Josh Warrington vs. Martin Lindsay & Stephen Smith vs. Mauricio Munoz RBR

Bottom of the hour. :good

(undercard on the Red Button from 6:30pm UK/1:30pm EST; main card on Sky Sports 1 from 7:30pm UK/2:30pm EST)

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Full running order:

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from 6:30pm UK/1:30pm EST

• Tommy Coyle vs. Michael Ansah, 8 rounds @ lightweight
• Martin J. Ward vs. Reynaldo De Cajina, 6 rounds @ super featherweight
• Tyron Nurse vs. Danny Little, 6 rounds @ light welterweight
• Simon Vallily vs. Moses Matuvo, 4 rounds @ cruiserweight

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from 7:30pm UK/2:30pm EST

• Khalid Yafai vs. Yaqub Kareem, 12 rounds @ super flyweight
• Gavin McDonnell vs. Josh Wale, 12 rounds @ super bantamweight
• Stephen Smith vs. Mauricio Javier Munoz, 12 rounds @ super featherweight
• Josh Warrington vs. Martin Lindsay, 12 rounds @ featherweight

 

Most of the real quality lies in the co-main events.

Swifty is actually in tough, maybe his 2nd best opponent since the loss to Selby. (and with styles making fights, Munoz could be more difficult for him than Buckland was even though I wouldn't necessarily call him the better fighter outright than Dynamo)

Munoz is a replacement on short notice, but he put up stiff arguments despite clearly losing to both Nishioka and Gradovich.

Warrington is a classy boxer, could not crack an egg with a sledgehammer, but smooth - he effectively (hopefully!) ended the career of Rendall Munroe last month. Not much to be taken away from that given how shot Munroe is, but Warrington did show off an impressive set of skills that night in his biggest step up yet. Lindsay ought to have a little more left than Munroe and thus be an even bigger step up. I expect Warrington should pass this next test, but this is another competitive match-up.

 

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Khalid Yafai vs. Yaqub Kareem, 12 rounds @ super flyweight

 

This is for the vacant Commonwealth 115lb title, left up for grabs by Paul Butler when he moved up to bantamweight.

Kareem held the belt in 2011.

 

Round 1

Yafai is pressing forward with nice left hooks on the body, leading with them with aggressive steps and backing Kareem up. Yafai is clipping the Nigerian in half, forcing him to backpedal quickly and double over in pain on the ropes as the left hooks keep slamming in on the side. Yafai flurries into the face of Kareem as he is made to bow involuntarily and cover up while collapsing his chest to his knees.

10-9 Yafai, dominant.

 

Totally justifiable.