Lauren Price dominates Silvia Bortot as Lee Cutler takes thrilling English title victory over Kingsley Egbunike | Boxing News – Canada Boosts

Lauren Value outclassed Silvia Bortot to stay on target for a world title shot in 2024.

The Tokyo Olympic gold medallist took command from the opening spherical. The Welsh southpaw reeled off fast jabs, catching the Italian as she beat Bortot to the punch.

She tilted Bortot proper again as she dug in a one-two mixture.

The Italian hacked a proper hook over. However Value was denying her any openings. She cracked a cross straight via when Bortot appeared to throw and by the midway stage was cranking out combos.

Bortot popped the occasional backhand in however barely sufficient to hassle the Welsh star.

Value repelled the Italian with a fast lead hook, dealing with a former European champion with seeming ease.

Within the penultimate spherical Value held her floor and cracked in hooks to the physique with the precise and the left hand. Bortot breathed in closely, certainly feeling these these.

She needed to take a proper hook flush too earlier than the shut of the session.

Value continued to show in energy punches within the last spherical to shut out a dominant efficiency.

Taking each spherical, Value gained 80-72 on the referee’s scorecard.

“I am happy with my performance,” Value stated. “She was a tough girl but I feel I upped my game tonight, stood there and traded and got some body shots off.

“I believe I’m bettering on a regular basis. I believed I managed the struggle.”

She is targeting the victor in the January 20 Natasha Jonas vs Mikaela Mayer IBF welterweight world title fight.

“I’ve had my little run out, as you name it. I imagine I beat Natasha Jonas or Mikaela Mayer, whoever is the winner,” Price declared.

Lee Cutler unanimously outscored Kingsley Egbunike to win the vacant English super-welterweight title after a great contest in his hometown.

Egbunike’s movement was good and he threw quality straight shots. He met Cutler with his left hook, timing his punches well.

However Cutler was all the time persistent and had a vital edge in energy. He pushed Egbunike to the ropes, trapping him there and hurting him.

The fifth spherical opening up with each fighters buying and selling together. However Cutler ripped in a physique shot and smacked in blows to the chin.

Cutler rocked him with head photographs within the subsequent spherical and drilled a proper cross previous Egbunike’s defences to hit the physique once more.

However Egbunike managed to maintain himself collectively and did catch Cutler with testing backhand hits because the Bournemouth man pressed in.

He even managed a smile within the ninth spherical. However Cutler replied with flush jabs and grinned himself when Egbunike tumbled over on his again. That although was only a journey and no knockdown was scored.

He hammered at Egbunike, who appeared like he was beginning to wilt. However the Londoner hung robust to see out the spherical.

They closed out a advantageous struggle with an incredible final spherical too. Egbunike tapped him with jabs after which pinged in a straight one-two.

Throughout the motion, a really nasty minimize opened over Cutler’s left eye. However moderately than dissuading him he managed to land probably the most punishing photographs of the struggle.

Cutler banged a proper in and adopted it up with a proper hook too. He put in one other spiteful assault within the last seconds, rocking Egbunike, leaving him shocked on his ft however the last bell chimed to save lots of the Londoner.

The ultimate scorecards learn 96-95 and 97-93 twice, all for Cutler.

Fran Hennessy picked up a complete six-round factors win when she defeated Argentina’s Lucrecia Belen Arrieta.

The referee did have the customer profitable a spherical, awarding Hennessy a 59-55 victory, however after a tentative opening around the Briton had managed the bout.

Arrieta met Hennessy with flurries when she might and lobbed the occasional proper hand excessive, however Hennessy marshalled her and banged in sharp left hooks, her footwork an excessive amount of for the Argentine.

She chipped away at Arrieta who drained quickly, dropping her footing to fall to the canvas on a number of events, although these have been dominated solely as slips.

Michael McKinson, the Southampton welterweight contender seeking to return to the highest stage, took a large unanimous choice win over Ghana’s Musah Lawson, 99-91 and 100-90 twice after 10 rounds.

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