Frampton stops Molitor!

Carl Frampton Vs Steve Molitor.. Many people believed this to be the toughest test of Frampton's career so far and most wondered if he had chosen to take the test to early. But last night 'The Jackal' proved that he took the test at exactly the right time. Frampton showed his class and stopped Molitor in the 6th round.

You could say that Molitor is well past his best and that Frampton got him at exactly the right time, but you must also remember that Frampton is still a baby in boxing terms. At just 25-years old he has a record of 15-0 and is already beating guys like Molitor. Yes, Molitor is no longer what he once was, but he is still a former two-time world champion and a fantastic name to have on your record after just fifteen fights, especially with a KO next to his name. I think it's onwards and upwards for Frampton from here. He's convinced me that he's the No.1 super-bantamweight in Britain and I do think he is on the fringe of world level. I look forward to seeing 'The Jackal' a lot more in the future, and I'm sure most of you do too. This could be a star in the making.

It truly was a great night for Irish boxing. Another one of Northern Ireland's "Golden Boys" put on a great performance in front of the home crowd. Paul 'Dudey' McCloskey reignited his career with a wide unanimous decision victory over the highly-rated Manuel Perez. The judges scorecards were 118-110, 118-111 & 112. McCloskey dominated throughout the whole fight and just had no trouble handling the low-powered opponent in front of him.

Whilst I'm still not sure if McCloskey is a world contender, I do think it was a great victory for him tonight and its definitely a step-up from his last outing when it looked like his career was almost over.

 

By Jack Price @PriceyJ97.

Prizefighter reaches new success!

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Last night (May 5th) the only recently created tournament Prizefighter reached a new success and a huge increase in popularity. It was the largest ever crowd for a Prizefighter tournament with over 4,000 fans crammed into the Kings Hall in Belfast.

The all-Irish tournament started off with an all-out brawl between the two favourites Eamonn O'Kane and Anthony Fitzgerald. O'Kane won the fight by two rounds to one and the crowd was already going crazy after just one out of eight fights. Ryan Greenem JJ McDonagh and Joe Rea were the three other fighters to join the tournament favourite Eamonn O'Kane in the semi-final.

After all four quarter finals the odds had changed dramatically, with O'Kane and JJ McDonagh both heavy favourites whilst Greene and Rea had odds of 17/1 and 6/1.

The first semi-final was between only two undefeated fighters of the tournament (O'Kane and Green) and someone's '0' had to go. O'Kane proved to be too strong for an overwhelmed Greene who was stopped by the referee late into the first round. The second semi-final was a little closer but McDonagh was still the clear winner as Rea just simply didn't do enough to persuade the judges.

The final was set up to be one of the best in the tournament's history but it just ended up very scrappy as both fighters were extremely tired and didn't have the energy to fight in the way that they usually do. O'Kane did just enough to get the result and became the first Prizefighter middleweight champion.

Corley hurt McCloskey on many occasions.

In the main event between Paul McCloskey and Demarcus Corley we saw one of the upsets of the year. It was set out to be a routine victory for McCloskey as he was facing a 'has-been' fighter. However, it was very different to how everyone had planned. Corley came out and outclassed 'Dudey' in the first few rounds but he did start to slow in the mid-stage of the fight. But, then to everybody's surprise, Corley threw a devastating right hand that made McCloskey shake from head to toe which caused the referee to step in and stop the contest.

I hate to say it but this has most likely ended any chances of McCloskey becoming a world contender as Corley is well past his best and is nothing compared to the big guys in the division such as Amir Khan, Juan Manuel Marquez and Lamont Peterson