First after Inoue? Masood took the title from Davis: video

Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, England. In the main fight of the evening, the world champion in the (minor) version of the IBO in the second bantamweight (up to 55.3 kg) Briton Liam Davies (16-1, 8 KOs) lost on points to a fellow technician Shabazu Masudu (14-0, 4 KOs).

The fight has a solid backstory. Massoud defeated Davis as an amateur (and more than once), ridiculed the champion’s style in the run-up to the fight (he was especially harsh on the lack of defense).

Left-handed Masood confirms his words with deeds in the opening round. It was practically a master class: fast, easy, spicy. Davis puts pressure, misses and misses. Left straights and crosses, as well as check hooks, hit the target especially often. The champion is trying to act on the verge of a foul (elbows, blows to the back of the head). The referee sees everything.

In the 3rd round, the referee also scolded Masuda. Davis increased the pace of the fight to the maximum, forcing his opponent to constantly clinch and tie his hands. The champion already has significant bruises and a cut near his right eye. He completely lost the opening rounds. If the opponent does not get tired, Davis will lose the belt.

The champion tries to slow down his opponent with body shots. But it often breaks a little lower. The referee is still in control, but he has a lot of work to do. Davis did much better in the 6th round. He finally began to deliver blows to the target, and in striking power he is many times stronger than his opponent. The problem for the champion is that he failed to build on his success.

Trading BLOWS in the ninth! ????#DaviesMasoud pic.twitter.com/LkaAI7vThn

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The champion managed to provoke exchanges at close range several times, but even in this vein he did not look better than the challenger. Masud still failed Davis, deceived and countered. But he spent the second half of the fight much more passive. Especially the championship rounds.

In any case, a very cool performance from the contender. Top level. Judges’ scores: 115-113 Davis (how???), 115-113 (Masood) and 116-112 (Masood).

Masoud SD 12.

Note: All other belts in the division are held by the Japanese “Monster” Naoya Inoue.

Kraftverkehr Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany. The Germans competed for the vacant WBO European champion belt in the light heavyweight division (up to 79.4 kg). Tom Dzemski (21-3, 11 KOs) and Nick Hannig (14-1-1, 7 KOs).

The victory went to the aged Hannig. He knocked Dzemski down before the referee’s go-ahead in the 8th round.

Nick Hannig (14-1-1) is the new WBO European light heavyweight champion!
He stopped Tom Dzemski (21-3) in the eighth round in Chemnitz, Germany ????????. pic.twitter.com/lTY0FnmB4H

— Permante (@PermantexG) November 2, 2024

Hannig TKO 8.

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