Bentley v Cash. Plus undercard results. York Hall Bethnal Green

In the feature bout at the York Hall, undefeated British middleweight champion Denzel Bentley 14-0-1 (12 Ko’s) and Undefeated Commonwealth middleweight champion Felix Cash 13-0 (9 Ko’s) met in a tremendous matchup to decipher which man is ready to elevate his career to world level.  The opener saw both men start fast with Cash drawing first blood, rocking Bentley early. Both fighters settled into a rhythm, maintaining the aggressive tempo. Heavy shots were landed from both sides in the second, Cash appeared the more accurate of the two forcing Bentley to box more on the back foot. Cash dictated the majority of the third closing the distance, half way through the session, Cash landed a clean right hand, hurting Denzel who sagged on the ropes, Cash continued to land 5 further right hands that appeared to leave Bentley unable to defend himself forcing referee Victor Loughlan to halt the fight..  The despondent Bentley looked upset that the bout was stopped so quickly, yet the stoppage looked justified. Cash closed the gap and capitalised when he hurt Denzel with the first telling shots.  Felix Cash takes home the British and Commonwealth middleweight titles along with bragging rights as domestic top dog. 

 Karol Itauma 2-0 (1 Ko) scored his second outing by knockout at the York Hall tonight with causeda first round stoppage of the overmatched Ryan Hibbert 1-9 (2 Ko’s.) Hibbert tasted the Slovak National’s power early and took a count from a right hand left hook combination to the temple, moments later Itauma put his shots together in short combinations and put Hibbert down with referee Michael Alexander halting the proceedings.  The bout itself a disappointment with the promising amateur standout Itauma requiring a sterner test, Hibbert appeared to come with very little ambition on this occasion. 

Undefeated York prospect George Davey 3-0 faced Stoke based Jamie Stewart 2-1-1 at welterweight on the York Hall card tonight. The patient Davey kept the rugged Stewart on the outside for the majority of the early rounds, not allowing him the luxury of a close range affair. Stewart closed the distance and began causing Davey some troubles by the 5th forcing the youngster to fight up close. Davey regained control in the 6th keeping Stewart on the end of long shots to secure a comfortable decision.  Marcus McDonnell scoring the bout 59-56 in favour of Davey.

Undefeated Southpaw Henry Turner 4-0 outboxed Wolverhampton’s tough unorthodox Clayton Bricknell 3-3-1 over 6. Henry punched with authority throughout and forced the smaller Bricknell to adopt the back foot for the majority of the bout. Turner appeared to be loading up and telegraphing his shots on occasion and allowing Bricknell counter opportunities through the 3rd, yet regained his composure in the 4th and dictated the action. Turner controlled the bout through round 5 and maintained his lead with a dominant final session where he showcased flashes of his superior ability to secure a one sided decision. 

The experienced uk based Pole, Kamil Sokolowski 10-21-2 (4 Ko’s) forced the undefeated David Adeleye 5-0 (5 Ko’s) to box on the back foot in the early stages of an interesting heavyweight match up over 6.  Sokolowski took the action to the hard punching Londoner who had to adopt a patient approach to cope with the well travelled Pole. The inexperienced Adeleye showed maturity in adapting to the circumstances and work his way back into the bout having given away the opening 2 stanzas. Round 3 saw David start to panic and lose his composure, Sokolowski continued to pressure the younger man and in turn Adeleye began to load up and overreach with wide shots. Going into the 5th Sokolowski appeared to be enjoying a handy lead, with Adeleye requiring some urgency to salvage his unbeaten record, Kamil continued to apply pressure now tasting a hint of an upset. The final round saw Sokolowski continue to press Adeleye and force him out of his comfort zone, boxing going backwards. At the conclusion it appeared that Sokolowski had won a decisive points victory, against a considerably subdued Adeleye in a rare upset.

Marcus McDonnell however scored the bout 58-57 in favour of David Adeleye. 

Former world light heavyweight title challenger Callum Johnson 18-1 (13 Ko’s) overcame a back and forth opening round slug fest with tough Emil Markic  32-2 (24 Ko’s) to stop the capable Croatian in the second of a scheduled ten rounder for the vacant WBO Global title. Johnson had Markic pinned on the ropes and landed a flurry of unanswered shots before Emil slumped, forcing the stoppage. 

Meet Heavyweight, Jared Anderson.

                                

Toledo Heavyweight prospect Jared Anderson has jumped onto the scene with a bang over the last 18 months, the former two time US National super heavyweight champion has racked up 9 victories, all by knockout. Jared turned over in the October of 2019 scoring a 1st round knockout in Reno over one Daniel Infante and by following July had racked up 5 straight consecutive knockout victories yet had barely boxed a total of 7 rounds. Whilst getting ready for his third pro fight, Jared was hired as chief sparring partner for Tyson Fury in preparation for the Deontay Wilder rematch in Las Vegas, Anderson made such an impression on the Champion and his father John that the latter was quoted as saying, Jared would be the next great American heavyweight champion. The colourful heavyweight continued his knockout streak with a 4th round knockout of Rodney Hernandez on the Jamel Herring v Jonathan Oquendo undercard at the MGM bubble in Las Vegas. Jared would return to the bubble 6 weeks later, appearing on the Inoue v Maloney card and taking out the overmatched Luis Eduardo Pena in a round and again last February on the Commey v Marinez show when Anderson made a bold statement by scoring a striking final round knockout over once beaten Nigerian Kingsley Ibeh. Most recently Jared featured on the Joe Smith Jr v Maxim Vlasov show in Oklahoma where he appeared alongside fellow heavyweight prospects Efe Ajagba and Trey Lippe to score another stoppage, this time over the tough experienced Jeremiah Karpency in 2.  Jared is a tall agile boxer puncher who despite his brief time in the professional ranks appears relaxed and composed in the ring and showed in the Ibeh fight that he wasn’t over anxious to keep his knockout streak alive, despite finding the knockout late in the 6th, he used the rounds to gain valuable ring time against a live opponent. Jared has all of the apparent tools at this point in his career to move steadily and open doors for himself, Top Rank have exclusive promotional rights over Anderson and I expect them to slide him into some interesting matchups within the next year. Don’t expect opponents to be clambering over themselves to meet this feller, on paper he’s a novice pro, but big noise travels fast and all concerned fully understand that Jared Anderson is a bit special.