Sergey Rabchenko captured the vacant WBA Inter-Continental title
with a unanimous 12 round points win over Bradley Pryce at the
Deeside Centre in Queensferry, Wales on Friday night.
The Belarussian is now unbeaten in 17 professional fights after
taking the decision 117-112, 116-113 and 116-112 on the judges'
cards.
Rabchenko, 25, got off to a very good start. He won most of the
early rounds and had the better of the middle sessions although the
former Commonwealth champion had some success and was always
competitive.
Pryce rallied late on scoring with some heavy right hands, but
Rabchenko took the shots well and by the final round was back in
control.
Local fighter Tom Doran
took his undefeated record to 11 straight wins with a first round
stoppage of Max Maxwell in their British junior-middleweight title
eliminator.
If there is a more exciting 162 seconds of boxing anywhere in
Britain this year, fans will be in for a treat.
With the first clean punch of the fight, Maxwell slammed home a
right hand that forced Doran to touch down and referee Howard
Foster gave a count.
Maxwell, 23, stalked Doran and both men exchanged heavy artillery
in an out-and-out shootout.
Doran was again wobbled badly and on the brink of being stopped
before tagging Maxwell with right hand causing the Brummie to lurch
forward.
He regained his balance and was under the cosh once more, but
beginning to cover up when Foster jumped in.
Doran celebrated wildly, while Maxwell clearly angry at the
stoppage stormed from the ring without waiting for the official
announcement.
Full results
Sergey Rabchenka bt Bradley Pryce on points 12 rds
Tom Doran bt Max Maxwell TKO rd 1
James Dickens bt Stoyan Serbezov on points 4 rds
Tom Shaw bt Kristian Laight on points 4 rds
Juston Jones lost to Elvis Dube on points 4 rds
Kieran Maher bt Billy Smith on points 4 rds
Andy Keates bt Steve Gethin on points 4 rds
Rob Hunt bt Matt Seawright on points 4 rds.
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