British trio Ellie Scotney, Sunny Edwards & Nina Hughes win world title fights

Ellie Scotney (right) won her archetypal satellite rubric aft turning nonrecreational successful October 2020

Ellie Scotney enactment successful a slick show against Cherneka Johnson to triumph the IBF super-bantamweight rubric successful conscionable her seventh nonrecreational fight.

In a world-title triple-header astatine Wembley's OVO Arena, the nighttime ended with 3 British satellite champions.

IBF flyweight champion Sunny Edwards showcased his good boxing skills to outpoint Andres Campos successful the main event.

Earlier, Nina Hughes retained her WBA bantamweight rubric with a unanimous determination triumph implicit Briton Katie Healy.

Despite her ascendant victory, Catford combatant Scotney, 25, described it arsenic "one of my worst performances".

Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, she added: "But I'm satellite champion truthful it's the commencement of a large journey.

"I'm going location with my mum, putting my feet up successful my pyjamas and watching the remainder of the boxing."

A paper featuring 3 satellite title fights would typically beryllium held astatine a larger arena, possibly adjacent a stadium, but a sparse assemblage of conscionable 4,000 fans were successful attendance.

Popular Romford heavyweight Johnny Fisher, who bushed Emilio Salas connected the undercard, sold much than a 4th of those tickets.

Scotney shines successful world-title win

New Zealand-born Johnson, 28, made an eye-catching entranceway accompanied by fractional a twelve men performing the haka.

With Johnson's precocious guard, Scotney impressed with shots to the assemblage successful the opening rounds, landing hurtful hooks to the temple and a thudding close manus towards the extremity of the third.

All six of Scotney's pro fights had gone the distance, but what she lacked successful finishing powerfulness she made up with terrific movement.

Light connected her feet, Scotney continued to outwork her opponent. But Johnson was besides landing cleanly astatine times, a reminder of the information she posed.

The distant combatant whitethorn person edged the 5th done work-rate but was severely chopped supra the close oculus successful the pursuing circular aft an accidental clash of heads.

Sensing she was down the cards, Johnson started to instrumentality much risks successful the last rounds, opening up opportunities for Scotney - who was besides marked up - to land.

The assemblage were connected their feet arsenic the clapper signalled the last 10 seconds, testament to the efforts of some women.

The judges' scorecards work 98-92, 98-92 and 97-93.

Scotney's changeable astatine the rubric was owed to instrumentality spot 3 weeks ago. The Briton was removed from Katie Taylor's Dublin card, but the hold proved to beryllium worthy it.

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Undefeated Sunny Edwards (left) made a 4th defence of his IBF flyweight title

Fighting nether a caller promoter and broadcaster, undefeated Edwards took his accidental to triumph a 20th consecutive contest, with each 3 judges scoring it 117-111 to the champion.

'Showtime' lived up to his alias, showboating wrong seconds. Each clip Campos missed, Edwards mockingly looking successful the absorption of the punch thrown.

Campos, 26, whitethorn person edged the opening circular earlier it became an Edwards masterclass.

Nonchalantly evading punches, connecting with speedy counters and adjacent faster hands, Edwards began to amusement wherefore galore spot him arsenic Britain's astir technically talented boxer.

Each clip Campos, bidding to go Chile's archetypal satellite champion, trapped Edwards against the ropes, the Croydon combatant unleashed stinging uppercuts.

"He ain't hitting maine now," Edwards told his country astatine the extremity of the fourth.

He has been somewhat blameworthy of complacency successful the past erstwhile things get comfortable, and a deficiency of attraction allowed Campos to onshore a beardown assemblage changeable making Edwards wince successful the sixth.

He began to tyre successful the 2nd fractional of the combat and the rounds were becoming person than they possibly needed to be, with Campos landing combinations to caput and body.

Edwards recovered a 2nd upwind - oregon possibly switched backmost connected - successful the championships rounds, dancing rings astir his hostile who continued to travel forward.

The champion insisted helium needed to not lone win, but to triumph convincingly. He did conscionable that, and adjacent connected his docket is simply a unification combat with American WBO champion Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez.

"Bam Rodriguez - wherever are you?" helium said. "I was waiting. Sign the contract. Eddie [Hearn] said motion the contract."

Promoter Hearn guaranteed a unification combat could beryllium next, portion Mexico's Julio Cesar Martinez - who holds the WBC loop - is besides an option.

Classy Hughes excessively overmuch for Healy

Nina Hughes made a archetypal defence of her satellite rubric and is unbeaten successful six pro bouts

Unusually for a satellite title fight, Healy and Hughes walked to the ringing conscionable aft 19:00 BST successful the archetypal combat of the TV broadcast, with the arena astir a 3rd full.

In her six erstwhile bouts, Healy had lone ever faced opponents with losing records, and the gulf successful people was wide from the archetypal bell.

Hughes took the centre of the ring, recovered her scope and landed combinations with ease.

The 41-year-old - who upset the likelihood to bushed Jamie Mitchell for the rubric successful November - was effectual with the overhand right, peculiarly successful the sixth circular arsenic Healy's legs stiffened.

Healy got her changeable aft an wounded ruled retired Briton Shannon Courtenay. "Do you privation to triumph a satellite title? Then commencement punching," her country screamed.

The Walsall combatant had pockets of occurrence erstwhile Hughes took a breather successful the seventh, but it was a ascendant show from the champion arsenic 2 judges scored it 100-90 and the different 99-91.

Hughes called retired Australia's IBF champion Ebanie Bridges, who was ringside, for a unification fight.

"That's the combat I privation next," she told DAZN. "She's got a loop that I want, and I've got a loop I deliberation she wants."

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