Round-by-Round: Billy Joe Saunders vs. Shefat Isufi - 18 May 2019

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Queensberry Promotions presents: Kings of Herts
On Saturday 18 May at The Lamex Stadium, home of Stevenage Football Club, live on BT Sport and ESPN+.
Also available via the BT app if your a BT Customer, or on BT Sport’s website.
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Doors open: 3.00pm
First fight: 3.30pm
Live on BT Sport 1: 7.30pm
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Running Order

Doors open: 3.30pm
First fight: 4pm

4 Round Middleweight Contest
Connor Wright v. Owen Jubburn

4 Round Super-Middleweight Contest
Graham Tirrell vs. Scott Hillman

8 Round Super-Welterweight Contest
Balasz Bacskai vs. Davi Eliasquevici

4 x 2 Round Women’s Flyweight Contest
Lisa Whiteside vs. Danni Hodges

4 Round Cruiserweight Contest
James Branch Jr. vs. Jan Hrazdira

6 Round Flyweight Contest
Harvey Horn vs. Joel Sanchez

6 Round Super-Welterweight Contest
Harley Benn vs. Lee Hallett

Vacant WBO Youth Lightweight Championship
Boy Jones Jr. vs. Shaun Cooper

Live on BT Sport 1: 7.30pm

4 Round Bantamweight Contest
Dennis McCann vs. Kamil Jaworek

British and Commonwealth Super-Bantamweight Championship
Brad Foster vs. Ashley Lane

6 Round Middleweight Contest
Willy Hutchinson vs. Ondrej Budera

10 Round Heavyweight Contest
Joe Joyce vs. Alexander Ustinov

Vacant WBO World Super-Middleweight Championship
Billy Joe Saunders vs. Shefat Isufi
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[spudder56]

I wonder what sort of crowd this will attract

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I wonder what sort of crowd this will attract

It’s near to BJS’ home. But does anyone even like him?

[spudder56]

It’s near to BJS’ home. But does anyone even like him?

Yeah I was wondering if anybody had any idea how many tickets had been sold

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Yeah I was wondering if anybody had any idea how many tickets had been sold

Franklyn was saying they were gonna put 12k tickets on sale.

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Lisa Whiteside W pts 40-36 Dani Hodges
4 x 2 flyweight

A ferocious first round saw the Commonwealth Games gold medallist on her pro debut buzz her Staffordshire opponent with a big right that appeared to leave Hodges on the brink of being stopped, particularly with Whiteside feverishly working the head and body in snappy combinations. Hodges managed to regroup

Balazs Bacskai W pts 80-70 Danilo Moises Solis
8 x 3 super welterweight

The unbeaten Hungarian extended his record to 10-0 with a convincing victory over the durable Nicaraguan Solis with the exchanges, while one-sided, not completely dominant until the seventh round when Bacskai twice put Solis to the canvas and looked to force a stoppage. Solis, who has a decent winning record, survived the onslaught and made it through to the end. It was, however, a landslide points defeat on the cards.

The two opening contests both went the four-round distance and were won by a margin of 40-36, with Connor Wright moving to 8-0 with victory over Owen Jobburn, while Graham Tirrell defeated Scott Hill man.

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James Branch jr W 2.04 R2 v Jan Hrazdira
4 x 3 cruiserweight

Branch dominated the early exchanges, frequently flicking out his southpaw jab and then working to the body of the slightly fleshy Czech, who was not offering much back in return. A first stoppage win for the Peacock Gym-trained product came after 2.04 of round two with a body shot that Hrazdiri showed little appetite for recovering from.

[bigjack]

Yeah I was wondering if anybody had any idea how many tickets had been sold

About half as many as Bunny tells everyone i'd say.

