Colchester’s Lee Purdy (10st 6lbs) picked up the IBF International welterweight title after dismantling Gumersindo Carrasco
(10st 6lbs) in a four round shoot out.
The Argentinean banger entered
the ring with an unbeaten 16 fight record with 13 stoppages, but will
leave London without any fond memories.
Carrasco was enjoying a bright start to the opening stanza until he
suffered an unfair knockdown as Purdy pushed him down on to the canvas.
Although Carrasco was caught with a left it was the body weight of the English champion that sent him tumbling.
The visitor continued to throw plenty of punches with varying levels
of success, but a big right from “Lights Out” stunned his opponent and
the Argentine trudged back tiredly to his corner at the end of the
second round.
After that the South American never looked comfortable and seemed
more intent complaining on what he felt were shots to the back of the
head.
With Carrasco’s energy and focus fading, Purdy was able to land some classy combinations to the head and body.
Purdy was able to pick his man off at ease as Carrasco lacked any real movement and unwisely stood toe-to-toe.
Purdy turned on the style in the fourth as he floored Carrasco with a
crushing right hand and he was down again moments later with painful
dig to the body.
To his credit the Argentine got up on both occasions but Purdy was in
no mood to let Carrasco off, and as he backed him up on to the ropes
referee Steve Gray had seen enough and waved the fight off at 1-43 of
the fourth round.
"I had a look at him in the first round and I just believed I could
take his power, which is why I put the pressure on him," Purdy told Sky
Sports.
"He's never done 10 rounds once and I'm a seasoned pro now, I can do
that for 12 rounds. I felt what he had, I believed I can take it.
"I didn't even get started in that fight, please believe me there's
much more to come. This is what I love to do, I'm a fighter through and
through.
"If they're like him and they want to stand in front of me then so be it, and will take them out."
Purdy, 25, seeks to compete at world level but there are still plenty
of fights for him domestically and a match-up with Matthew Hatton would
make a good contest if the fight can be made.
Wadi Camacho (14st 4lbs) improved to 5-0 (3 early) with a second round stoppage victory over Andy Ingram
(14st 8lbs). Camacho, 27, dominated proceedings from the opening bell
using his long southpaw jab to good effect combined with some useful
body shots.
The Canning Town man opened up Ingram with a couple of big hooks to
the body and referee Ken Curtis rightly stopped it at 2-41 of the second
session. Ingram drops to 2-1 (1).
Kal Yafai (8st 6lbs 12oz) took just 68 seconds of the first stanza to blast out hapless Hungarian Richard Voros (8st 13lbs 3oz).
This was only Yafai’s second outing as a professional but as soon as
the Birmingham fighter landed with a meaningful body punch Voros keeled
over in a crumpled heap on the canvas.
Yafai had his man down again after firing off a lighting fast one-two
followed by a blow to the liver. Referee Bob Williams didn’t hesitate
in waving the fight off at 1-08 and Yafai moves to 2-0 (2).
The night started with Upminister’s Ryan Taylor (9st 13lbs) stopping Gyula Vajda (9st 12lbs) inside two rounds.
Taylor had a slow opening session which allowed Vajda to land with a couple of good shots to the body.
“Crash Bang” Taylor sprang into life in the second and Vajda hit the
canvas three times in quick succession, before referee Bob Williams
halted proceedings at 1-52.
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