GLASGOW, Scotland –
Aston Brown and
Willy Hutchinson were among the big winners with stoppage wins during Queensberry's latest British show before
Nathaniel Collins' 12-round split draw with Cristobal Lorente in their WBC world featherweight title final eliminator.
A gloomy backdrop and stormy weather conditions welcomed another Scotland show for the promotion, their second in five months after former undisputed junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor's
unsuccessful welterweight debut against Ekow Essuman.
This card,
televised on DAZN worldwide, featured several boxers from that May 24 show, with Collins topping a sneakily intriguing 11-fight bill with prospects and three title bouts.
Relive the action with the undercard results below...
Brown blasts Kean in two rounds
After promising to show the difference in levels, Aston Brown claimed the Celtic middleweight title with a second-round finish of Paul Kean before calling for a Queensberry contract following another demolition job display during the night's chief support bout.
Brown (9-0, 4 KOs) began as he meant to go on, backing the Dundee man up against the ropes with combination punching and heavy uppercuts in the opening stanza, all while happily leaving his hands low.
That gave Kean (19-5, 2 KOs) the perception of a half-chance to get back into proceedings and in fairness, replied with some solid shots when they exchanged at close-range.
His stubborn show of resistance merely spurred Brown on, flooring the younger man with a body shot one minute into the second frame.
Although he beat referee Lee Every's count, the writing was on the wall and the official soon waved the contest off as Brown wasted no time unloading more punches without reply.
John Joe Carrigan's fast-and-furious debut
Highly-esteemed amateur
John Joe Carrigan couldn't mask his annoyance after getting caught clean with a wild punch to the right eye as he showboated, but the Carlisle teenager nonetheless got the job done with a barrage of combination punching four seconds before round one ended against Poland's Dawid Przybylski (2-4).
Off to the perfect pro start, Carrigan (1-0, 1 KO) will hope for more easy nights after admitting to pre-fight nerves in the dressing room but quickly overwhelming the Poznan native Przybylski as his foot speed and punch selection were too much to handle.
O'Doherty stops Glackin for British title
In a tussle of unbeaten lightweights for vacant British honours, Louie O'Doherty (11-0, 3 KOs) came out on top in an attritional battle that promised plenty but never set alight.
Nonetheless, the 25-year-old couldn't miss behind his right hand and the home corner pulled their fighter at 2:33 of the 10th round, having seen
Regan Glackin (16-1, 3 KOs) absorb punishment aplenty without looking like a second-half salvo was near.
O'Doherty, who entered this contest with some fanfare after impressing in sparring against top prospects, started fast against an older, frustrated Glackin after finally receiving a shot at the famed Lonsdale belt having waited for a crack at
Sam Noakes prior.
He found himself in some tricky moments early, O'Doherty winging wildly but landing clean with uppercuts and hooks in the second round after a jab fest in the opening frame.
The travelling Essex man had continued success through four rounds behind his right hand, though Glackin began round five better and lured the 25-year-old into close range, which suited him better.
Blood leaked from the home hopeful's nose midway through the sixth, O'Doherty continuing to dent him and charging forward unbothered by jabs in his face. The fight's pattern persisted like this, Louie landing shots and Glackin gamely firing back, but the latter was clearly being outworked and taking the more damaging shots.
Glackin sported a worsening welt just above his left eye, and O'Doherty couldn't miss behind his right hand, with the corner sliding a towel under the ropes to signal they'd seen enough. He'd won one round, maybe two, and wasn't improving as time wore on.
Hutchinson stops Jeffers in seven
Scrappy, physical and not a vintage display on his return from injury, but that doesn't matter: The Ring's No. 10-rated light heavyweight Willy Hutchinson (19-2, 14 KOs) fired back to winning ways with a seventh-round TKO of
Mark Jeffers to open the TV broadcast.
The finish came at 2:15 of the seventh, with BOXXER-backed visitor Jeffers (20-2, 7 KOs) in a bad way after absorbing heavy punishment following a howitzer of a right hook.
"No disrespect to Mark, but that was a boxing lesson. Let's have a proper one in December," he told Dev Sahni during an excitable interview during which he thanked his family and Queensberry chief Frank Warren for not giving up on him after a humbling 12-round points loss to Joshua Buatsi during their interim world title encounter last September.
A special mention also went to his longtime coach Mirko Wolf,
who he reunited with after a brief spell in east London under Shane McGuigan proved an uncomfortable fit.
Hutchinson landed a nice one-two early, Jeffers fired back to the body midway through an opening round being fought in close quarters.
Lots of feinting and half-steps came next as the home favourite established centre ring, though Jeffers wasn't afraid to stand-and-trade with him even if that merely emboldened the fans to be even more vociferous with their support. It also foreshadowed the finish.
