Taylor started quickly, banking several early rounds before Essuman turned the tide with an attack that slowed Taylor and never hit the pause button for himself.
Essuman is aggressive but lacks a powerful punch, so he never put Taylor in danger; he simply outworked Taylor and wanted the victory more.
The official scores for Essuman were 116-112, 116-113, and 115-113, with my score at 115-113.
Essuman stated that he wanted bigger fights after the win, while Taylor dropped his third fight in a row, with losses to Teofimo Lopez and Jack Catterall preceding this loss.
Promising heavyweight prospect Moses Itauma destroyed veteran Mike Balogun in two rounds on the Taylor-Essuman undercard.
Itauma dropped Balogun in the first round, and only the guts of Balogun avoided the fight ending in round one.
Itauma knocked down Balogun twice more in round two to end the fight.
Itauma will have to prove he can take a shot, but he looks legitimate as a potential divisional force.
In Japan, Angelo Leo retained his IBF featherweight title via majority decision over former bantamweight champion Tomoki Kameda.
Leo managed to keep Kameda off him just enough to earn the decision in a very good fight.
Scorecards were even at 114-114 and two for Leo, 116-112 and 115-113. I scored it 116-112 for Leo.
On Friday in Doncaster, England, lightweight Maxi Hughes banged out a unanimous decision over Archie Sharp.
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