champion Rendall Munroe, who made a
successful title defense against European Union titlist Salem Bouaita of
France.
Munroe kept a tight defense early, picking off the roundhouse efforts of the
Frenchman with great patience and allowing the visitor to largely wear
himself down before going on the offensive in the fifth round.
Once the reigning champion opened up with his southpaw attack, Bouaita was
forced onto the backfoot until being invariably cuffed along the ropes by
Munroe. The sixth saw Munroe increase the pressure, shaking the challenger
with a sizzling power left hand.
Munroe, 15-1 (7), really found range in the seventh and punished Bouaita,
19-13 (6), with a lashing two-handed attack that had the challenger's corner
pulling the Frenchman out of the contest at the end of the frame, claiming
an arm injury.
Chief support saw British bantamweight champion Ian Napa wage war in a phone
booth with hardened Irish titlist Colin Moffett for twelve spirited rounds
and come out the winner and proud new owner of the Lonsdale Belt.
Moffett sought to press Napa and the champion let him do it, setting up shop
along the ropes and forcing the challenger to throw. It was a masterclass in
upper body movement from Napa, who won rounds with buffeting counters that
found the holes the willing Ulsterman's defense but still Moffett kept on
the pressure.
In the later rounds, Napa, 17-6 (1), began to use his pure boxing skills to
great advantage and consistently drilled Moffett, 8-12-4 (3), from range,
even flooring the Belfast battler in the eleventh frame, before posting a
wide points verdict of 119-108, 119-109 and 117-111.
On the undercard, one of the brightest young stars of the Maloney stable,
light welterweight Scott Haywood, shone against seasoned French campaigner
Frederic Gosset, becoming only the second man to finish off the veteran
early over his last 30 appearances.
Haywood, 18-2 (4), proved to have too much firepower for his rival from the
start as the lanky 26 year old unleashed his full arsenal, peppering Gosset,
11-44-2 (3), with a two-fisted torrent that produced a cut in the first
before a lethal body assault finished the Frenchman off at 1:06 of the
second round.
Three more rising young talents under the Maloney banner were on display
with middleweight Kevin Concepcion, 11-0 (3), putting in six quality rounds
against iron-chinned journeyman Ernie "Gypsy Boy" Smith, 12-67-1 (0), to
remain undefeated with a score of 60-54 on referee Nigel Gill's scorecard.
Light middleweight Sam Webb, 10-1 (3), returned to the fold with a sterling
effort against durable road warrior David Kirk, 11-71-3 (0), canvassing the
southpaw in the second before outboxing his foe over six to a score of 60-53
while 20 year old light heavyweight Adie Whitmore, 8-0 (5), dispatched
fellow combatant Carl Wild, 6-8 (1), with a booming right hand at 2:15 of
the first round.
The rest of the bill featured high energy novices going at it in a quartet
of four rounders that saw middleweight Olly Newham, 3-0 (2), belt out Paul
Brown, 2-1 (1), in the final frame of an all-action thriller, super feathers
Barrington Brown, 5-3-2 (2), and Dean Mills, 2-1-1 (1), slug it out in a
highly competitive draw, middleweight Kevin Hammond, 2-0 (1), retire
opponent Gavin Brook, 0-1-1 (0), after the first round and professional
debutant Steve Jevons, 1-0 (0), saw off Bheki Moyo, 0-8-1 (0), at
welterweight.
Press Release composed by Jane Warburton and Curtis McCormick for
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