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00:00 [MUSIC]
00:10 >> Referee Kevin Parker, that's the scene.
00:25 >> [NOISE]
00:35 >> And some huge, huge fights on this parish.
00:38 18th of November, 1990,
00:40 moving to my brain like so many boxing fans.
00:42 Ben Eubank, unbelievable occasion, rivalry, fights.
00:47 >> [NOISE]
00:49 >> With so many people,
00:51 myself included, really into the sport.
00:54 So we got Tyler Denny here in the black,
00:56 Macaulay McGowan in the Champs Camp colors of yellow with the blue and
01:01 the red down the sides.
01:03 Joe Gallagher, his trainer,
01:05 has returned to set up base at Champs Camp where it all began.
01:10 And I was just describing what's at stake here, Matt, on the ring walks.
01:15 And it is a really interesting one because Denny has
01:19 made such big strides in recent times.
01:22 There's a long way for him to fall here if he doesn't get the result.
01:26 McGowan can rise swiftly, snakes and ladders boxing, isn't it?
01:30 >> Yeah, definitely, you're as good as your last fight as they say.
01:33 And he has built up a good run here, Denny.
01:37 You got good momentum, his confidence must be sky high.
01:40 He's boxing close to home or at home.
01:43 And McGowan coming off a loss, which wasn't really a loss.
01:47 Everyone's seen that.
01:50 So two guys here that probably deserve a shot at the British title, to be honest.
01:54 So whoever wins, I'm sure will be closing in on that.
01:57 >> Well, it was a majority draw that he got McGowan, but
02:00 it would have felt like a loss, certainly.
02:03 As I mentioned, Denny was hoping to become mandatory for Denzel.
02:08 But he got put into a final eliminator and decided to go a different route.
02:12 How does Shiraz install as a mandatory?
02:14 And I'm not knocking that decision by the ball.
02:17 That's a fantastic fight.
02:20 >> The Tyler Denny is in the Tyler Denny business.
02:24 And he's taking himself out the back of the cage.
02:26 And he's starting nice and sharp here, good use of the jab.
02:28 >> [APPLAUSE]
02:38 >> See McGowan looking for the right hand,
02:43 straight right hand down the middle.
02:45 >> [APPLAUSE] >> Always a good shot for a southpaw.
02:49 And Denny can be a bit square as he comes in.
02:52 He keeps the hands up nice and high and he does try and move the head.
02:56 But he can come a little bit square at times.
02:59 So the right hand down the middle should be a great shot for McGowan.
03:03 >> Heading towards the final 30 seconds of round one.
03:10 Keeping those hands up, Denny pops out that lead left.
03:14 McGowan trying to go down to the body.
03:15 >> There's that right hand.
03:17 >> Hand tight on the way in.
03:19 >> Nice shot.
03:21 >> That's a shot, Denny.
03:22 He's gotta be careful of that.
03:23 I think McGowan's gonna keep throwing it.
03:26 >> [APPLAUSE] >> Right.
03:28 >> Good luck with all that.
03:29 >> Stay there, chin down.
03:32 >> Nice shot.
03:35 >> Well, that goes to ten second flapper.
03:37 Jab just reaching there from Danilo's two revolving around each other in the center
03:42 of the ring for the most part.
03:44 >> [APPLAUSE] >> Decent first round between those two.
03:50 One man this week.
03:50 Boxing has suffered another loss and the name Eric Guy might not be one
03:58 that wider boxing fans are aware of, but he was an unbelievable character.
04:04 A unique character because all fighters knew Eric Guy.
04:08 Because almost all of you at some point would have been on the phone to him
04:11 trying to get footage of one of your amateur fights.
04:13 He had the lot.
04:15 >> A massive character and like you said, back in the day when you went for
04:18 the video of your tape, he was the go to guy.
04:21 I don't think there's many people that has boxed ever at any stage or
04:25 any level in the UK that hasn't had a video or a DVD of Eric Guy at some point.
04:30 >> But he just wants one of those characters who was boxing through and
04:34 through and the sport will be, it will be a poorer place without him.
04:37 So our condolences, our best wishes to his friends and family.
04:41 [SOUND]
04:43 [BLANK_AUDIO]
04:53 >> So they scheduled for ten in the middleweight division.
04:57 Danny again just looking, flat out to the body, McGowan,
05:03 let go with the right hand and again there.
05:06 But once he'd thrown it, Danny had just taken that step off to the side.
05:10 And he's good Danny, just working in that tight circle around you.
05:14 There's the upper body movement, working around that front foot a lot of the time.
05:20 That was a good right hand to the body there from McGowan.
05:22 [BLANK_AUDIO]
05:26 >> A balance that was.
