02 ARENA, LONDON – Red warm-up-and-comers Archie Sharp and Dennis McCann confirmed on Saturday that the future of British boxing is as fun as it’s far flashy.
Sharp, a clear fan favorite with the London crowd, marched to the hoop for his superb featherweight about towards a tattooed Scotsman, Jordan McCorry, on the undercard of Frank Warren’s “Heavy Duty” display at the 02 Arena.
With a nickname like “Sharpshooter,” one could expect marksmanship – punishing blows landed as it should be, with malice. Although it took around for Sharp to get going, he turned landed with a bang, and started throwing with abandon.
Sharp stored his defense unconventionally low, which made it, at times, hard to anticipate what photographs he’d be throwing. But when he allowed his fingers to go, it became clear his arsenal became varied and blanketed solid overhand rights, lunging photographs from unorthodox angles, and merciless digs to the body—one in all which sent McCorry down to the ground inside the 0.33 round.
McCorry made the count number, and even though he grimaced, having to stroll right lower back into battle, he had recovered sufficiently by utilizing the fourth.
When McCorry occupied the middle of the ring, Sharp used lateral movement to avoid his opponent. That low shield of his supposed, while he did plant his toes, he changed into vulnerable to attacks, and he never prevented all of them. At one point in the fight, he opposes the ropes and just openly mocks McCorry by leaning against them and inviting his man onto him, who refuses to accept the invitation of what could have been a free punch. With a flashy-first preventing style, Sharp had McCorry beat in all departments – technical ability, shot selection, and ring craft. He beat him to the punch, regarded the tougher hitter, and his play of the night time, which he landed in many instances all through the fight, became a textbook one-two; a ramrod jab followed utilizing an overhand so difficult it sprayed McCorry’s sweat from his head to the canvas.
Sharp’s finest mission may be whether he can hold on to win with his showboating antics as he goes from the local stage to countrywide and past. But for now, he is a fun fighter, winning effortlessly on the 02 Arena with a lopsided choice.
Earlier in the night, Dennis McCann, a surprisingly rated prospect who became professional under the tutelage of respected teacher Alan Smith at the iBox gym in Kent earlier in the year, was placed in a health center against a durable journeyman named Jerson Larios.
McCann had speedy fingers and put them to true use as he used Larios as a target exercise, hitting him with southpaw jabs, lead left hooks, and spiteful body shots. Larios never looked like triumphing, but he by no means looked like getting knocked out either.
Regardless, he lost with a four-round rating of forty-36, with McCann—sincerely one to observe—extending his seasoned record to two wins undefeated.
After McCann’s masterclass, Sunny Edwards additionally won the vacant IBF world first-rate flyweight championship after taking the total 10-round distance in a recreation by Harim Gallardo.
