IBF World Female Welterweight champion Natasha Jonas won a disputed split decision over former 2015 Olympian and former IBF and WBO World Female Super Featherweight champion Mikaela Mayer on Saturday night at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England.
In the co-main event in a rematch in a previous draw in 2020, British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Jack ‘Litle Lever’s Meat Cleaver’ Cullen lost in a decision to former English champion Zak Chelli over 12 rounds.
In the main event, IBF World Female Welter champ southpaw Natasha Jonas, 15-2-1 (9), won a disputed split decision over former IBF and WBO Female Super Feather champ Mikaela Mayer, 19-2 (5) over 10×2 rounds, retaining her title.
In the first round, the shorter southpaw Jonas has a slight edge. In the second round, it was Mayer, the aggressor, taking a close round. Jonas used a good body attack in the third round’s first minute. In the second minute, Mayer returned well, landing rights in a close round.
Mayer used her right well in the fourth round while Jonas landed left hooks to the body. Mayer landed a flurry of punches, having Jonas against the ropes at the bell. Jonas seemed to have a slight edge in the fifth round in an action round.
Mayer had Jonas hold on several times in the sixth round, outworking her. In the seventh round, it was close, with Mayer landing more but Jonas countering well. Twenty seconds into the eighth round, Mayer rocked Jonas with a left hook on the chin—good round for Mayer.
In the ninth round, Jonas’s left eye looked to have some damage from Mayer’s right hand in another action round. In the tenth and final round, Mayer had a big round, having the left eye of Jonas almost closed, having her in trouble and holding on several times. The referee was Howard Foster.
Scores were 96-94 Jonas, 97-93 Mayer, and 96-95 Jonas. 96-94 for Mayer per KH.
In the co-main event, in a rematch, British and Commonwealth super middleweight champ Jack ‘Little Lever’s Meat Cleaver’ Cullen, 22-5-1 (10), was defeated by former English champ Zak Chelli, 15-2-1 (7) over 12 rounds.
In the second round’s halfway point, the shorter Chelli landed an overhand right to the chin of Cullen, getting his attention. In the third round, Cullen used an effective jab while the tough Chelli was matching him punch for punch, causing a small cut on Cullen’s left eyelid with a right hand.
In the fourth round, Chelli did enough to outwork Cullen. In the fifth and sixth rounds, choosing between both boxers was difficult.
In the seventh round, just over a minute, Cullen landed a good left to the body, hurting Chelli. Between rounds, Cullens corner said he was behind and needed to do more. Chelli continued doing more than Cullen offensive-wise in the eighth and ninth rounds.
Chelli rocked Cullen with a right on the chin in the tenth round midway point. In the eleventh round, Chelli seemed to have an edge outworking Cullen.
In the twelfth and final round, Chelli had Cullen’s nose and mouth bleeding. The referee was Michael Alexander.
The scores were 116-113, 116-112 and 116-113.
WBC International middleweight champ Aaron ‘Silencer’ McKenna, 18-0 (9) stopped late substitute Mickey ‘Caveman’ Ellison, 14-7 (5) at 2:41 of the sixth round of a scheduled eight rounds.
In the first three rounds, late substitute Ellison chased McKenna with little contact from either boxer. McKenna finally put together some offense in the fourth and fifth rounds in each round.
In the sixth round’s final minute, McKenna landed four unanswered punches against the exhausted Ellison when referee Mark Lyson suddenly called a halt.
English super middleweight champion Mark Jeffers, 17-0 (4) defeated Germaine Brown, 13-3 (4) over ten rounds.
Scores were 98-93 and 99-92 twice. The referee was John Latham.
Featherweight southpaw 2020 Olympic Bronze Medalist Karriss Artingstall, 6-0 (1), won a close decision over world-ranked Lila dos Santos Furtado, 9-1 (1) over 8×2 action rounds.
In the final seconds of the first round, the taller southpaw Artingstall landed a left on the chin, dropping Furtado for an 8-count from referee John Latham. Furtado’s corner complained it was after the bell. In the second and third rounds, Furtado came back well enough to make it a close round.
In the fourth round, Artingstall drew blood from the nose of Furtado in a competitive round. In the fifth round, Furtado did enough to outland Artingstall in a close round.
In the seventh round, again, Artingstall drew blood from the nose of Furtado in a competitive round of action. In the eighth and final round, Furtado, needing a knockout, did her best to come forward but couldn’t pull it off in a close round.
Scores were 77-75 by referee John Latham.
Cruiserweight Jack ‘One Smack’ Massey, 20-2 (11), defeated Steve Eloundou Ntere, 8-1 (3), over six rounds.
Flyweight Mikie Tallon, 4-0 (0) defeated southpaw Adam Yahaya, 23-12-2 (12) over four rounds.
Referee Mark Lyson scored it 40-36.
Middleweight Stephen Clarke, 1-0 (1) stopped Vasif Mamedov, 3-47-5 (0) at 1:53 of the third round of a scheduled four rounds.
In the first two rounds, it was all Clarke boxing well. In the third round, Mamedov missed a punch, turned his back, and got hit by several punches from Clarke on the back of his head before referee Mark Lyson finally stepped in, stopping the fight. Mamedov is now 0-27-2 in his last 29 fights.
