Liam Taylor stops Martin Harkin in on the Bolton Whites Resort – British Boxing BBTV

Vinco Boxing‘s maiden boxing present concluded with a fourth-round stoppage victory from Liam Taylor over Martin Harkin on Saturday night time.

Middleton’s Taylor landed a much-needed victory on the Bolton Whites Resort, scoring three knockdowns over the Dumbarton man on the best way to getting his hand raised.

The battle was fought at a quick tempo from the off as each males appeared to say their authority on the competition. The primary main breakthrough got here within the third, a spherical which noticed Harkin come out quick earlier than an onslaught of hooks to move and physique from Taylor appeared to place a dent within the Scot. Harkin appeared to slide and counter the barrages coming his means earlier than a proper to the temple bundled the away man to the canvas. Harkin made the rely and noticed out the remainder of the spherical, however Taylor little question carried the momentum because the battle moved ahead.

The fourth noticed extra success from the thirty-one-year-old, who set about his opponent as he appeared to pressure a stoppage. To his credit score Harkin fought again displaying nice coronary heart however a right-hook to the physique adopted by one other quick hook to the pinnacle had Harkin down once more. The Scot once more regained his ft however the physique shot nonetheless appeared to have been impacting him, and he was down once more simply seconds later from one other right-hand. Harkin once more bought up on the eight rely however the writing was absolutely on the wall as extra bundles of hooks pounded towards his midriff. Harkin once more stumbled to the canvas and this time referee Kieran McCann had seen sufficient, waving the bout off precisely midway by way of the fourth spherical.

Taylor picked up his twenty-fifth victory in twenty-eight outings within the course of in a victory which is able to kickstart his profession to what he hopes will likely be extra massive fights at 147lbs. Harkin was courageous all through, by no means as soon as shying away from the battle however appeared unable to do something to stem the momentum of the thirty-one-year-old Taylor who was decided to get his hand raised.

Birmingham super-featherweight Raza Hamza maintained his unbeaten report with a snug six-round factors victory over Nicaragua’s Darwin Martinez within the chief help. Hamza appeared assured all through and was a deserving winner on referee Jamie Kirkpatrick’s 59-54 scorecard as he continues to chase down photographs at home honours.

Featherweight Adam Carberry stopped Reynaldo Cajina inside three rounds, scoring his second win inside the space within the course of in 4 outings. Heavyweight Ricky Gorman additionally received each spherical of his four-round contest towards Milen Paunov on his skilled debut.

Fellow debutant Lee Millburn was not so lucky nonetheless, struggling defeat to Steven Maguire at welterweight after struggling an damage to his thumb within the second spherical.