Rising cruiserweight Richard Riakporhe continued his march to world honours as he hammered Krzysztof Glowacki to defeat inside four rounds on the Chris Eubank Jr vs Liam Smith undercard.
Riakporhe rocketed up the cruiserweight rankings in a stellar 2022, but could not risk defeat when he came up against former world WBO champion Glowacki at the AO Arena in Manchester on Saturday.
Cagey in the first round Riakporhe led with his cross, but then stuck out jabs to maintain the distance between them.
They had been searching out openings inside the first round and Riakporhe discovered his inside the second, lovely Glowacki with an explosive right.
With the Pole badly rocked, Riakporhe bombarded him with pictures from either hand. It became most effective the ropes that saved Glowacki on his ft.
Riakporhe takes a vital win over Glowacki
Poland’s Glowacki did even though connect with a southpaw left and the 2 traded for an immediately. Glowacki hit a tough backhand left to Riakporhe’s frame and straight away the Londoner struck again with his right.
But remarkably he recovered from that and got through to the third spherical. The pace slowed as Riakporhe marked Glowacki out with in addition jabs. The Pole nevertheless slammed a strong jab of his personal into the frame.
Glowacki showed signs and symptoms of the revel in he acquired in his long career. He landed a neat combination as a left to the frame installation a right hook to the head.
But Riakporhe still concluded the 0.33 landing his proper cleanly to move, simply the type of blows Glowacki could not manage to pay for to let thru.
The Londoner looked for more of those energy punches inside the fourth spherical and Glowacki needed to gulp in air whilst a pass tested his frame.
But it become a big proper hook to the pinnacle that proved Glowacki’s undoing. It landed with shuddering pressure. Glowacki reeled lower back and “The Midnight Train” steamed into him, backing Glowacki into a cornerpost and ramming in in addition hooks.
Referee Howard Foster became straight away in vicinity to intrude and as soon as he saw Glowacki turned into out on his ft he referred to as a halt with 16 seconds left inside the fourth round.
[Ilunga] Makabu, you lot can not run no more. [Lawrence] Okolie, [Arsen] Goulamirian, I realize all of you lot and I consider you every day when I doze off.
Ekow Essuman defended his British and Commonwealth welterweight titles after edging out Chris Kongo on a majority decision.
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Kongo initiated the movement, poking out his jab as Nottingham’s Essuman regarded to counter him. He has achievement from variety at the same time as Essuman worked in near and landed a respectable right hand. Kongo responded that with solid punches of his personal.
As the combat reached the halfway stage Essuman upped the pace of his work and pushed Kongo into the ropes. He endeavoured to show it into a bodily conflict, establishing up with a salvo of hooks to the frame.
Essuman retained his belts with of the scorecards in his favour, 116-113 and one hundred fifteen-114, at the same time as one of the judges had the bout level at 114-114.
As I stated from the start, it became simply the enjoy of getting the ones longer fights, those different 12-rounders, the ones clearly tough fights where I needed to dig in deep,” Essuman reflected.
Boxing’s approximately what you may do whilst you’re worn-out, now not about what you can do while you’re fit, and my call’s ‘Engine.