Dereck Chisora defeated Joe Joyce by 10-round unanimous decision in the main event on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, England. In the co-main event, WBC International super featherweight champion Ryan “The Piranha” Garner defended his title by defeating Archie “Sharpshooter” Sharpe by 10-round unanimous decision in a battle of unbeaten boxers.
In the main event, 2016 Olympic silver medalist and former British, European and current WBO interim heavyweight champion Joyce (16-3, 15 KOs) lost a 10-round unanimous decision to former British, Commonwealth, WBO and WBA International champion Chisora (35-13, 23 KOs).
In the first round, both fighters clinched within seconds. Chisora primarily went for the body and won the round as Joyce walked to the wrong corner as the bell rang. In the second round, Chisora, the shorter of the two, began to target Joyce's chin. In the final 10 seconds, Chisora landed a left hook to the side of Joyce's head that left Joyce shaken.
In the final minute of the third round, Joyce landed the best punch of the fight so far: a right uppercut to Chisora's jaw. In the final seconds, Joyce landed a hard left punch to Chisora's jaw to win the round. In the fourth round, the 40-year-old Chisora started to land punches, and the 38-year-old Joyce tied up Chisora and forced him into the ropes.
In the final minute of the fifth round, both fighters exchanged hard punches, with Chisora landing a three-punch combination and Joyce landing the final punch, a right to the chin. Another round for Chisora. In the final 20 seconds of the sixth round, Chisora landed two right punches to Joyce's chin.
In the final seconds of the seventh round, Joyce forced Chisora into a corner and was rocked by an overhand right from Chisora, who took another round. Joyce continued to walk Chisora to the ropes and nearly went through them, without a warning from referee Kevin Parker.
In the final minute of the eighth round, Joyce landed two left hooks that damaged Chisora's jaw, and in the final minute of the ninth round, Chisora came off the ropes and landed a right hook to the jaw, causing referee Parker to count Joyce down at eight.
In the last minute of the tenth and final round, Chisora landed a few punches that rocked Joyce. Both fighters had swelling under their right eyes. The scores were 96-94, 96-94, 97-92. I scored it 97-92.
Southpaw Dennis “The Menace” McCann (16-0-1, 8 KOs) defeated Ionat “Il” Capo (16-5-1, 3 KOs) via 12-round unanimous decision to win the vacant EBU European super-bantamweight title, with scores of 120-108, 117-111 and 117-111.
In the co-main event, WBC International super featherweight champion Ryan “The Piranha” Garner (16-0, 8 KOs) defeated WBO No. 3 ranked Archie “Sharpshooter” Sharpe (25-1, 9 KOs) by ten-round unanimous decision.
In the third round, Sharpe suffered a cut above his left eye, likely from a clash of heads; after losing the first two rounds, Sharpe may have won this round. In the fourth round, Sharpe swung wildly and suffered a second cut outside his left eye, again from a clash of heads, but referee Victor Loughlin made no call.
In the fifth round, Garner used his head without receiving a warning from referee Lockhart, who had not warned either man about the foul play. In the sixth round, Garner landed a right to Sharpe's jaw midway through the round, causing blood to flow continuously down the left side of Sharpe's face.
In the seventh round, referee Lockhart finally gave Garner his first warning for using his shoulder, a round that Garner also won. In the eighth round, Sharpe landed an overhand shot to the chin, but it didn't seem to affect Garner.
In the ninth round, referee Locklin gave Sharpe a second warning for punching Garner in the back. Garner continued to pursue Sharpe, catching him and leaving him completely vulnerable to Sharpe's attacks, but to little avail. In the tenth and final round, both fighters unleashed a ferocious barrage of strikes in an attempt to end the bout. The scores were 98-92, 97-93, 97-93.
WBC International Featherweight Champion Raven “The Omen” Chapman (9-0, 2) KOs) defeated Johana “Daniela Cruces” Sarabia (10-1, 6 KOs) by ten-round unanimous decision with scores of 100-90, 100-90, 100-90.
WBO Intercontinental heavyweight champion southpaw Moses Itauma (10-0, 6 KOs) stopped Marius “The Viking” Wack (38-11, 20 KOs) at 2 minutes, 32 seconds into the second of a scheduled 10-round bout.
In the first round, the smaller Itauma landed a jab to win the round, then in the second round, with just over a minute left, the southpaw Itauma landed six punches, culminating with a right hook to the jaw that knocked Wack down after a count of eight from referee Michael Alexander.
When he got to his feet, Itauma attacked him and backed him into the corner, landing six punches that his opponent did not return fire before referee Alexander wisely stopped the bout.
Welterweight Sean Nokes (8-0, 4 KOs) defeated Inder Bassi (12-3, 1 KO) via 10-round unanimous decision by scores of 97-94, 96-94, 96-94.
Southpaw Royston “Sugar Boy Roy” Barney Smith (11-0, 5 KOs) defeated Brian Barajas (7-1-1, 3 KOs) by eight-round unanimous decision to win the vacant WBO youth super featherweight title, with scores of 79-73, 78-74, 78-74.
Featherweight Umar Khan (10-0, 1 KO) defeated Khadour Miani (4-3-2, 2 KOs) by eight-round points decision. Referee Sean McAvoy scored the bout 78-73.
Light welterweight Brandon Lee (29-0, 23 KOs) defeated Juan Anacona (11-1, 6 KOs) via eight-round points decision. Referee Mark Bates scored the bout 78-74.
Super lightweight southpaw Adam Hamed (1-0, 1 KO) defeated Georgi “Babyface” Velichkov (4-22-1, 3 KOs) via four-round points decision. Referee Sean McAvoy scored the bout 40-36.
Lightweight Jermaine Dilwayo (1-0) defeated Engel “El Cojete” Gomez (8-33-3, 4 KOs) via four-round points decision. Referee Mark Bates scored the bout 40-36.
The ring announcer was Thomas Trieber.