05:27 [SOUND]
05:29 >> I think McGowan's just, the basics are gonna work here.
05:34 The straight right hand down the middle, the jab, the double jab, and
05:36 the straight right hand to body and head.
05:39 I don't think he needs to get too adventurous or too reckless.
05:42 I think Danny's gonna have to sort of make the fight and
05:46 take it to and look to put combinations of body shots.
05:49 I think McGowan, if McGowan keeps it basic and
05:52 just fires those straight shots down through the middle.
05:56 I think that's the way to go for him.
05:59 [BLANK_AUDIO]
06:01 >> Encouragement from Joe Gallagher in the corner there for McGowan.
06:04 They've been together for a little while now.
06:07 The first fight was against Sergio Martinez, a pretty extraordinary affair,
06:12 that one.
06:13 But he's put that in the rear view mirror very firmly.
06:17 After that, they took a couple of more straightforward affairs.
06:20 And Gallagher again just bellowing the encouragement as McGowan was
06:25 managing to land a couple there.
06:27 He's a slippery target, Tyler Denny.
06:30 As we said, he has got really good upper body movement.
06:33 It's tiring fighting like that, but you look at the width of the back of him.
06:36 He's clearly working as hard in the gym as ever.
06:39 Just drops that flag and rips in the right hand to the body, but
06:42 this is good pressure from McGowan.
06:43 >> Don't do that.
06:44 >> Good, good, good, straight right hands.
06:48 Good left hook to the body as well.
06:50 >> [INAUDIBLE] >> I think Denny's certainly less
06:55 effective if he's being backed up.
06:57 I'm not saying he can't box on the back foot, but
07:00 he's more effective when he's coming forward.
07:05 He's good at staying low, and keeps himself in a good body position,
07:10 strong, low center of gravity.
07:13 But when he's backed up and he straightens up, he's less effective.
07:17 >> Don't let him have a rest.
07:19 >> Good body attack there from Denny.
07:20 >> Here you go, Hines.
07:22 >> Final 20 seconds.
07:24 McGowan again just creeping in, keeping that guard high.
07:27 >> Come on.
07:27 >> [INAUDIBLE]
07:32 >> Right hand into the body there from Denny,
07:35 it was a decent shot from McGowan.
07:36 >> Right, step up.
07:37 >> Just dipped to his left and found a left into the torso himself.
07:40 It's a good fight, this, through a couple of rounds.
07:43 [SOUND]
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08:22 [MUSIC]
08:27 >> So the left down, ping it through the middle, you can't miss him.
08:30 >> Got me.
08:30 >> And then move up.
08:31 >> And Paul Man in the corner there with Tyler Denny.
08:34 They've got a busy night.
08:36 Kirstie Babington, one of theirs later on,
08:38 taking on Lauren Price for that Lonsdale belt.
08:41 >> [APPLAUSE]
08:51 >> Corner saying between rounds, Matt,
09:03 that they want the double jab from Denny.
09:05 >> [APPLAUSE]
09:08 >> Yeah, I think the double jab, and
09:10 he was asking for a straight left through the middle as well.
09:13 Like I said, I think when he's being backed up, Denny, he's not as effective.
09:18 >> Good, good, good, good.
09:20 >> And that's absolutely what McGowan is looking to do all of the time,
09:25 just pushes him back to the ropes there, and then the left to the body.
09:30 Gallagher in the corner just getting on him every time he steps off McGowan,
09:35 telling him that he can't let Denny rest.
09:37 >> More on the way in, there you go, good.
09:40 More on the way in.
09:42 >> Denny just having a word with the referee there about the heads coming
09:45 together possibly.
09:46 That's a couple of times now where that's been close.
09:48 >> More than that, stop it.
09:49 You should have gone down behind the jab.
09:53 >> Three.
09:56 >> Say it on the way in again.
09:57 Chart with your words, stop it, there you go.
10:00 >> [INAUDIBLE]
10:04 >> What?
10:05 >> He's got a whole bunch of shit in the ropes.
10:06 >> There you go, good.
10:09 >> Just caught with the right hook there, McGowan.
10:12 Denny throwing the hook and then moving off to his right hand side,
10:15 straight right hand for McGowan.
10:17 He just dipped off to his left, shot it up.
10:21 >> There's that straight left from Denny, good shot.
10:24 That's the shot that Errol was calling for, back that left hand down the middle.
10:28 As he comes in, McGowan, sometimes he gets a little bit square,
10:32 wide open for the straight left.
10:34 >> Break the boxing step, man.
10:38 >> Pin down.
10:40 >> Into the final minutes of round three, this is a really interesting battle so far.
10:44 >> [INAUDIBLE]
10:46 >> Pin down.
10:48 >> Plenty of big throwing there, they're never too far away from each other.
