Quigg v Munroe ends in cut frustration, plus undercard and pics

Unfortunately after two feeling out rounds that you could argue either way, the third saw the fight come to a sudden halt, when a ghastly cut appeared on Munroe’s right eye, splitting his eyebrow in two. It was bad! deep, long and above the eye. It didn’t take the referee or ringside doctor long to realise just how bad and the fight was over.

Quigg gets down low to work the body of Munroe

In the opening round Munroe had stalked Quigg on the front foot and landed some decent hooks from head to body and looked comfortable. Quigg kept his jab pumping out and was shifting his feet quickly staying out of range enough to avoid Munroe’s left hand. The two telling punches as far as I could see were a lead left uppercut from Munroe and a right hook from Quigg, that both landed on each others chin and on my card evened up the opener.

Quigg’s punches looked the sharper in the second and he was throwing each one with stiffness and power, a big right hook from Quigg got through clean and he then went back behind his stiff jab. Quigg looked to be finding some timing. Munroe continued to hunt the Manchester man, but Quigg’s swift footwork and movement was not giving Munroe enough time to set himself.

A right get’s through from Munroe

Quigg was picking his shots well here and a combination to head and body ended the round in Quiggs favour, it turning into an interesting battle of styles.

The third round ended just seconds after it had began, Quigg threw a right hand that hooked around Munroe’s head, bringing it down into Quiggs and resulting in the cut. It was a frustrating end for the fighters and everyone involved and the fans in attendance were stunned. But everyone who saw the nasty cut, after grimacing agreed the fight had to be stopped.

A rematch is a formality, but it wont be happening anytime soon. The cut will need a long time to heal up and could be a future problem for the Leicester man, such was the damage occurred. Quigg will not want to hang about and wait for Munroe and will look to have a fight or two before an inevitable return.

Munroe try’s to cover the cut, but it’s to no ava

Both expressed their desire to get a rematch on as soon as possible after the disappointing end to their interim WBA super-bantamweight title clash.

Referee Howard Foster adjudged it fairly to have been an accidental clash of heads and as the contest had not gone four rounds, it was announced as a technical draw.

Hatton Promotions are hoping they can arrange another meeting between the pair when Munroe’s cut is fully healed after the summer following the unsatisfactory ending at Manchester Velodrome on Saturday night.

“I can’t wait to go again,” said Munroe. “It’s a game of these things happen and you just have to go with it.”

Quigg also admitted his desire to go again as he claimed his game plan was working well as he allowed Munroe to come on to him and tried to pick his man off.

He said: “We both want to prove who is number one and the point is not proven so we both want to fight again.“I felt in control. The second round I was just getting into it and everything was going to plan and I believe it was going to be my night.”
 

The referee calls off the fight after a long look at Munroe’s awful cut

Frustration! – It’s over, Munroe’s cut was just too bad to continue

Frustration! – Ricky Hatton, Joe Gallagher and Scott Quigg

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