Fast Results from the UK: Jono Carroll Routs Quigg; Fury TKOs Sour

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Fighting on enemy turf in Manchester, England, Jono Carroll, a 27-year-old Dublin southpaw, scored the biggest win of his career with a one-sided shellacking of favored Scott Quigg. With his superior work-rate, Carroll gradually broke down the former WBA 122-pound world title-holder until Quigg’s trainer Joe Gallagher mercifully stopped the carnage in the 11^th round.

Although Carroll, now 18-1-1, was naturally the bigger man, he had won only three fights inside the distance and it was generally thought that he lacked the firepower to overcome the more experienced Quigg who had broken Oscar Valdez’s jaw in his last meaningful fight, albeit in a losing effort.

The heavily bearded Carroll, an interesting bloke, was making his second start since being out-pointed by Tevin Farmer in Philadelphia in a hugely entertaining fight. Quigg had nice run as a super-bantamweight title-holder, successfully defending the belt four times before losing a unification fight to Carl Frampton but, at age 31, may have reached the end of the road.

Fury

Huey Fury, the quiet member of the obstreperous Fury clan, has yet to defeat a world-class heavyweight, but tonight he advanced his record to 24-3 (14) with a third-round stoppage of overmatched Pavel Sour. Fury, the 6-foot-6 cousin of the “Gypsy King,” knocked Sour to the canvas with a chopping right hand in the second and again in the third, the second knockdown prompting Sour’s corner to throw in the towel. A 37-year-old Czech who turned pro at age 34, Sour suffered his third loss in 14 starts.

Other Fights

In a spirited affair, England’s Zach Parker (19-0, 13 KOs) remained undefeated with an 11^th round stoppage of Australia’s Rohan Murdock (24-2). Many of the rounds were close, but Parker was ahead going into the 11^th where he knocked Murdock down hard with a sweeping left hook. There were only seconds remaining in the round and the Aussie made it to his feet, but the referee waived it off.

With the victory, Parker theoretically becomes next in line to challenge WBO 168-pound champion Billy Joe Saunders, a moot point if Saunders opposes Canelo Alvarez on May 2 as has been widely reported. If not Saunders, there are interesting domestic clashes potentially on the horizon with Callum Smith, John Ryder, and perhaps Chris Eubank Jr.

In another bout of note, multi-talented 21-year-old welterweight Reshat Mati (7-0, 5 KOs) put away Tanzania’s Abdallah Luanja (13-8-2) in the second round. Mati, who prides himself on his skills as a body puncher, put Luanja down with a body punch and then nailed him with a right before Luanja was fully upright.

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Caroll was impressive. I don’t think he should be allowed to wear that beard in the ring though because it hides his chin. I was surprised the corner white towel tossed Quigg. He didn’t have much longer to go and he was never really hurt let alone dropped or rendered unable to defend himself. He was getting touched by an amped-up up and comer whose beard he could not find.

[oubobcat]

Carroll looked good. He has definitely improved a lot since the Farmer fight. Carroll frustrated Quigg with his movement and precision punching. Really liked what I saw.

Parker-Murdock was a good fight. That said, neither are top 10 super middleweights either...

Mati has a lot of raw talent. His body punching was impressive. But check out the second round of that fight before he got the stoppage. He was hit by three clean looping (and I mean looping) punches. Defense is almost non-existent in his game, he needs to go back to the gym and do some serious work. Hopefully his people take things very slow with him and frankly he was lucky this guy didn't hit just a little harder...