10:51 >> Down, good.
10:53 >> [INAUDIBLE]
11:01 >> Nice jab,
11:06 that from McGowan.
11:11 >> Nice and tight, small target.
11:15 There you go, pull the trigger there, you ought to be a little bit quicker on that.
11:19 Nice and tight, head movement, feet rhythm, bend your feet.
11:23 Get your head off the line.
11:26 There you go, good lap.
11:30 >> Nice, lovely, Nicole.
11:31 >> Looking for the left hand there, Denny.
11:33 McGowan slips underneath it and then through the right into the body,
11:37 but Denny with a decent body attack.
11:39 Looking to try and finish the round strong.
11:41 >> [APPLAUSE]
11:44 >> In front of this home crowd,
11:45 or coming up later on, Lauren Price, of course, looking to try and
11:48 land that Lonsdale belt.
11:50 She's talking to Karl Walker.
11:51 >> Lauren, huge day, huge night for yourself as well, a chance to make history.
11:57 How are you feeling about that?
11:58 >> Yeah, it's a complete honor to be boxing for the British title tonight.
12:02 I've said all week, it's the most beautiful looking belt in boxing.
12:06 And yeah, I'm just really excited now, got a couple of hours going to the change room.
12:10 That's where things start getting real, when I get my hand wraps on and
12:13 start forming up.
12:15 I'm just looking forward to putting on a good performance.
12:16 >> Well, I'm looking forward to it too.
12:18 I'll let you go, see you later.
12:19 >> Well, she looked pretty sensational, Nick, on the scales yesterday.
12:25 Well, that is the aforementioned belt.
12:26 The difference between that one and the one we're used to is the turquoise
12:31 coloring to the ribbon in the body of the belt.
12:33 But other than that, it's exactly the same.
12:37 It's an amazing piece of artisanship, it really is.
12:41 When you get it in your hand, it's got a real kind of weight to it.
12:45 So into the fourth round, there's not much in this at all, Matt.
12:50 >> No, very, very little, very competitive rounds.
12:53 Back and forth action.
12:54 >> [INAUDIBLE]
12:58 >> Well, there's the viewer scorecard,
13:00 a drawn round in round two, Danny nicking round one and round three.
13:04 So two point lead on the card, the way you're seeing this at home.
13:12 Danny in those openings, I would say that of the two,
13:15 he has thrown more punches, but McGowan has definitely done some effective work
13:20 himself.
13:21 >> [INAUDIBLE]
13:31 >> Yeah, actually, I think I've got probably
13:33 McGowan two, one off.
13:34 But they're very close, couldn't really argue.
13:37 >> [INAUDIBLE]
13:41 >> Good hand position there from McGowan
13:43 through the one, two, and then got those gloves right back where they needed to be.
13:46 Dips again and throws that right hand, but
13:49 that's something he's looked to do, gets right underneath those punches,
13:52 in behind the shoulder, makes it difficult for-
13:55 >> That's a good shot.
13:56 >> Straight left hand there from Danny was a good shot, but
13:58 McGowan came back with a right of his own.
14:00 But that was a sweet punch there from Danny.
14:03 And just to try and work on the inside,
14:05 that was maybe a little bit low, the left hand from Danny.
14:09 But the rest of the body was solid.
14:12 >> Both men landing good body shots here, and
14:13 both men landing the backhands through the middle.
14:17 Really warming up nicely this fight now.
14:19 >> [INAUDIBLE]
14:29 >> But we know that Danny's got plenty of
14:31 experience going down the stretch over ten rounds,
14:33 something that McGowan doesn't have quite so much of.
14:37 Although he does have some,
14:38 toughing it out against Kieran Conway, to survive Colline.
14:41 Good right hand there though from Danny, just caught McGowan as he was opening out.
14:47 >> Good shot as well, landed a right hook to the body, then a straight left.
14:50 Upstairs, beautiful shot and a good uppercut again from Danny.
14:54 I think the defenses of McGowan letting him down a little bit here.
14:58 >> [INAUDIBLE]
15:08 >> Left hand again there from Danny,
15:17 straight up the middle.
15:18 He's having a really good round here, the second half of it, he's dominating.
15:21 McGowan has looked to try and be aggressive, but
15:24 when he's opened out himself, that's really when he's getting caught.
15:27 A clash of heads there, I think, on the inside.
15:33 But it was some really slick work from Tyler Danny,
15:36 leading off with a little bit of a wild left hook there.
15:40 McGowan didn't manage to land it.
15:43 And Danny just trying to work him over, good right hand to the body.
15:46 >> Yeah, good round for Danny.
15:47 >> [APPLAUSE]
15:51 >> Lawrence Sicole and
15:53 Richard Rehapoor.