[Boxerbeetle]

Seems strange for football shirts to be classed as prohibited items when the show is being held in a football ground

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Harvey Horn W pts 60-55 Joel Sanchez
6 x 3 flyweight

Southpaw Horn was jolting out the jab with telling effect from the first bell as his Nicaraguan opponent strived to divert as much as possible onto his high guard. A right hook to the body was the most effective shot right on the bell to signal the end of a one-sided round. Sanchez managed to buck a growing trend in round three by giving Horn something to think about, but the sharp punches of the Chigwell man always kept him in the ascendancy. Horn continued to peck away at the defences of Sanchez as the minutes ticked by towards a convincing win that takes him to 6-0 as a pro.

[milpool]

Shaun Cooper just beat Boy Jones on a majority.

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THE VACANT WBO YOUTH LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

Boy Jones v Shaun Cooper W pts 95-95 96-94 97-93
10 x 3 lightweight

The opening salvos were of the nip and tuck variety with neither man establishing clear superiority, although Cooper landed clean in the third while taking some return fire from the popular Jones. The Chingford charmer, working off his jab, was targeting the body of Cooper, but the Willenhall battler kept up with his own pressure and the balance of power was tricky to call. Cooper caught Jones with a combination in the ninth. The judges scored it a majority victory for the now 9-0 Cooper.

Harley Benn v Lee Hallett W pts 39-37
4 x 3 super welterweight

The 6-0 Harley Benn established an upper hand in the first round, mostly through being the aggressor, but Hallett from Canning Town with popular journeyman Johnny Greaves in his corner was enjoying success in spurts and had Benn hanging on at times in the second. The long right hand looked like being the money punch for Benn, but Hallett was undeterred and a huge left rocked the head of his adversary right at the end of the third. Benn spent the following round mostly in retreat as Hallett piled on the pressure right to the end. The referee’s scorecard of 39-37 in favour of Hallett represented a first win as a professional for Hallett, who previously held a record of 0-16.

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THE BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONSHIP
12 X 3 super bantamweight
Brad Foster v Ashley Lane

Foster, the former kickboxing world champion, was winning the first round on industry alone before he put a seal on a 10-8 margin with a chopping right hook to the side of the head that put the Commonwealth champion to the canvas. Foster was working impressively to the body in the second as Lane struggled to establish a foothold in the fight.

Dennis McCann W rsf 1.44 R1 Kamil Jaworek
4 x 3 bantamweight

Dennis ‘The Menace’ made a spectacular entry into the pro ranks with a speedy demolition of his Polish opponent. The 18-year-old was set o destruction right from the first bell and after flooring his opponent for the second time with a viscous southpaw left, referee Mr Every sensibly saved Jaworek from further punishment.

[keithmoonhangover]

BJS has to be my least favourite boxer. Proven cheat with a sh1te attitude.

[bigjack]

BJS has to be my least favourite boxer. Proven cheat with a sh1te attitude.

Mine too,along side Broner

[skanksta]

Brad Foster is impressive if you factor in how much room he has for improvement.
I'm hoping he runs out of ideas and Lane manages to last the distance...

[skanksta]

Mine too,along side Broner

Mine too, but I LOVE Broner.
He's a much bigger tosser than BJS, but he makes it 'a feature not a bug'

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Max Branning from Eastenders sat behind Frank and Fury.

[Black Sam Bellamy]

York Hall would have been big enough for this.

[bigjack]

York Hall would have been big enough for this.

Is there much of a crowd there yet?

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Is there much of a crowd there yet?

Floor seats look full. Some of the stands aren’t looking too bad.

[MarkMcBurney]

Bellew only using one end of Goodison Park is one thing, but BJS is only using one end of Stevenage Borough FFS!

Edit: according to this seating plan there are only TWO stands open!!! https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/billy-jo ... 7CA7A83D29

Absolute tinpot from Warren.

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Bellew only using one end of Goodison Park is one thing, but BJS is only using one end of Stevenage Borough FFS!

They couldn’t get an arena booked. So that’s why they used Lamex.

Did Haye-Chisora use w corner end for their bout?