Round-by-Round: Michael Conlan vs. Diego Alberto Ruiz - 3 August 2019

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Live from Falls Park in Belfast, UK.
Top Rank Inc. & Queensberry Promotions Present: Conlan vs. Ruiz
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Time: 8pm (UK time)
TV/Live stream: BT Sport 1
Time: 3pm ET
TV/Live stream: ESPN+ | Price: $4.99/Month
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Running Order

Doors Open: 3:30pm

First Bell: 5:10pm

Bout 1

4 Round Cruiserweight Contest
Damien Sullivan (204.2lbs, NIR) vs. Mateusz Kubiszyn (N/A, POL)

Followed by

4 Round Lightweight Contest
Sean Gerard Duffy (136.8lbs, NIR) vs. Naheem Chaudhry (139.6lbs, ENG)

Followed by

4 Round Super-Featherweight Contest
Callum Bradley (130.8bs, NIR) vs. Jose Hernandez (129.3lbs, NIC)

Followed by

8 Round Middleweight Contest
Alfredo Meli (160.1lbs, NIR) vs. Araik Marutjan (159.2lbs, GER)

Followed by

6 Round Bantamweight Contest
Paddy Barnes (115lbs, NIR) vs. Joel Sanchez (117lbs, NIC)

Followed by

6 Round Bantamweight Contest
Dennis McCann (120.8, ENG) vs. Georgi Andonov (119.4bs, BUL)

Live on BT Sport 1: 8pm

Vacant BUI Celtic Super-Middleweight Title
Padraig McCrory (167.1lbs, NIR) vs. Steve Collins Jr. (167.1lbs, IRE)

Followed by

8 Round Super Lightweight Contest
Sean McComb (142lbs, NIR) vs. Renald Garrido (143lbs, FRA)

Followed by

10 Round Middleweight Contest
Luke Keeler (161.1lbs, IRE) vs. Luis Arias (161.5lbs, USA)

Followed by

British and Vacant Commonwealth Welterweight Title
Paddy Gallagher (147lbs, NIR) vs. Chris Jenkins (146.4lbs, WAL)

Followed by

WBO Inter-continental & Vacant WBA Inter-continental Featherweight Title
Michael Conlan (125.6lbs, IRE) vs. Diego Alberto Ruiz (124.8lbs, ARG)
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Everything is set up..

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Is anyone attending this event??

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In the opening bout Dee Sullivan was shockingly stopped in the very first round by Mateusz Kubiszyn before Keady lightweight Sean Duffy claimed a 40-36 points win over Naveem Choudry. We are live!

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Time for fight #2. Callum Bradley v Jose Hernandez. Four three-minute rounds at super featherweight.

Round 1 – Bradley starts fast, walking Hernandez onto shots, far busier than his previous two pro bouts.

Round 2 – More good work from Bradley who is delighting the loud paoket of Tyrone fans.

Round 3 – Bradley looking strong, peppering Hernandez but the Nicaraguan is going nowhere.

Round 4 – Fair play to Hernandez, really goes for it in the fourth and final round but Bradley is too slick to be hit with anything of note and we go to the cards.

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40-37 to Callum Bradley who improves to 3(0)-0. Best pro display so far.

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Time for the first big fight of the night. Eight rounds at middleweight. Belfast’s Alfredo Meli bersus Rio Olympian Ariak Marutjan.

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Round 1 – Fast start from Alfredo Meli, driving into Marutjan but the German is timing some nice right hands.

Round 2 – Marutjan sneaking in nice left hooks to the body but the activity of Meli might be impressing referee Paul McCullagh.

Round 3 – Some big single shots landed from Marutjan, one straight right hand in particular, but Meli’s activity persists.

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Round 4 – Slight pause at the start of the stanza as Meli requires his laces tied. Let’s out a big burp while he’s waiting, “I forgot to wind him” shouts his mother from behind us at ringside. Post-burp, the action resumes and Meli returns to Marutjan’s chest. The former top amateur’s shots are the most eye-catching but the Irishman could be stealing rounds.

