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October 19, 2019 | Empowerment

Tommy McCarthy bagged the biggest win of his career with a victory over Fabio Turchi in Italy. By handing Turchi his first defeat to claim the WBC international cruiserweight title by means of a split decision following a in Trento, mcCarthy, who was discontinued in four rounds Richard Riakporhe in March, got his career back on track. McCarthy was kept by the home fighter on the back foot in a opening round and tried to up the pressure but was captured by a short right hand. McCarthy ventured forward in the fourth and then began to let his hands move after finding his range against the southpaw. A scrappy fifth watched Turchi receive a ticking off before an accidental clash of heads in the opened a cut on the cheekbone of this 39, and the pair exchanged leather. Since the fighter out of Florence started to tire the Belfast fighter grew in confidence in the eighth, and following an ninth, the scores confirmed the contest was still on a knife-edge. Turchi was struggling to see during the 10th and the referee. The Stone Crusher came out to the around swinging wildly and blindly in an effort to secure a stoppage victory but McCarthy soaked up the pressure. The pair exchanged shots in a last round that was toe-to-toe – and then an anxious wait – . Francesco Grandelli procured a split-decision that was thrilling over Reece Bellotti to acquire the WBC silver featherweight title. Grandelli used his superior movement to stay out of trouble and obtained a number of punches from all angles to claim success via scores of 96-94 and 96-95 with a single estimate awarding Bellotti 96-95. Watford fighter Bellotti enjoyed success at the early rounds however Grandelli turned to the design switching stances and stringing together combinations. Bellotti targeted the body in a bid to slow Grandelli as the fight wore on and continued to march forward, but the Italian kept on his toes and managed to prevent the shots. To the disbelief of the audience, once the scores were declared ahead of the round, Bellotti was leading by a couple of points, Grandelli responded by releasing a barrage of blows. The pair continued to trade at a feverish final round but Bellotti was pushed by Grandelli to the back foot and the scorecards flipped into his favour. Matteo Signani defeated Gevorg Khatchikian to acquire the EBU European middleweight title. After securing a split decision within his 31-year-old rival the title was claimed by the Italian on home soil in his third attempt. Read more: hockeybettingsites64207.aioblogs.com

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