Unbeaten WBO female flyweight champion Nicola Adams (5-0-1, 3 KOs) and Maria Salinas (21-7-4, 7 KOs) fought to a ten round draw on Friday night at Royal Albert Hall in London. Two-time Olympic gold medalist Adams looked flat and barely retained the title. Scores were 96-94 Salinas, 97-93 Adams, 95-95.
Unbeaten super featherweight Archie “Sharpshooter” Sharp (17-0, 9 KOs) scored a spectacular fourth round knockout over Declan Geraghty (19-5, 4 KOs). Sharp was getting outboxed, but laid out Geraghty with a left hook at 2:14. Sharp retained the WBO European title.Unbeaten middleweight Denzel “Too Sharp” Bentley (11-0, 9 KOs) needed 72 seconds to get a first round KO over Kelcie “Cannon” Ball (10-2, 2 KOs). Bentley bum-rushed Ball and the bout was waved off just as Ball was headed to the canvas.
Bantamweight Dennis “The Menace” McCann (4-0, 3 KOs) blew out journeyman Georgi Georgiev (8-16-1, 5 KOs) in two rounds. The 18-year-old McCann dropped Georgiev twice in round one, and once in round two. The bout was waved off at 2:53 of round two.
Pro debuting super lightweight Eithan James outpointed Fonz Alexander over four rounds. Alexander, a recent addition to the 100 loss club, fell to 7-101 with 4 KOs.
Pro debuting lightweight Sam “Midge” Noakes scored a third round TKO over Chris Adaway (9-60-4, 1 KO). The bout was halted after round three due to a cut suffered by Adaway. Although the cut may have been caused by an accidental head clash, Noakes got the win.
There is Rodeo Drive, and then there is Walmart. There is Bel Air, and then, there is Pine Hills in Orlando, FL. There is Claressa Shields, and then there is Nicola Adams.
Nicola Adams is a joke.