In a WBA super welterweight eliminator, WBA #11, WBC #15 Abass Baraou (15-1, 9 KOs) hammered out a twelve round majority decision over WBA #15 Sam “The Savage” Eggington (34-9, 20 KOs) on Friday night at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England. Hard fought affair with Baraou pulling away in the later rounds. Scores were 114-114, 117-111, 117-112. Baraou also claimed the vacant European title.
In a clash between unbeaten super middleweights, Andrei Dascalu (10-0, 3 KOs) demolished Joe Jackson-Brown (7-1, 4 KOs) in the first round. Dascalu dropped Jackson-Brown twice to end it after just 85 seconds.
Heavyweight prospect Matty Harris (6-1, 4 KOs) rebounded from a shock loss in his last fight to defeat Amine Boucetta (8-11, 0 KOs) over four rounds. Scored 40-36. Harris is trained by Peter Fury.
Unbeaten lightweight Sultan Zaurbek (17-0, 12 KOs) beat up Victor Julio (17-11, 9 KOs) for eight rounds to win 80-71. Julio was deducted a point for complaining in round seven.
Edfington got severely egged!
Glad to see Baraou prevail here against a man who looks like he needs to check in to some mental hospital. Those unsightly, ugly tattoos on Eggington scream mental illness.