15:55 >> Either side of Ben Shalom, he's a brave man,
15:58 after those two tangled with each other at the Creed Premiere, I think it was.
16:02 >> You'd want one either side and then them.
16:07 [LAUGH]
16:09 >> Well, Rehapoor re-signing with Boxer and Sky this week.
16:12 Acoly, of course, up against Chris Willemsmith,
16:16 outdoors in Bournemouth on the 27th, defending his WBO Cruiserweight title.
16:21 From Rehapoor, he's talking about Gulamiri and the WBA champ.
16:24 He's proving quite difficult to tempt into the ring at the minute.
16:29 He could go for that, he could go for the winner of those two.
16:33 I'm sure he will be a very, very interested spectator.
16:36 There was some good stuff from Danny in that round, Matt.
16:39 >> Yeah, particularly that combination.
16:41 Remember that show when he landed it?
16:42 Right hook to the body, left, straight down the middle.
16:45 [SOUND]
16:49 >> So into the fifth.
16:50 [SOUND]
16:58 >> Just pulled that one two back there,
17:00 Danny. He went to throw it,
17:01 shaped, half through it.
17:02 And then tried to roll off to his right hand side as he realized it wasn't quite on.
17:07 >> He's got a good right hand, Matthew.
17:08 [SOUND]
17:14 >> That's good work again there from Danny.
17:15 Short little left hand and
17:17 then just pivoted around that front foot very, very sharply.
17:20 >> There you go, good, good, good.
17:22 Lean up.
17:22 >> [INAUDIBLE]
17:32 >> And then looks to lead off with a left hook.
17:35 This is more the territory that McGowan would want, but
17:38 he can't have had Danny where he wanted him there, Matt.
17:41 Or at least he looked like he did, and he just stepped off a little bit.
17:45 >> Yeah, good work though there from McGowan.
17:48 Good pressure.
17:49 >> [INAUDIBLE]
17:55 >> Nice jab there from Danny.
17:57 McGowan continuing to try and close the distance.
18:00 Get up close.
18:03 Left hand there from Danny, just rocked him back onto his heels.
18:07 >> [INAUDIBLE]
18:36 >> He's looked to lead off with that uppercut a couple of times, McGowan.
18:39 Hasn't quite landed it, but you can see what he's thinking,
18:44 because the way he crouches, Danny, is hard for
18:47 McGowan to hit with that right hand.
18:50 Danny just exploding up out of that crouch and landing that short left hand.
18:54 He's a difficult target, Danny, isn't he?
18:55 Because he gets low, he half turns his back, he doesn't show you much.
18:59 >> No, he's really effective at what he does.
19:01 Like you say, he stays low, he doesn't.
19:04 Keeps the chin on the chest, bends his knees, stays crouched.
19:07 And he's quite broad at the shoulders too, got long arms as well.
19:11 So he's good at blocking his body, and
19:14 then he's good at springing up, punching out of the crouch.
19:18 Difficult man to fight.
19:20 >> Some blood coming from the end of the nose there of McGowan, I think,
19:22 cuz the head's just rubbed together on the ropes right above his.
19:25 Physically, they are quite different.
19:27 As you say, Danny, with those long arms, that wide back,
19:31 that low center of gravity, crunching that left hand through the middle again there.
19:36 And McGowan is a bit more upright, longer bodied,
19:40 more difficult for him to protect that torso area.
19:44 [SOUND]
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20:32 >> Well, that's the scene, good crowd in here.
20:33 [MUSIC]
20:36 And Matt Denny's put some good work together these last couple of rounds.
20:40 He's found a little bit of a groove just working that.
20:43 [SOUND]
20:44 >> In the clock face, if you like, nice and tight to his opponent.
20:47 >> Yeah, really good, that final clip that we've just seen there.
20:50 You see him land double right hook to the body, and then he spun off, brilliant.
20:54 [SOUND]
21:00 >> Looking for the jab there, McGowan,
21:01 as soon as he threw it.
21:02 Three, four punches came back from Denny.
21:04 McGowan's got to keep the faith in, keep working.
21:08 Whenever he throws anything, he's got to go out nice and quick,
21:11 come back just as quick, keep those hands up in place.
21:14 >> Easy for me to say, we're halfway through this one, a long way to go yet.
21:20 >> Yeah, there could be some twists and turns, but
21:22 I feel like Denny's settled really into the fight now, and
21:24 he's in the driver's seat here.
21:26 I think McGowan, the good uppercut there, nice shot from McGowan.
21:30 But what I think he's got to be careful of, McGowan,
21:32 which I think he played into Denny's hands a couple of times in the last few rounds,
21:36 was being overly aggressive, trying to impose himself too much.
