In Liverpool, Nick Ball retained his WBA featherweight title when the corner of challenger T.J. Doheny stopped the fight at the end of round ten.
Doheny entered the fight after being stopped by undisputed junior featherweight champion Naoya Inoue in seven rounds and was allowed to challenge for the 126-pound title despite the defeat.
Give Doheny credit, he tried hard and battled through an almost closed right eye but he was never able to slow the unrelenting attack of Ball, and the most exciting part of this fight was Ball kicking Doheny at the end of round one in the corner.
Ball was deducted a point in the eighth round (I think) and I had Ball way ahead otherwise (98-91) at the time of the stoppage.
Ball was mentioned during the fight as a possible future opponent for Naoya Inoue, although that would be more likely in 2026.
Doheny suffered his second straight stoppage loss and at 38 has reached the time that he'll have to decide whether he wants to be a gatekeeper or step away from the game.
In Orlando, Austin Williams won a unanimous decision over Patrice Volny in an entertaining middleweight title eliminator.
Two of the judges scored Williams a wide winner at 118-110 and 116-112 but I had Williams winning the final round to earn the W on my card at 115-113, which is the same as the other judge.
Williams threw just enough punches to gain the small advantage in a very close fight that I wouldn't have complained had the fight been scored a draw or even 115-113 Volny.
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