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Gary O'Sullivan versus Matthew Hall WBO International Middleweight Title 12 Round Bout

• Gary O'Sullivan versus Matthew Hall bout held on controversial two 'title' fight card in London marked by one sanctioned bout and one unsanctioned bout according to the British Board of Control, who protested to stop it but the bouts went on as scheduled.

• In a bout marked by toe-to-toe exchanges but without knockout power on the part of either contestant, untested and unknown Irish Middleweight champion Gary O'Sullivan won the biggest fight of his career, a 12 round unanimous decision over British veteran Matthew Hall. O'Sullivan appeared to dominate the first half of the bout, Hall appeared to dominate the second half of the bout. But as the British television boxing commentators, who had the bout for Hall on their unofficial scorecards, still noted, "Many of these rounds are very close and difficult to interpret or score." Hall appeared to win rounds 9, 10 and 11 as O'Sullivan tired abit and faded slightly, but O'Sullivan came back to win the twelfth and final round to get the unanimous decision of the judge's scorecards. If Hall had turned one more round, the bout would have been a split decision for O'Sullivan. But as two judges had the bout 117-11 for O'Sullivan, the seemingly close bout marked by in fighting exchanges was not close at all. It should be noted the Luxembourg Boxing Federation which sanctioned this Upton Park 'card' had Hall versus O'Sullivan as an approved sanctioned bout. However, the David Haye versus Dereck Chisora ten round WBO European title heavyweight bout which followed went against the British Board of Control as Chisora was under indefinite suspension. Neither Haye nor Chisora were licensed in Great Britain. Hall and O'Sullivan were properly licensed in Great Britain. As a result, Hall versus O'Sullivan appeared on the Boxrec but Haye-Chisora did not The WBC threatened to expel the Luxembourg Boxing Federation if Haye-Chisora went on as scheduled. In defiance, the WBA and WBO sanctioned Haye versus Chisora in full support of the Luxembourg Boxing Federation.

• Over 20,000 tickets were sold for the card according to Dereck Chisora's manager Frank Warren who put together the Matthew Hall vs Gary O'Sullivan, Liam Walsh vs Domenico Urbano, and David Haye vs Dereck Chisora WBO title bouts in London.