21:40 And he just played into Denny's hands and
21:41 got caught with some straight lefts down the middle.
21:43 And he's just got to be wary of that.
21:47 Good shot, but Denny, very effective at ducking low,
21:50 good body movement, and punching out of that crouch.
21:53 >> [INAUDIBLE]
22:03 >> That was right handed to the body
22:11 there from McGowan, and again, that's a shot that's worked at times.
22:14 Because as he does dip low at the waist, Denny, that is available to you.
22:18 >> Yeah, it's like a right uppercut into the pit of the stomach,
22:23 just loops it under.
22:24 >> [NOISE]
22:34 >> Just looking at the referee there
22:39 for a second McGowan, I'm not quite sure what that was about.
22:42 Maybe another clash of heads in the inside, they've rubbed together a fair bit.
22:46 There's a little bit of swelling underneath the right eye there of McGowan
22:50 into the final minute of round six.
22:55 Right hand just got through from McGowan, nothing too solid about it.
22:59 >> [NOISE]
23:03 >> Good straight left hand there from
23:05 Denny.
23:05 >> [NOISE]
23:09 >> And he's just turned his back there,
23:11 McGowan, as a right hand came into the body.
23:13 He's growing frustrated here.
23:15 I think we're calling McGowan, he's feeling like he's on the rough end with
23:18 some head work.
23:19 There's a cut there you can see on the corner of the left eye.
23:22 It doesn't look great.
23:23 We can't get all that close to looking at it from where we are.
23:27 If that's from an accidental clash of heads,
23:29 then we're well past the completion of four rounds.
23:31 And we would go to the scorecards.
23:35 If it's from a punch from Denny and the fight is stopped,
23:37 then of course he will win by a technical knockout.
23:40 The head clash seems more likely.
23:41 >> [NOISE]
23:44 [SOUND]
23:46 >> Okay, so there goes the bell.
23:48 Let's see if we can get a look at how this happened.
23:52 The referee, I think, indicating to Joe Gallagher there that that was
23:55 the result of a head clash.
23:58 >> Yeah, there it is.
23:59 >> [NOISE]
24:05 >> Yeah, you see the blood trickling down
24:06 there.
24:07 Yeah, that was the head clash, that's what caused it.
24:09 >> [NOISE]
24:15 >> He actually had a good body shot at
24:17 the same time, Denny.
24:18 >> [NOISE]
24:21 >> A bit taller now,
24:22 because he's breathing a little bit heavier.
24:24 He can't go low, his legs are getting weak.
24:25 She's standing a little bit taller.
24:27 She drives that right uppercut on the right hook.
24:28 And a left hook after that, all right?
24:31 Keep trying, yeah, German, all right?
24:33 This is what we're working on now, this stage.
24:35 >> [INAUDIBLE]
24:36 >> All right, okay, German, all right?
24:39 >> Well, it's not great, that cut.
24:40 You can see how wide it was there.
24:42 William Gibley just working on it in between rounds, getting that Q-tip in for
24:45 as long as he possibly could, applying the pressure.
24:48 And then just a dab of Vaseline at the very, very end there.
24:51 Joe Gallagher, Matt, just trying to lift McGowan a bit there,
24:54 just telling him, Denny's getting a little bit tired.
24:56 The strength in his legs is going a bit.
24:58 He's standing a little bit taller, that uppercut, that hook, that can work.
25:02 And these are the things you have to do to just push your man on.
25:05 I'm not really seeing those signs myself, but
25:08 as a trainer, that's his technology at times.
25:11 And McGowan's starting nicely here.
25:13 >> Yeah, he's just trying to G him up a little bit.
25:15 I think he might have felt that he was in danger of possibly feeling sorry for
25:19 himself a little bit, especially with the head clash.
25:22 So yeah, a bit of a pep talk, just trying to fire him back up.
25:25 [NOISE]
25:35 >> Thrown the one-two there, McGowan,
25:43 set his feet for that, which is not an easy thing to do,
25:46 because Denny's always moving left, right, clockwise, counterclockwise.
25:50 He's not in front of you for very long, so timing those is tricky.
25:54 >> [NOISE]
26:04 >> Just pushing McGowan back into the ropes.
26:17 He is a very awkward customer to box.
26:19 He kind of chisels away at you.
26:21 The head's just banging together on the inside again there.
26:23 >> [NOISE]
26:26 >> Yeah, very awkward Denny,
26:28 stays very low.
26:29 Difficult match up here.
26:32 A little south of the border.
26:34 >> [NOISE]
26:40 >> Nice left hand there from McGowan,
26:42 just rocked back and threw that one up from the waist.
26:45 Denny trying to, again, just impose himself a bit physically on McGowan.
