Manchester’s Denton Vassell and Craig Watson win Commonwealth Titles

MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 24: Craig Wa...

It was a Commonwealth crowning for Manchester tonight when local boy Denton Vassell claimed the vacant Commonwealth Welterweight title with a unanimous points verdict over Lee Purdy, whilst two day substitute Craig Watson produced a devastating two rounds of boxing to stop the dangerous Badru Lusambya.

Watson knocked down his opponent four times on his way to becoming a two-weight champion of the Commonwealth. Watson certainly didn’t look like a boxer who had stepped in at late notice and produced accurate powerfull shots early to shake Lusambya and stop him in a sound performance in Wigan.

Manchester’s Denton Vassell

Vassell and Purdy both contributed to what was a magnificent fight, with no fighter backing up, and no break in the action, both came out of this fight with high credit, and talk of a rematch is a possiblity. Vassell took the decision on all three judges’ scorecards, winning 117-112, 115-114, 117-111.

Undercard Results

Super-Bantamweight Craig Lyon won his tenth straight fight by stopping Georgia’s George Gachechiladze in the final round of this 6 rounder. Former ABA champion Lyon’s is a crowd pleaser, with his come forward batteling style and will be a boxer the crowds will get behind.

Sergey Gulyakevich w pts 6 Nugzar Margvelashvili (super-featherweight)

Farai Musiyiwa w TKO2 Jez Wilson (middleweight)

Martin Gethin w pts 6 John Baguley (lightweight)

Lee Edwards w pts 6 John Musgrave (middleweight)

Alex Dilmaghani w pts 4 Johnny Greaves (lightweight)

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