The WBA Champion in the Nick Ball category (22-0-1, 14 ko) had to fight to beat former IBF Super Bantam category (26-6, 20 kos), a tenth round of the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England.
(Credit: Promotions Leigh Dawney/Queensberry)
Doheny pushes the ball to the end limit
Ball-doheny was supposed to be a mismatch, but it was all but a light fight for Ball, 28, who in one of his hardest career fights recorded a lot of heavy shots of 38-year-old tjheny. Regardless of whether Ball admitted or not, this was a very difficult fight for him, Doheny proved to be cunning, powerful and hard.
He was one of those guys where he wanted to get a pound of meat no matter what, and in loss he inflicted a big penalty from the ball. Even fighters who prevailed can do damage, and we saw that tonight. Promotor Frank Warren has been shown to have made the correct decision by choosing Doheny as Ball’s opponent, this was one of his more fun matches.
Doheny is in ninth and tenth rounds left with nothing of a hard shooting, and a quick pace that fought the ball throughout the competition. His right eye was closed from the tenth and obviously couldn’t see the shots coming from that corner. Still, Doheny still landed a few beautiful shots in a circle. Judge Michael Alexander stopped the competition at the end of the circle. The official time was at 3:00 from the age of ten.
The ball was punished in the ninth round for throwing Doheny on the canvas. This is the second time in the fight that he has withdrawn this great move of wrestling. In the first round Ball hit Doheny’s back, sending him down. The judge decided not to become a point from him, but he should. It was a hard blow that gave the ball to Doheny and looked like something from MMA fight.
Cain Ruzo Edwards in a divided decision
In Sukobin, British and Commonwealth Bantam champion Andrew Cain (14-1, 12 KO) branched the former WBC champion Charlie Edwards (20-2, 7 KOS), winning a 12-round division to win an empty WBC Silver 118-LB belt.
Edwards looked like he had come to survive, not fighting as he moved throughout the competition, and showed no effort to try and win up to the last two rounds in 11th and 12th.
The results were 115-114, 116-12 for Cain and 115-113 for Edwards.
Herrera’s power screen: Enriquez stopped
The unbeatable light candidate Jadier Herrera (17-0, 15 ko) showed excellent power, if not a great defense, stopping Jose Macias Enriquez (21-4-2, 8 Kos), a technical knockout in the seventh round.
The judge waved him after the 22-year-old Cuban talent of Herrera unloaded the storm of impact against the helpless Enriquez in the seventh round. Enriquez was left at that stage of the struggle, and Herrera hit him at will. The stop time was at 2:31 seventh.
Last time updated 15.03.202025