26:51 Into the final minute of round seven, three to go after this.
26:54 >> [NOISE]
27:01 >> That's a nice left hook there from
27:03 McGowan, the one-two down to the body,
27:04 then just throwing that one up over the top a bit.
27:08 >> [NOISE]
27:12 >> When he goes on the attack,
27:13 McGowan, he's having success, he's working good.
27:15 I just think at times his defenses are letting him down a little bit,
27:19 he's getting caught too easily with that straight left down the middle from Denny.
27:22 >> [NOISE]
27:27 >> Stop boxing, step back,
27:29 stop boxing.
27:29 >> Step back, you've got to listen.
27:31 >> [NOISE]
27:36 >> Find a few seconds of the round.
27:38 >> [NOISE]
27:44 [SOUND]
27:45 >> So top of the bill tonight,
27:46 the return to Sky of Joshua Bawatsi.
27:50 He's backstage talking to Kyle.
27:52 >> Joshua Bawatsi, a new chapter for yourself, an eagerly anticipated one as
27:58 well, how excited are you to get out there and show everyone what you can do tonight?
28:03 >> I am, man, it's been a long time, but doing the walk now with you guys,
28:07 getting the change rooms get ready.
28:09 I'm looking forward to it, get the shorts on, the gloves on.
28:11 I'm ready, man.
28:12 >> I know you've been focusing on tonight, but a great performance and
28:15 world honors could open up on your terms.
28:18 >> Absolutely, we know what's at stake, so let's go.
28:21 >> Brilliant, good luck tonight.
28:22 >> Thank you.
28:22 >> Thank you.
28:23 >> It doesn't say loads during fight week, Joshua Bawatsi.
28:27 As we get nearer the night, he leans into his faith.
28:33 Expert scribe John Dennon wrote a really interesting article this week about how
28:38 Bawatsi retreats day by day during the week, keeps his scriptures close.
28:43 And really just concentrates on taking himself to that place where you're
28:48 mentally prepared to do whatever it is you need to do to get the win.
28:52 He's been out of the ring for a long time.
28:55 He's watched others get opportunities, move past him.
28:59 And we may see some of that frustration taken out of Pavel Stepien later on.
29:05 Well, here's how you got it at home,
29:07 Danny with a handy lead through seven rounds.
29:11 >> I wouldn't argue with that too much, you can have a slightly narrow I think.
29:16 But Danny is continuing to move with a lot of
29:20 spinning around that front foot and it's difficult for
29:25 McGowan really to pin him down.
29:28 Although he's kept going, stuck to his guns and he has had success.
29:32 >> Yeah, he's in the fight, he's competitive in it.
29:34 I just think Danny's been that little bit cuter,
29:36 a bit craftier with his movement.
29:38 >> And also the better defense.
29:41 >> Chin down, chin down, speed of hand.
29:44 >> That was decent from McGowan, he just backed Danny up a little bit there.
29:47 And maybe there are some signs in this eighth round that Danny is beginning to
29:51 slow down a touch.
29:51 It's very physically demanding, the way that he fights.
29:54 We mentioned that before, that quite extravagant upper body movement,
29:58 lateral movement, the low center of gravity, puts pressure on your legs.
30:03 >> Good work there from McGowan.
30:04 >> McGowan's going a little bit here,
30:06 landing that right hand, a slip at just the one moment.
30:09 >> Good left hook.
30:10 >> Couple of left hands as well.
30:12 >> Yeah, sorry, Andy, he landed a couple of really good left hooks there,
30:15 doubling up on him, body, head, double left hook to the head.
30:18 Clipped Danny around the back of the ear, and
30:20 I thought he hurt him there, but with Charlie, and again here now.
30:24 >> Well, he's coming on here, McGowan, got a left hand through the guard, and
30:27 Danny just trying to stay on the move.
30:30 But McGowan is not giving him any peace here at all.
30:34 >> Yeah, I think he smells blood here, he's really locked on here,
30:37 banging those left hooks into the head, and body, doubling up on him.
30:41 >> [INAUDIBLE] >> Minutes ago in round eight, and
30:44 you feel that this is big for McGowan.
30:46 He's winning this round, but he can maybe get something serious done here.
30:50 Trying to get on the jab there, Danny, up on his toes a little bit, and
30:53 backing off, backing off voluntarily.
30:56 Maybe for the first time he walks onto him there, and
30:58 McGowan I think has hurt him, manages to disengage.
31:02 He's trying to slip and roll on the ropes there, Danny, and
31:04 he can tighten McGowan, which he does with that left hand, and
31:07 Danny could be in trouble here.
