British and Commonwealth middleweight champion Kieron ‘Too Class’ Conway (23-4-1 (7) was stopped by ‘Billericay Bomber’ George Liddard (13-0 (8)) at 0:49 of the tenth round of a scheduled 12-rounder on Friday night at York Hall, Bethel Green, London, UK.
(Credit: Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing)
In the second round, a right from the shorter Liddard drew blood from Conway’s nose. In the third and fourth rounds of an all-action fight, Liddard had a slight edge. In the fifth round, Conway came back well enough to take the round. In the sixth round there was swelling under the right eye of Conway in a fight with Liddard in front.
In the eighth round, Conway suffered a nosebleed and a small cut between his left eye and nose. In the ninth round, Liddard dropped Conway with a body punch for an 8 count from referee Mark Bates.
In the tenth round, cut under the right eye, Conway’s corner threw in the towel with Liddard leading the way at the end.
Impressive Southern Territory champion Jimmy Sains (11-0 (10)) stopped South Midlands champion Troy ‘Hawk’ Coleman (14-4-1 (6)) after four rounds in a scheduled 10-rounder for the vacant Commonwealth Silver and BBBofC English middleweight titles.
In the first two rounds, Sains had his way over Coleman. In the third round, Sains bloodied the nose of Coleman.
In the fourth round, Sains hurt Coleman in the last minute with a left hook to the body, which made him hold. At the end of the round, Coleman’s corner advised referee Lee Every to call a halt.
In the main support, former Shannon ‘Kaos’ Ryan (10-1 (2) scored a fourth-round injury stoppage of Chloe Watson (8-2) in a scheduled 10×2 for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental super flyweight title.
In the first two rounds, Ryan had a slight lead. In the third round’s final minute, Watson’s right eye was closed due to a clash of heads.
In the fourth round, with her right eye now closed, Watson was given one more round by the ring doctor. She fought a desperate round and did her best in a tough losing round. The fight was stopped after the fourth due to Watson’s swollen right eye from a clash of heads.
At the time of the stoep the scores were 40-36, 40-36 and 40-36. Reece Carter was the referee.
Super middleweight Taylor Bevan (6-0 (6) knocked out tough Lukas Ferneza (6-4 (3)) at 1:17 of the fifth round of a scheduled eight-rounder.
In the first round, the taller Bevan outboxed Ferneza. In the second round, Ferneza took on Bevan and came up short again. In the third round, with a little over a minute left, Bevan landed a hard right uppercut to the chin of Ferneza, who had never been stopped, and shook it off. In the fourth round, Bevan had a mark on the left eye, and Ferneza has one under his right eye.
In the fourth round the action was good with Ferneza having his way in the last minute and taking the round. In the fifth round, after a little over a minute, Bevan dropped Ferneza with a right, followed by a left hook to the chin for an 8 count from referee Sean McAvoy. As Ferneza stood up, he looked at his corner, and referee McAvoy waved it away as Ferneza dropped to a knee.
Middleweight four-time national amateur champion Emmanuel ‘Maltese Monster’ Buttigieg (10-0 (3)) defeated a struggling Christian ‘Coqqus’ Schembri (27-13-1 (11)) by an eight-round points decision.
In the first round, Buttigieg had his way, as Schembri was on the move with his hands at his side. In the first minute of the second round, a clash of heads caused a cut on the forehead of Buttigieg and on the left eyebrow of Schembri. Buttigieg won the round as the blood drained from his forehead.
In the third round, Buttigieg landed more against Schembri, who had never been stopped at quarterback. With a minute left in the fourth round, the cut on Buttigieg’s forehead reopened, running across his face as he continued to take a close round.
In the fifth round, Schembri was on the move when he would stop and duke it out with Buttigieg, whose cut was reopened. In the sixth round, Schembri backed Buttigieg at times when Schembri would come back with his own punches in a close round.
In the seventh round, Buttigieg had a good round as Schembri seemed to slow down in the final minute. In the eighth and final round, both had their moments showing respect for each other after the bell.
Referee Lee Every scored it 79-73.
Sensational Bantamweight 19-year-old former Amateur World Champion and 5-time National Champion Tiah Mai Ayton (3-0 (3)) knocked out Laura ‘El Terrible’ Valdenbenito (8-7-1 (2)) at 1:59 of the fourth round of a scheduled 6×2 round of knockouts and scored a pair of knockouts.
In the first minute of the second round, a solid right from Ayton to the side of the head dropped the shorter Valdenbenito for an 8 count from referee Sean McAvoy. In the fourth round’s final seconds, Ayton dropped Valdenbenito with a right to the head for an 8 count. With blood coming from her nose, referee McAvoy called a halt.
Super featherweight Jermaine ‘God’s Plan’ Dhliwayo, 7-0 (2) knocked out Victorino Vera (8-9 (3)) at 1:23 of the fourth of a scheduled six round.
In the first three rounds, Dhliwayo dominated. In the fourth round, Dhliwayo dropped Vera with a body shot when referee Sean McAvoy counted him out.
Featherweight Adam Maca (3-0 (3) stopped Juan Alberto Batista (1-22 (0)) at 1:42 of the fourth round.
In the first round, Maca dominated. In the fourth round, referee Lee Emery called a stoppage in Maca’s favor.
The Ring Announcer was David Diamante.
Last updated on 17/10/2025
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