Lyndon Arthur vs Emmanuel Anim

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For the vacant Commonwealth Light Heavyweight title on the Warrington/Takoucht card on BT this Saturday, I'm pretty sure ive seen Arthur a couple times on undercards over the last couple years, I follow him on twitter so that's maybe why I'm familiar with him?? He's 15-0 with 12 early and most in the first 2 rounds so looks a banger on paper, one of his distance wins was Adamu

Anim is from Ghana , has a couple point losses but has a KO win over Atoli Moore who Bellew KO'd in a round to win this very title years ago, not from Accra so probably not teak tough

[mickey1975]

I’ve seen him a few times. He’s good.

[handsofstone]

Arthur wins a UD to become champ, I agreed with the 115-112 card, it was fun fight that swung back and forth, Anim was a lot better than most Africans that have come over here to fight for the Commonwealth recently, he was like a wee bull, crude but strong and game, he unloaded up on Arthur in the 1st and you got the impression that he was here to win, he fought in spurts and when the action died down it was Arthur who looked the more comfortable, still it was a shock when Arthur dropped Anim heavily in the 4th with a peach of a right hand

Anim recovered well but it gave Arthur the boost he needed to start to get to work, he did have lazy spells though and he neglected the jab and it allowed Anim to walk through him and disrupt his rhythm and in the 8th Anim rocked him with a left hook and gave him a beating in the round, still Arthur regrouped well enough and Anim let the moment pass but again Arthur stopped working and allowed Anim to steal a couple of the later rounds

Arthur just about deserved his win but a lot to work on, he's open defensively and didn't really stamp his authority on the fight, I would've liked to have seen him go through the gears more, he looks more of a counter puncher, he does have power though, the KD was a sweet, he walked Anim right on to it, I just would've liked to have seen more of it