31:08 >> [INAUDIBLE] >> Yeah, he's the fire back, Danny,
31:12 McGowan landing at will here, doubling up on the left hooks,
31:16 doubling up on those left uppercuts.
31:18 Danny certainly was shoved up a little bit down the ropes.
31:22 >> [INAUDIBLE] >> Looking for
31:25 the right to the body there, Danny.
31:26 But this has been a big round for McGowan, and
31:28 this will put the wind in his sails heading into the final two.
31:33 He'll take this one, if he can take those two as well,
31:36 it's still a big if at this stage, and that could make things very interesting.
31:39 >> He's used up a lot of energy there as well, though, McGowan, so
31:42 he'll need a good, really fill his lungs up here in the minute between the rounds.
31:46 [MUSIC]
31:57 >> Well, there's a QR code, give that a scan.
32:01 Score the fight, have a look at the live blog, let's have a listen in.
32:04 >> He's got his bolt again there, got me?
32:06 Get back, we want these two, we're winning by three, but
32:09 that's just through one away, got me?
32:12 Get back to it again, he can't cope when you're doing your stuff, but
32:15 when you're doing this, he's sitting on ropes.
32:17 And also, you're right hand on this left hand slot again,
32:20 he's catching you with a left hook.
32:22 Keep tight, keep it simple, but you're having too many.
32:26 [MUSIC]
32:32 >> There's that left hook that landed and definitely have an impact.
32:37 He wants his man to get back to doing what he was doing previously, but
32:40 the point is McGowan in that round didn't let him do it, he got on him and
32:44 he hurt him.
32:45 >> Exactly, I don't think it's anything that Denny stopped doing or did wrong.
32:49 I just think that it was the relentless desire, I guess,
32:54 from McGowan, his refusal to accept defeat.
32:58 Keep pushing forward, throwing punches, in punches,
33:01 lots of combination, doubling, tripling, even throwing four left hooks,
33:06 body hit, and eventually they're gonna get through.
33:09 And also, you gotta remember, Denny's worked hard in this fight,
33:12 he hasn't got an unlimited battery of energy.
33:14 He's gotta get a breather as well, and when he's on the ropes there,
33:17 McGowan unloaded and had a lot of success.
33:20 And I think that really boosted his confidence now.
33:23 >> These last two rounds are gonna be interesting.
33:26 >> Well, that was absolutely it, McGowan made him go to the ropes.
33:29 He made him for the first time really back up and try and stay out of the way.
33:33 The corner telling Denny that they got him three up through eight rounds, but
33:37 that they needed these last two just to make absolutely sure.
33:40 He steps in and looks for the left of the body there, but McGowan just cantering
33:43 forward, that front foot always closing down the space, guard nice and tight.
33:48 >> [INAUDIBLE]
33:58 >> Joe Gallagher just telling him,
34:00 McGowan, that he's waiting too long, he's got to force the issue.
34:03 As you said, Matt, he put plenty into that round himself, but
34:07 now is the time to empty the tank.
34:09 He's got to put everything he's gotten into this final five minutes,
34:12 because I would say he is behind.
34:14 >> Yeah, I think so, but maybe still a minute and a half left in the round,
34:18 get a bit of work out of Denny, try and get some work out of him now with block
34:22 and catch, and just take whatever he gives you, and then kind of last 40 seconds or
34:27 so in the round, then really try and turn the screw, catch the eye of the judges.
34:32 >> Nice body work there from Denny, but McGowan again just comes back with
34:36 a right hand, which caused Denny to back up a little bit.
34:39 Minute remaining in round nine, this has been a good watch all the way through.
34:44 Looking for that lead left hook there, McGowan steps in and
34:47 narrowly avoids an uppercut himself.
34:49 And Denny pulls forward and grabs hold.
34:53 >> Yeah, it's noticeable, Denny's the one who wants to clinch there,
34:56 he's the one who wants to grab hold and get a breather.
34:58 >> [NOISE]
35:08 >> Looking for a lead left uppercut there,
35:16 and it wasn't far off landing.
35:18 >> [NOISE]
35:24 >> Some decent body work again from
35:26 Denny on the inside there, though.
35:28 Mouth just hanging open over the shoulder of McGowan.
35:32 >> Yeah, I think both men are tired now.
35:33 >> [NOISE]
35:35 >> Fitness, conditioning,
35:37 really gonna come into play here in this final round.
35:40 >> [NOISE]
35:42 >> Remember that fight against Brad Ray,
35:44 he was a head and then he was about to work really,
35:47 really hard towards the end there.
35:49 McGowan marching back to that corner.
35:52 >> Come on, come on.
35:57 You had him hurt again there, all right?
35:59 He's mugging you off, what did he say to you?
36:01 He doesn't like it intense up close.
