Zak Chelli springs huge upset over David Morrell in Manchester.

Completely overlooked and unranked Zak Chelli wasn't expected to offer much resistance for the former two-time champ David Morrell, stepping in as a late replacement for original opponent Callum Smith but caused a sensational final round upset, stopping Morrell despite trailing significantly on the scorecards. Morrell dictated the majority of the fight behind his jab, setting up strategic traps. Despite the class  differential Chelli persisted to stubbornly hang around, using unorthodox movement, looking for opportunistic right hands. Opportunity finally arose in the ninth, Chelli hurt Morrell with that very punch, but Morrell managed to get out of the round. Morrell came out cautiously behind the jab in the tenth, leading handily on the scores, looking to grab an uninspiring yet lobsided points win. with 40 seconds left in the round, Chelli landed an optimistic right hand, visibly hurting Morrell followed by another which landed clean. Seizing the rare opportunity Chelli followed up with a barrage of shots trapping Morrell on the ropes, the final right hand causing Morrell to sag lifelessly forcing referee Darren Sarginson to step in and stop the action at 2:24 of the final round. Chelli, a rank outsider raised his record to 17-3-1, 9 KOs. Morrell loses for the second time, falling to 12-2, 9 KOs. Following the victory Chelli made it clear that he was prepared to meet anyone on the world scene inclusive Morrells original opponent Callum Smith in a logical all British battle.