Tonight we’ll be doing a live Katie Taylor fight blog as the Irish boxing star looks to secure her first unification win as a world champion in the pro ranks.
Taylor 8-0-4KO will take on Victoria Bustos of Argentina a little later on for both the WBA and IBF lightweight world titles.
Also on the card will be Danny Jacobs and Jarrell Miller in the middleweight and heavyweight division respectively – with all the action shown on HBO tonight in the US.
A little before that however there’s already been some results.
Here’s everything so far (we’ll be updating this throughout the night):
Dimash Niyazov and Angel Sarinana went to absolute war here in the first fight of the night at @barclayscenter! Judges 59-52, 59-53 and 58-54 by UD to Sarinana #JacobsSulecki @MatchroomBoxing @EddieHearn
— Niall Doran (@NiallerDoran) April 28, 2018
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- Brooklyn native and Mexican undefeated prospect Julian Sosa defeats Larry Ventus by majority points decision in the welterweight division.
Nikolay Buzolin drops Larry Fryers right at the end of bell for the end of the round (6) and fight! What a left hook and win by stoppage!
— Niall Doran (@NiallerDoran) April 28, 2018
Shohjahon Ergashev goes the distance for the first time in his career, winning the WBA International Super-Lightweight Title on points 100-90, 100-90, 99-91 #JacobsSulecki pic.twitter.com/MWxTC8Guch
— Matchroom Boxing (@MatchroomBoxing) April 29, 2018
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Kazakhstani Olympic gold medalist Daniyar Yeleussinov kicks off his pro debut in stylein the welterweight division with a big stoppage win over Noah Kidd!
Katie Taylor comes to the ring!
Taylor backs up Bustos for much of round 1 behind the jab. Lands the one-two combination early on.
— Niall Doran (@NiallerDoran) April 29, 2018
Round 2: Another round for Taylor who continued to press the action on the front foot.
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Round 3: Taylor’s round again. Not the most eventful round but continues to control the center of the ring and demonstrate solid ring generalship.
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Round 4 and 5 Taylor continues to control the action and out box Bustos
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- Mid way point and things developing into a real war.
- Taylor wins by unanimous decision!
- Jarrell Miller wins by unanimous points decision. With all due respect –Wilder, Joshua, Fury and co. will not be too worried based on that. Possibly carrying a bit too much weight for a heavyweight– shedding from 305lbs down to 260lbs or under for next fight could help a bit.
- In a highly competitive bout things nearly came to a dramatic close in the 12th round when Danny Jacobs dropped Maciej Sulecki in the twelfth and final round.
- The winner and new mandatory for WBA champion Golovkin by unanimous decision – Danny Jacobs