Heaney vs Warburton – Round 9
Better round from Heaney. He let his hands go slightly more than he has been doing for the last few rounds and had some success.
He did get tagged by Warburton on a few occasions, but may just have done enough to edge it.
Heaney surely needs a knockout in the final round to win this.
Scorecard: Heaney 84-87 Warburton
Heaney vs Warburton – Round 8
Heaney’s faithful have been subdued by Warburton’s superior boxing ability.
Warburton opted to trade in the opening minute of the round, enabling Heaney to have a bit more success, but as soon as he reverted to the back foot, Heaney had no answers.
Scorecard: Heaney 74-78 Warburton
Heaney vs Warburton – Round 7
Warburton causing Heaney all sorts of problems and the Stoke man is barely throwing.
He’s getting picked out relatively comfortably and is in desperate need of a second wind.
Scorecard: Heaney 65-68 Warburton
Heaney vs Warburton – Round 6
Heaney looked fatigued in the sixth round, almost chasing Warburton around the ring, who continues to box on the back foot.
Warburton got the best of the action and banks another round.
Scorecard: Heaney 56-58 Warburton
Heaney vs Warburton – Round 5
Heaney’s face is a bloody mess. Blood streaming from his nose.
He lands at least two pinpoint right hands.
May have been enough for him to take that round. All to play for here.
Scorecard: Heaney 47-48 Warburton
Heaney vs Warburton – Round 4
Heaney’s output has definitely slowed down slightly, but he is still finding his rival’s body.
Warburton is finding a way through the 36-year-old’s guard and definitely took that round.
Scorecard: Heaney 37-39 Warburton
Heaney vs Warburton – Round 3
Warburton outboxes Heaney in the third round and lands at least two accurate uppercuts.
Heaney caught Warburton right at the end of the round, but he struggled to really pin the ‘Bread Maker’ down.
Styles are gelling well so far.
Scorecard: Heaney 28-29 Warburton
Heaney vs Warburton – Round 2
Heaney lands several meaty body shots in the second round.
Warburton is goading him to throw volume and the Stoke favourite is responding.
Scorecard: Heaney 19-19 Warburton
Heaney vs Warburton – Round 1
Heaney marching towards the southpaw Warburton in the opening round.
Warburton boxing well on the outside and has landed a couple of good left hands.
Heaney had some success of his own, but Warburton just edges a tight opener.
Scorecard: Heaney 9-10 Warburton
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Nathan Heaney looks to keep his dream of headlining Stoke City’s bet365 Stadium alive in a must-win middleweight clash against Gerome Warburton.
The 36-year-old has an army of support behind him, making huge noise inside the Co-op Live, as he walks out to Delilah by Tom Jones.
Warburton is looking to ruin his hopes here in what would be the biggest win of his career.
Undercard results so far
- Willy Hutchinson bt Ezra Taylor – Unanimous Decision
- Brad Pauls bt Shakiel Thompson – 9th round TKO
- Liam Davies bt Francesco Grandelli – 6th round TKO
- Josh Holmes bt Alex Murphy – 1st round TKO
- Michael Gomez Jr bt Jordan Flynn – 3rd round TKO
- Nelson Birchall bt Ryan Griffiths – 9th round TKO
- Aadam Hamed bt Michael Mooney – PTS
- John Joe Carrigan bt Danny Costello – 3rd round TKO
Welcome along to our LIVE coverage of Moses Itauma vs Jermaine Franklin.
Moses Itauma takes a huge step towards a maiden heavyweight world title shot at the Co-op Live in Manchester.
Standing in his way is the teak-tough Franklin, who has only lost twice to Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte, both on points.
Itauma is undefeated in 13 professional bouts heading into tonight’s clash and stopped the aforementioned Whyte inside a round in August.
Franklin has won three on the bounce since defeat to Whyte, overcoming Ivan Dychko by unanimous decision in September.
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