Jeffers was ticked off by referee John Latham after taking a shot slightly low early in the second, as Hutchinson whipped left hooks to the body and chained together combinations shortly afterwards. The sequence continued, Hutchinson tagging the Chorley man while dictating the fight's pace as Jeffers countered but wasn't busy enough to worry him.
On cue, Jeffers replies with a more gung-ho approach on the front foot early in the third, landing a sneaky right hand in the pocket after a frantic opening minute, but maintaining this intensity was a tough task. The marathon man did enough to keep Hutchinson honest, right hands landing flush, and the Scotsman visibly didn't like this shift in proceedings.
It continued during a physical fourth, Jeffers clubbing Hutchinson with more right hands as they traded big shots up close before a rather peculiar round five.
Hutchinson felt comfortable enough to showboat and land in flurries while abandoning his defence, Jeffers not landing often to win the round on output but tagging him to the point he shouldn't feel at ease absorbing shots.
Taunting and gamesmanship only work if you're cruising and looking good doing it, but it seemed like an energy conservation tactic as Jeffers dug downstairs early in the sixth. That was another close round, and while Hutchinson slipped and slid his way out of danger on a few occasions, it wasn't the prettiest showing as they entered the second-half.
Midway through a scrappy seventh without much noteworthy action, the crowd suddenly roared to their feet. Hutchinson uncorked a big right hand Jeffers didn't see coming, and he couldn't recover fast enough as more shots rained down before it was waved off.
Prelim action, as Sutherland wastes no time
Marcus Sutherland (9-0, 6 KOs) insisted he wouldn't let anyone take food off his plate, nor ruin a Queensberry debut, and it took him less than two minutes to ruthlessly dismiss Kerim Aguis with an avalanche of unanswered combos in their contest scheduled for eight. ...
Edinburgh super middleweight Alex Arthur Jr (2-0) was matched tough with game visitor Grzegorz Mardyla, but emerged a 40-36 victor and felt comfortable enough to flex his showboating muscles over 12 minutes' action with his father barking instructions. ...
Scottish southpaw Reese Lynch (2-0, 1 KO) won every round en route to a disciplined six-round points victory over Jakub Laskowski at junior welterweight, having produced a second-round finish in his pro debut during Queensberry's OVO Hydro show on May 24. ...
Glasgow welterweight Drew Limond (5-0, 2 KOs) started quickly and didn't let his foot off the accelerator en route to a late stoppage win over Mexico's Alexeyv Mikhail Arellano Leon (4-14-1, 2 KOs) in their four-round contest.
Referee Kenny Pringle saw enough of the teenager teeing off with furious flurries backing the 19-fight visitor into the ropes and not taking much in return despite doing a decent job spoiling and holding earlier in the encounter whenever hurt by hooks through his high guard.
Limond was guilty of rushing his work at times, particularly when buzzing the stubborn Mexican, but he will be heartened by finding the finish, and he knows he'll eventually need to pick his punches better against more seasoned opposition that can handle his power. ...
Puerto Rico's junior lightweight talent Yandiel Lozano-Oquendo (2-0) oozed quality in his six-round contest against Mario Victorino Vera, but couldn't get the knockout finish after a purposeful start. The 18-year-old's pace noticeably dropped on a night where he would've loved to produce a highlight reel finish. Instead, he settled for a 60-54 points nod. ...
In the evening's opening bout, Spain's Javier Santana (4-2-2, 1 KO) emerged a 60-55 points winner after six rounds against Ireland's Steve Collins Jr (15-6-1, 4 KOs) at light heavyweight as the 22-year-old Granada resident made sure there was to be no fairytale story for the son of an Irish legend returning after a 15-month absence from competition.
Full undercard results
Middleweight: Aston Brown TKO2 (1:33) Paul Kean, wins Celtic title
Junior middleweight: John Joe Carrigan TKO1 (2:56) Dawid Przybylski
Lightweight: Louie O'Doherty TKO10 (2:33) Regan Glackin to win British title
Light heavyweight: Willy Hutchinson TKO7 (2:15) Mark Jeffers
Junior featherweight: Marcus Sutherland TKO1 (1:58) Kerim Agus
Super middleweight: Alex Arthur Jr PTS4 (40-36) Grzegorz Mardyla
Junior welterweight: Reese Lynch PTS6 (60-54) Jakub Laskowski
Welterweight: Drew Limond TKO4 (1:43) Alexeyv Mikhail Arellano Leon
Junior lightweight: Yandiel Lozano-Oquendo PTS6 Mario Victorino Vera
Light heavyweight: Javier Santana PTS6 (60-55) Steve Collins Jr