Joshua Buatsi v Marko Calic - Live coverage and results

Live coverage of Joshua Buatsi versus Marko Calic from Milton Keynes

British light-heavyweight champion Joshua Buatsi (12-0, 10KOs)  defends his WBA International title for the fifth time to Croatian challenger Marko Calic (11, 6KOs) at the Marshall Arena at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes.

Global Boxing News are reporting live during the Matchroom card:

 

JOHN HEDGES v JAN ARDON         
4 x 3 mins Super-Middleweight contest

John Hedges takes the victory on his professional debut against Jan Ardon in the fourth round super-middleweight contest, despite being on the back foot for large periods of the fight.

Jan Ardon executed an awful lot of the better work during the opening exchanges, coming in close and taking the fight to Hedges from the first bell.

The 6'5 southpaw struggled a great deal with Ardon seeming to land the more meaningful shots, despite Hedges having a more prominent last round and being much busier in the exchanges.

 

Fight #3
AQIB FIAZ v KANE BAKER       
8 x 3 mins Super-Featherweight contest

Aqib Fiaz records an impressive dominant victory over Kane Baker, with a majority decision reading 77-75 on the scorecard.

Aqib Fiaz showed impressive aggression and fast hands in the opening rounds, boxing extremely well against Kane Baker who was trying to up the pace and get himself on the front foot as the fight went on.

Jamie Moore's fighter continued to work well through the middle rounds, landing well to the body at several moments in the fight, despite Baker controlling the tempo and stepping forward frequently.

 

Fight #4
ALEN BABIC v NIALL KENNEDY
8 x 3 mins Heavyweight contest

Alen Babic defeated Niall Kennedy with another explosive third round stoppage to extend his undefeated record to five fights at heavyweight.

The Croatian came out extremely sharply in the opening round as always, landing some explosive shots throughout but left himself open to some decent counter punching by Kennedy early on, despite landing a stiff left hook late in the first.

Kennedy continued to eat several shots with Babic's punch volume impressive as always, but finally the breakthrough landed in the third round with the Babic knockdown.

Then Babic came back as soon as the fight resumed, landing several damaging body shots to end the fight once again.

21:30 LIVE ON SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENT

 

Chief Support

CHANTELLE CAMERON v ADRIANA ARAUJO
10 x 2 mins vacant WBC Super-Lightweight World Title

Chantelle Cameron defeated Adriana Araujo via majority decision to become WBC super-lightweight with a dominant display.

 Cameron began the opening rounds well, boxing at a comfortable pace and with fluent rhythm and landing frequently against a lacklustre Araujo in the initial stanzas.

The British super-lightweight continued to hold herself well in the ring, boxing with fluency and control despite Araujo's initiation of some pressure towards her opponent, clearly carryig a weight disadvantage.

Main Event

JOSHUA BUATSI v MARKO CALIC
12 x 3 mins WBA International Light-Heavyweight Title

Buatsi began the fight sitting well behind the strong jab in the opening round, feeling his way into the contest against a confident looking opponent in Calic.

Calic continued to box with confidence early on, landing some superb right hand shots in the second and giving the Briton some early moments to think about in the fight.

The Croatian executed a further range of combinations in the third, opening up the eye of the Briton with a stiff right hand which continued to put Buatsi under pressure.

However Buatsi battled on, despite of his persistent eye injury and finally began to show his boxing rhythm in the fifth round, landing a swift combination and stepping into Calic who managed to make the bell under his first period of concerted pressure.

Buatsi came to life in the seventh and managed to land some significant shots, finally finding the stoppage in the seventh to retain his unbeaten record.

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