Light heavyweight Lyndon Arthur goes to 19-0 on Frank Warren card

It took Lyndon Arthur 9 rounds and two knockdowns to dispatch previously-undefeated Italian Davide Faraci in an outing the winner declared was so-so, however saved him in rivalry for a world title combat.

“That was common,” admitted Arthur afterwards.

Lyndon is rated No. 1 by the WBO at gentle heavyweight and desires to combat their beltholder Joe Smith subsequent.

It was, at occasions, a boring affair at Royal Albert Corridor, in Kensington, England, with the Swiss-born Faraci sport and busy however Arthur regarded good in spells. 

After 4 rounds, coach Pat Barrett – in Arthur’s nook – stated: “You’re the standard fighter, now present it.” And late within the fifth Faraci was in massive hassle. The Italian was tagged by an enormous proper hand and damage, and moments later one other proper crashed dwelling and Faraci was actually struggling.

Faraci motioned to point that he was okay however he was wobbling and in dire straits.

The Italian stayed within the combat by way of the sixth and it was scrappy within the later rounds because the pesky customer stayed busy and saved working.

Then, with round a minute remaining in spherical 9, Arthur walked the Italian right into a proper hand and Faraci went down for the primary time. Moments later, he hit the canvas a second time from a left uppercut-right hook after which, after Arthur landed a bunch of proper palms, referee Marcus McDonnell waved it off to spare the customer additional harm.

Faraci is now 15-1, whereas Arthur improved to 19-0 on the Frank Warren/Queensberry Promotions card. 

“I made exhausting work of it,” stated Arthur, who declared he was ranges above Faraci and responsible of switching off at occasions. “It’s what it’s. If I combat for a world title, I’ve received to be higher than that.”

Archie Sharp, in his first combat with new coach Alan Smith, was lower above each eyes however received a messy 10-round tremendous featherweight contest towards Mexican Diego Andrade.

Sharp, having his first combat in 11 months, improved to 20-0 however couldn’t put a dent within the sport Andrade, who fell to 13-5-2 (1). The Englishman received by scores of 99-93 and 97-93 (twice).

Tremendous middleweight Zachary Parker (under) moved to 21-0 with a rapid-fire physique shot win over 41-year-old Uzbek Sherzod Khusanov, who was counted out on his knee with simply seconds remaining within the opening spherical.

Parker, aged 27, is the WBO’s No. 1 and he desires to combat that organisation’s champion, Canelo Alvarez. 

The winner began working the customer’s physique early and a left hook into Khusanov’s torso introduced concerning the finish of the combat with simply 2:46 elapsed. The Uzbek drops to 22-3-1.

Bantamweight Dennis McCann began shortly and dominated the opening session towards unorthodox Tanzanian challenger John Chuwa.

The southpaw McCann got here out shortly and broke by way of within the second spherical with a left hand and the African quickly got here undone. McCann, now 10-0, flew in behind each palms and after 2:07 of the session it was known as off. Chuwa dropped to 20-5.