The British heavyweight title returned to BBC screens after twenty years, and the atmosphere inside Derby’s Vaillant Live arena was tight and tense. A proper throwback night — raw crowd, small venue, and two big lads chasing a bit of history. What we got wasn’t pretty, but it had enough edge to make everyone pay attention.
Frazer Clarke started fast, looking like a man intent on ending things early. Sharp jabs, tight uppercuts, the crowd fully behind him. But Jeamie TKV, the Tottenham lad with a wild family backstory, didn’t fold. He absorbed the early work, leaned on Clarke, and slowly dragged the fight into the kind of rough stuff neither corner would’ve been thrilled about.
Did TKV’s Left Hook Decide The Whole Night?
Messy, scrappy, but competitive. Jabs barely featured. Clean moments were in short supply. Clarke kept clinching, TKV kept leaning, and both big units threw lunging shots that looked half-prepared.
TKV picked up warnings for low shots and eventually lost a point, which had Clarke’s corner furious. Even through the chaos, TKV kept landing the left hook while Clarke tried to answer with the uppercut.
Then came the shot that changed everything. Round eleven — TKV smashed Clarke with a heavy left hook that turned the fight instantly. Clarke somehow stayed up, legs all over the place. He reached the corner, but he looked rattled. Angel Fernandez nearly pulled him. Clarke refused.
Where Does Frazer Clarke Even Go From Here?
The judges had it close: 115–113 and 115–112 for TKV, with one card to Clarke at 115–112.
TKV didn’t hold back after the final bell.
“It feels amazing. I whooped that boy in his back yard,” he said. “I knew he was going to hold on, but he started blowing within the first thirty seconds. We are not at the Olympics anymore.”
Clarke left the ring quietly, probably still trying to process it. At 35, with two losses and the title gone, the road ahead is unclear. He had early control, but once the fight turned rough and physical, TKV pressed harder.
The Tottenham man now joins the list of British heavyweight champions — Cooper, Lewis, Fury, Joshua. Big lineage for an 11-fight pro, earned the hard way.
The crowd of around 3,500 gave TKV stick on his walk in and backed Clarke like a local hero. For a while, Clarke looked like he might deliver for them. Then TKV’s grit and that left hook took control. Not pretty. Not clean. But very exciting.
Full Results:
- Frazer Clarke (9-1-1) – L-SD (12) – Jeamie Tshikeva (8-2-0) – BBBofC British Heavy (vacant)
- Francesca Hennessy (6-0-0) – W-UD (10) – Fabiana Bytyqi (22-2-2) – WBC International Bantam (vacant)
- Bobby Dalton (11-0-0) – L-UD (10) – Joel Kodua (9-0-0) – BBBofC English Welter
- Bradley Goldsmith (13-1-0) – W-PTS (8) – Jordan Dujon (10-5-0)
- Jack Massey (22-3-0) – W-TKO (4) – Ivan Gabriel Garcia (10-4-1)
- Scott Melvin (11-1-0) – W-PTS (6) – Harvey Sturton (3-0-0)
- Josh Rose (2-0-0) – W-PTS (6) – Jorge Luis Huerta Balleza