Round 5 – Biggest round for either so far, Marutjan landing some heavy, heavy shots on Meli in the final minute. Big response needed.

Round 6 – Down goes Meli! Arutjan walks him onto a huge right hand that sends the Mac Man to the canvas. Meli is up and looks to fight showing great powers of recovery but his energy levels have dipped. The German is starting to take over.

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Round 7 – Marutjan is slowing but has still landed the more notable shots. Meli is showing serious heart and is willing to trade on the inside. This final round could be important.

Round 8 – What a final round! Meli and Marutjan go toe-toe throughout, the German landing the better shots initially before a STRONG finish from the home favourite. We go to the card!

Paul McCullagh scores it 77-76 to Alfredo Meli! A few at ringside disputing that. Score breaks down as four rounds to Meli, two to Marutjan, and two drawn plus the knockdown.

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Fight #5 – Paddy Barnes v Joel Sanchez – 6 x 3 min rounds at light flyweight.

Round 1 – Sanchez is game and tears into Barnes from the start but the Belfast boxer sinks in some nice shots and pops off combinations in the face of this aggression before a clash of heads leaves a cut to the side of his right eye.

Round 2 – Another good round, Barnes being made to work by the energetic Sanchez.

Round 3 – Better round for Barnes, starting to let his hands go and slashing in some very nice hooks to the body.

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Round 4 – Quiet in the fourth, Barnes’s boxing edging it for him.

[skanksta]

Great stuff as always RKO

[margaret thatcher]

Meli was very fortunate to get that...only 1 round to the other guy aside from the kd? Even though that guy landed all the best shots? Bad hometown judging from Paul McCullogh

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Round 5 – Barnes turning the screw in the penultimate stanza and has Sanchez in a spot of bother with a series of combinations but we go to the sixth.

Round 6 – Sanchez is down at the start of the final round but it’s ruled a slip. Barnes pushing hard, the crowd roaring him on, the first real bit of atmosphere but the Nicaraguan survives.

7:46pm – 60-55 to Paddy Barnes who improves to 6(1)-2(1).

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Great stuff as always RKO

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Started on ESPN+ and BT Sport 1

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It’s time for the big domestic bout on the bill – Steve Collins Jr v Padraig McCrory for the BUI Celtic super middleweight title.

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6 Round Bantamweight Contest
Dennis McCann (120.8, ENG) vs. Georgi Andonov (119.4bs, BUL)

Will likely become a Floater.

[skanksta]

I like Collins Jr @ SMW

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Round 1 – Fast start from Collins pressuring McCrory from the off. ‘The Hammer’ is taking his time, sizing Collins up, and lands one big right hand in an intriguing opener.

Round 2 – McCrory sinking in some lovely shots to the body while Collins is having success with clipping right hands upstairs. Even enough fight, McCrory shading it.

Round 3 – Another even round, Collins’s timing is improving but McCrory is the busier fighter.

[skanksta]

Close fight, could be either way, but SCJ must be ahead on body language.
He just seems full of it tonight.

[NoScoutingReports]

Stoppage for McCrory in the final round!

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Round 4 – Very good session for Collins who is starting to land the better shots and is walking McCrory down, goading him.

Round 5 – Massive bodywork from McCrory in the fifth, sapping Collins. The Castleknock puncher is busy, but the snap doesn’t seem to be there anymore.

Round 6 – McCrory is landing some heavy shots on the tired Collins who needs to do something to turn this around the final two rounds.

Round 7 – Slugfest here. McCrory, into the seventh for the first time, is tiring and he trades with Collins throughout. It’s frantic, it’s sloppy, it’s exciting.

Round 8 – Huge right hand from McCrory has Collins out on his feet at the start of the final round and he doesn’t let him off the hook, pinning ‘The Wolfhound’ to the ropes and forcing David Irving to jump in. TKO MCCRORY!

[Fightnight Scores]

Fair stoppage. Collins looked gassed but just needed to throw a few back and come through that, he'd probably have won the fight.

Fun watch so far.