PADDY OFF THE ROPES
21:15:41
In the direction of the top of the seventh, Donovan lastly turns Ritson spherical and begins to carry the centre of the ring and push the older man again. He has some success too. Donovan begins the eighth in comparable vogue because the Irishman seems to show the screw down the stretch.
DONOVAN DOWN, OR NOT
21:11:09
A second of pleasure a minute into the sixth as Donovan touches down however referee Howard Foster realises it was a easy tangle of legs and doesn’t rule it as a knockdown. Ritson continues to use the stress however, as but, Donovan is refusing to unravel and continues to select him off on the way in which in.
FIVE DOWN, FIVE TO GO
21:06:57
Ritson is having pockets of success however Donovan nonetheless seems in management, though the Irish southpaw is spending quite a lot of time along with his again leg close to the ropes, inviting stress. He’s effectively adept at countering off no matter Ritson throws, nevertheless, and he’s forward on the midway level.
GOOD ROUND FOR RITSON
20:58:53
After struggling within the opening two, the third is an effective one for Ritson who features some confidence with a straight proper hand halfway by means of the spherical after which lands with a proper hook too. He wanted that, now can he construct on it?
MORE OF THE SAME
20:55:03
Ritson continues to stalk ahead into vary and Donovan is having little bother in selecting him off. The left bolo to the stomach lands a number of instances whereas he attracts applause from Lee within the nook with a picture-perfect one-two straight down the pipe. Ritson wants one other gear right here.
GOOD OPENER FOR DONOVAN
20:50:31
Though it’s Ritson who controls the centre of the ring, it’s Donovan who will get the higher of the opening spherical, wanting to attract a Ritson lead earlier than countering with sharp backhands, thrown both straight or up by means of the center, from his southpaw stance. “He’s supplying you with the physique,” Andy Lee tells him within the nook. Into the second we go.
THREE LEFT
20:34:04
With Cully’s win safe, there are actually simply three fights left on the cardboard – and they’re all belters. First up is at welterweight as Andy Lee’s undefeated protege Paddy Donovan seems to safe his fifth straight stoppage victory with the previous British light-weight champion Lewis Ritson the person bidding to cease that scorching streak.
CULLY WINS VIA UD
20:26:49
As anticipated, all three judges rating in favour of Gary Cully.
Scores of 98-92, 96-94, 96-94 transfer the Diva to 18-1 (10). The rebuild continues.
WE GO TO THE SCORECARDS
20:24:41
Patera makes an attempt to empty the tank within the closing 45 seconds of the tenth, but it surely passes with out a lot to report. Cully lands once more with a crisp left hand however does ship a lead hook himself. General, a mature efficiency from the 28-year-old southpaw – and the scores will certainly mirror that.
CULLY-FIED
20:20:30
After indicators of success, Patera is beginning to look annoyed as Cully regains management of the space and begins to select him off with lengthy, straight left arms as soon as once more. Patera chases shadows all through the ninth and Cully is definitely only one spherical away from a fairly clear win on the playing cards.
TWO LEFT
20:16:43
An in any other case good eighth for Cully is punctuated by three good proper arms landed by Patera. Nevertheless, the two-time European champion from Belgium is beginning to present indicators of injury from Cully’s uppercut, which he’s beginning to time effectively.
PHONEBOX SCRAP
20:11:57
“It’s getting a bit of bit too shut,” Cully is advised within the nook, as Patera continues to shut the space and struggle this one on his phrases. They spend a lot of the seventh face to face, buying and selling hooks to move and physique. Patera closes the spherical with a superb counter left hook. He’s not out of this but.
PATERA ON THE CHARGE
20:07:46
As we enter the second half of the struggle, the Belgian customer is simply beginning to up the tempo. He’s switching that assault from head to physique now, whipping the left hook to the ribs earlier than winging proper arms up and over. Cully spends many of the sixth retreating however continues to field effectively on the again foot. These final 4 are going to be attention-grabbing.
HALFWAY THROUGH
20:04:44
Patera is clearly concentrating on Cully’s physique with the lead hook and is having some success with them too. They don’t seem like slowing the Irishman down an excessive amount of, nevertheless, and he shall be moderately assured of being forward on the midway level.
CULLY TAKING CONTROL
19:56:28
Cully begins to make use of his peak and attain benefit to good impact in spherical three, retaining Patera at vary with the jab earlier than following it up with one thing juicier. Patera, in the meantime, is restricted to pot-shots to move and physique however nonetheless retains a risk.
TWO DOWN
19:53:33
Southpaw Cully far happier to attempt his luck with the straight left hand by means of spherical two and some of them discover the goal. Patera, nevertheless, is just not damage by any of them and appears to land with a giant again hand of his personal halfway by means of the spherical. We go into the third.
WARMING UP NICELY
19:49:02
One spherical down and it’s a affected person begin for each males. Patera spends many of the spherical holding the centre of the ring with Cully joyful to circle him. The Irishman does ship a left hook in direction of the top of the spherical and there may be already a little bit of reddening round his proper eye.
CULLY TIME
19:43:27
So right here we go. Gary Cully in solely his second struggle since his shock stoppage defeat to Jose Felix 12 months in the past. He beat Reece Mould in his comeback in November and a win over the always-game Francesco Patera could be a giant enhance to his possibilities of ever climbing up in direction of the higher echelons of the light-weight division.
WHAT’S HAPPENED ALREADY?
19:37:34
There have been two fights on the non-TV a part of the cardboard with each house fighters coming by means of unscathed. First Leli Buttigieg beat Anas Isarti on factors over six earlier than George Liddard noticed off Graham McCormack within the eighth and closing spherical of their contest.
GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME
19:29:30
Welcome alongside to tonight’s dwell weblog from the present on the First Direct Enviornment in Leeds, the place Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall lastly conflict of their rematch. However earlier than that, we’ve bought a juicy undercard. The primary struggle on the televised portion of the undercard has simply completed, with Giorgio Visioli stopping Sergio Odabai after 1:47 of spherical 4. It was scheduled for six.
Up subsequent is what seems like a assured motion struggle at light-weight, with Gary Cully and Francesco Patera colliding over 10 threes.
Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall sq. off as soon as once more in a long-awaited rematch following a extremely contentious first struggle in 2022.
Undercard motion begins on the Matchroom Boxing YouTube channel from 5.30pm UK, 12.30pm ET and 10.30am PT.
Taylor vs Catterall Weights and Working Order
6 x 3 minutes Worldwide Tremendous-Welterweight contest
LELI BUTTIGIEG 157.6 lbs v ANA ISARTI 156.8 lbs
8 x 3 minutes Middleweight contest
GEORGE LIDDARD 162.3 lbs v GRAHAM MCCORMACK 162.3 lbs
6 x 3 minutes Worldwide Light-weight contest
GIORGIO VISIOLI 134.1 lbs v SERGIO ODABAI 136.5 lbs
10 x 3 minutes vacant WBA Continental Light-weight Title
GARY CULLY 134.1 lbs v FRANCESCO PATERA 134.1 lbs
10 x 3 minutes WBA Continental Welterweight Title
PADDY DONOVAN 145.4 lbs v LEWIS RITSON 146.8 lbs
12 x 3 minutes vacant British Cruiserweight Title
CHEAVON CLARKE 199.3 lbs v ELLIS ZORRO 198.6 lbs
12 x 3 minutes Tremendous-Light-weight contest
JOSH TAYLOR 139.6 lbs v JACK CATTERALL 139.8 lbs