Sam Eggington (32-7, 18 KOs) impressed and disappointed by scoring against Przemyslaw Zysk (18-1, 6 KOs) to claim the IBO Super-Welterweight belt at Coventry Skydome.
Rarely in a dull battle ‘The Savage’ does this look like having an early night and returning to Smethwick with some shiny new hardware with no marks on people.
The first two innings, Eggington played attacking and non-stop. Creating a loophole against Extreme Limits and punches on Sunday leaves Zysk stiff, chin up and delivering nothing.
Zysk was beaten for fun and despite his bloody nose and foresight, he never went down and never gave up.
Eggington’s body blows also sank in, Zysk’s flesh moved after, but he carried on and managed to get the sixth and seventh innings right.
Zysk’s efforts leave a mark on Eggington’s face and he begins to fight it.
“I know you’re tired,” Eggington coach Jon Pegg told his curator late in the eighth.
Perhaps something was wrong, but the bullets were in the pocket, and he went far enough forward but as a man he is Eggington happy to be able to deliver a punch on demand. Zysk’s demand.
Zysk has landed one-two-one-two-and-out of ten and seems to be getting stronger and more durable. Eggington still played and still won the late rounds to get a clear unanimous decision.
Adam Azim (5-0.4 KOs) continued to make his mark in the early stages of his career with a second straight win in the first round.
With his boxing hero Amir Khan, Azim wasted very little time getting his hands on the bewildered Anthony Loffet (8-2, 2 KOs).
Azim’s lightning is a marker, and within 30 seconds of opening the frame, he’s landed a top left cut into Loffet’s body, which is the starting point of the end. It was followed by a right hand reaching midfield before two more hits Loffet in the head. The Belgian failed and after beating the score had to watch Azim fly in with a fierce punch flying over but the highly touted ultralight BOXXER made one or two of his shots a success. attack and beat his opponent until the end of the match in 1.06 of Round One.
Azim’s fifth win earned him his first career belt, the WBC Youth Inter-Continental Super Lightweight belt being vacated. If Shane McGuigan’s trained prospects match the hype surrounding him, far bigger prizes await him.
At the fourth question, Tyler Denny (14-2-3) won the British Middleweight title.
Failed attempts in 2018, 2019 and 2021 are now a thing of the past after Wordsley southpaw beat River Wilson-Bent (12-1-1, 5 KOs) by split decision.
The two 160-pound players clashed last November but the fight was halted in the seventh round after Wilson-Bent was cut. Angry Denny planned to quit the sport, but he’ll be glad it didn’t after a passionate and resilient performance in the rematch. His pressure, power, determination and lightning-fast headers were too much for Wilson-Bent, who found a second wind to be too little, too late.
Olympic bronze medalist Karriss Artingstall impressed on his professional debut against Vaida Masiokaite with a 60-54 victory.
BOXXER series winners Cori Gibbs and Dylan Cheema also claimed wins over Carlos Perez and Stu Greener, over eight and four innings, respectively.
