In progress: Joe Cordina vs. Gavin Gwynne, 12 rounds, for Cordina’s British and Commonwealth lightweight titles
Last fight: Super middleweight Savannah Marshall, Great Britain’s first female amateur world champion and a 2012 and 2016 Olympian, knocked out Daniele Basteri (2-1, 2 KOs), 29, of Brazil, at the bell ending the fifth round of their scheduled eight-round fight.
Marshall (7-0, 5 KOs), 28, who made her pro debut on the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor undercard in August 2017 and is trained by Peter Fury (Tyson Fury’s uncle), dominated the fight.
She bloodied Basteri’s nose in the third round, rocked her with a hard straight right hand in the fourth round and then dropped her to one knee with a combination that was culminated by a stiff right hand late in the fifth round. Referee Bob Williams began to count but then waved off the fight just as the bell was ringing to end the round.
During her amateur career, Marshall handed undisputed women’s middleweight champion Claressa Shields the only loss of her storied amateur career in which she was 77-1 and won two Olympic gold medals. A pro rematch could be in the offing down the road.
Still to come:
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Title fight: Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Luke Campbell, 12 rounds, for Lomachenko’s WBO/WBA and vacant WBC lightweight title
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Hughie Fury vs. Alexander Povetkin, 12 rounds, heavyweights
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Title fight: Charlie Edwards vs. Julio Cesar Martinez, 12 rounds, for Edwards’ WBC flyweight title
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Joshua Buatsi vs. Ryan Ford, 10 rounds, light heavyweights
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Dalton Smith vs. Darryl Pearce, 6 rounds, junior welterweights