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John Evans

RingMagazine.com |6 hours ago

Mark Chamberlain-Jack Rafferty: Live Undercard Results

ALTRINCHAM, England — Later this evening, British and Commonwealth junior welterweight champion Jack ‘The Demolition Man’ Rafferty will defend his titles against the dangerous Mark Chamberlain at Planet Ice.

Before that, there is a 10-fight undercard. The event is being broadcast live and exclusively by DAZN.

Results from Altrincham are below …

Jack Turner overcomes adversity, stops foe in six

Liverpool’s Jack Turner put Nicolas Muguruza down twice and stopped him in the sixth round of a scheduled 10-round junior bantamweight bout.

Turner, (12-0, 11 KOs) has displayed rare, one-punch knockout power during his rise to prominence, but the 23-year-old had to show guts and resolve for the first time in his short career against his Argentine opponent.

Muguruza (11-1, 6 KOs) arrived in England with perfect record and ambitions of his own. The 27-year-old kept his composure and a tight defence as Turner looked for big shots from the opening bell.

Turner applied steady, controlled pressure but by the midway point of round three, he was having to answer the type of questions that none of his previous opponents have been able to pose.

Turner did draw blood from Muguruza’s nose, but he was forced to back peddle constantly and also had to deal with a worsening swelling under his left eye as Muguruza couldn’t miss him with his jab.

Just when things were beginning to look precarious, Turner found a left hook that floored Muguruza heavily. He got to his feet but Turner sensed a finish and quickly pounced. Muguruza got to his feet again but despite his protestations, referee Michael Alexander decided to stop the action.

The time was 1.30 of the sixth round.

Lewis Richardson easily outpoints Artjom Spatar in six-rounder

202Lewis Richardson (2-0, 0 KOs) made his second professional appearance and the 2024 Olympic bronze medalist calmly and efficiently outpointed Estonia’s Artjom Spatar (5-17-1, 1 KO) over six rounds at middleweight.

The 28-year-old southpaw from Colchester is still making the transition from amateur boxing. He moved nicely but although he has good timing, he picked and probed without ever really sitting down on his punches or committing to his attacks.

Spatar made precious little impact and the 60-54 scorecard in Richardson’s favour was a formality.

Zak Miller retains title with decision over Lyon Woodstock

Commonwealth featherweight champion Zak Miller retained his title with a hard fought, 12-round decision win over a determined Lyon Woodstock.

In February, Miller (17-1, 3 KOs) produced an outstanding effort to outpoint the tough Masood Abdulah over 12 rounds. The win earned the 28-year-old Mancunian the British and Commonwealth titles. He has since vacated the British belt, but saw a fight with the well known Woodstock (16-5, 7 KOs) as the ideal way to continue his momentum.

Miller took the centre of the ring and worked behind straight shots whilst Woodstock tried to find his rhythm and roll forward.

Miller has a history of suffering cuts but it was Woodstock who emerged from a first round clinch with blood streaming from a nasty gash over his right eye after an accidental clash of heads.

The blood ignited something inside Woodstock. He charged at Miller at the start of the second round, but rather than retreating, as Woodstock predicted he would, Miller held his feet and punched with him. Miller quickly reestablished control and dominated the remainder of the round.

Throughout a colourful build-up, the intense Woodstock spoke about how he had placed himself in a mental prison in order to get himself into the correct frame of mind to beat Miller. In spite of the blood pouring from the cut, he refused to take a backward step. The cleaner shots were coming from Miller, who landed a hard counter right hand as the third round ended.

Miller seemed determined to make an impression in his first fight since signing a deal with Queensberry. Although at his best when he was able to set things up with a hard jab and accurate right hand, he was more than happy to stand inside and trade. Those exchanges gave Woodstock the chance to land some hard shots to the body.

Miller had a measure of control by the middle rounds. His right hand was an accurate weapon, and his footwork was forcing the Leicester man to fall short. He continued to play Woodstock’s game at times, though, and needlessly stayed in harm's way.

Some well picked right screw shots and straight punches seemed to win Miller the eighth, and he got Woodstock’s attention with a right hand in the ninth as he began to spend more and more time boxing at range.

Wisely, Miller utilised his footwork and movement more over the final quarter. Although he continued to press forward, Woodstock -- who had also collected a cut over his left eye -- just didn’t possess the power to stage a dramatic late turnaround.

The fight went to the scorecards. Micheal Alexander and Mark Lyson both scored the fight 117-112 whilst Darren Sarginson returned a card of 117-111, all for Miller.

Jack Power remains unbeaten after outpointing Dmitri Protkunas

Jack Power (6-0, 1 KO) brought a small army of supporters with him from nearby Runcorn, and the middleweight remained unbeaten with a routine decision win over Estonia’s Dmitri Protkunas (8-23-1, 1 KO).

Power dictated the pace from the opening bell, throwing out his jab and trying to find a home for his clubbing right hand. Although he offered little in return, Protkunas absorbed everything Power had to give and safely negotiated the six rounds.

Power was awarded a comfortable 60-54 decision.

Nelson Birchall puts Federico Pedraza away in one round

Nelson Birchall (9-0, 6 KOs) is keen to get involved in the domestic featherweight title mix but has found it all but impossible to find a British opponent willing to get into the ring with him.

Rather than sitting on the sidelines waiting, the 20-year-old from Morecambe stayed busy by facing Argentina’s Federico Pedraza (14-5-1, 2 KOs) over a scheduled eight rounds.

It didn’t last long. Birchall found the mark immediately and quickly dropped Pedraza with a short left hook. Pedraza showed little inclination to get up and the fight was waved off 2 minutes, 19 seconds into the opening round.

Charlie Senior coasts to one-sided decision over Darwing Martinez

If you are a UK-based prospect operating anywhere between junior featherweight and lightweight, the chances are you will eventually face Darwing Martinez (8-35-2, 6 KOs). Few deal with the Nicaraguan as comfortably as Charlie Senior (2-0, 0 KOs) did.

The featherweight dominated the action from start to finish and landed almost everything in his arsenal, although he never seriously hurt Martinez. Still, the 23-year-old coasted to a six round decision win. The score was 60-54.

Senior, 23, was born in England but represented Australia as an amateur and won a bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics.

Steven Cairns drops Kirk Stevens three times, stops him in five

So far, Steven Cairns (12-0, 8 KOs) has operated just off most people’s radars, but the 23-year-old Irishman is edging closer to the type of opportunity that would see him break through into public consciousness.

Former Midlands Area junior welterweight champion Kirk Stevens (7-5-1) was steadily worn down by Cairns' power punching. He was cut on the nose in the third, dropped by a left to the body in the fourth and put over twice more in the fifth by Cairns’ accurate body punching. The fight was stopped at 1.40 of the fifth.

Henry Turner KOs Ivan Balzevic in three rounds

Last October, Henry Turner (15-1, 7 KOs) was stopped by Jack Rafferty in the ninth round of a vacant British junior welterweight title fight.

Now competing at welterweight, the talented southpaw from Buckinghamshire opened the show and notched his second consecutive win by stopping Ivan Blazevic (8-2, 3 KOs) in thee rounds. An aggressive Turner got on the front foot from the start and although the Bosnian gamely fired back, he was badly outmatched.

Early in the third, a left hook to the pit of the stomach dropped Blazevic. He got up, but Turner immediately targeted the same area and dropped him again. The fight was halted 53 seconds into the round.

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