36:03 Sooner or later he'll break off and he'll go for a walk and he'll go for a walk.
36:07 All right, cheer him out, all right?
36:08 Okay, we can't be getting mugged like we did in Paris here, all right?
36:11 This is in your hands, your hands.
36:14 You're not the judges, you've been there before, your hand.
36:16 You're not going back to the building site on Monday,
36:18 then give this round away.
36:20 You don't go out there and win this round.
36:22 You're capable of stopping this kid, all right, cheer him out.
36:25 Yeah, are you listening to me?
36:26 All right, you're not believing yourself, McCauley, all right?
36:28 Yeah, you go out, good job, but he's leaving a shoe downstairs.
36:32 >> But he's landing good shots here.
36:34 He wasn't able to land those shots a few rounds ago, but
36:37 now that he's tired, Denny, McGowan can land these shots.
36:42 >> Really, it is about belief now.
36:44 He's got to believe that he can go out there in this round and
36:46 get this job done because he's getting through to Denny.
36:48 He's hurting him.
36:52 >> So into the tenth and final round.
36:55 And Joe Gallagher's message was clear.
36:57 He's got to go out there and try and force a stoppage here.
36:59 McCauley, McGowan, a clash of heads there on the inside.
37:03 This time, a complaint coming from Tyler Denny.
37:08 >> Yeah, but even that's interesting, the body language.
37:11 Denny complaining, he was never complaining before.
37:13 >> [NOISE]
37:18 >> Well, there were some close rounds in
37:20 the first half of the fight.
37:21 I think it's been easy to score since halfway.
37:23 So this is not clear cut.
37:25 The way I'm looking at it, I would say that McGowan has got more to do heading
37:28 into this final round than Denny does.
37:30 But we've got three scoring judges ringside here.
37:33 And McGowan again just looking to try and pull forward.
37:36 >> [NOISE]
37:46 >> Both of them just managing to nip a few
37:57 seconds rest.
37:57 It's been really physical this fight.
37:59 The heads have come together, the upper bodies have slammed together.
38:03 They've been working around each other in that quite tight,
38:06 intimate circle most of the time.
38:08 McGowan trying to protect himself as he comes in there.
38:11 Denny just letting his hands go.
38:13 >> Good right hand move.
38:14 Good right hand.
38:15 >> Good left hook.
38:16 >> Good right hand there from McGowan as well.
38:18 >> Great pressure here from McGowan.
38:20 He's going for it.
38:22 >> When he dips over the waist, Denny, and looks to Bob and
38:26 weave a couple of times, McGowan has timed him.
38:29 >> Get your hands off me, Tony.
38:30 Get over to the floor.
38:32 >> [INAUDIBLE]
38:35 >> Well, they're both feeling this.
38:36 >> [NOISE]
38:46 >> You know what?
38:47 >> [NOISE]
38:51 >> Big left hook.
38:52 >> [NOISE]
38:56 >> Less than a minute left to go now.
38:58 McGowan's really just piling on here.
39:02 >> I think he's pretty tired himself too.
39:04 >> [NOISE]
39:06 >> [INAUDIBLE]
39:08 >> Let your hands go.
39:09 >> [NOISE]
39:12 >> [INAUDIBLE]
39:14 >> Come on.
39:14 >> [NOISE]
39:18 >> So final few seconds, and
39:20 these two have put absolutely everything into this.
39:24 30 remaining.
39:25 The ground again just creeping in, looking to try and let that right hand go.
39:29 Denny catches a right and bears him to some extent to the ropes.
39:34 Straight left from Denny Lunds, but then the right comes back from McGowan,
39:37 not much in this final round.
39:38 >> [NOISE]
39:44 >> Another brilliant fight,
39:46 both men giving it everything, both tired here.
39:49 >> [NOISE]
39:52 >> Big swing and a misstep from McGowan,
39:54 nice combination there from Denny, as the clock just ticks down.
39:58 He's the one at home in front of these Birmingham fans,
40:01 a touch of gloves between the two.
40:03 Pretty muted from the bearer, but poor man coming over to celebrate with him.
40:07 That could be said, man's done enough.
40:09 Joe Gallagher taking McGowan back to the corner.
40:12 I think he feels that Denny has probably done enough as well.
40:16 >> Yeah, I think he's probably just held on there, Denny, but
40:19 it was a great effort from McGowan those last few rounds.
40:22 >> [NOISE]
40:25 >> Well, there's some tight ones early on.
40:27 Through those first five rounds, after three rounds,
40:30 the viewers have Denny with a two point margin.
40:33 Well, that was a terrific fight.
40:35 The next fight that we will see in the ring, well,
40:37 the surgeon returns to his operating theater.
40:40 >> Introducing Ben Whittaker.
40:48 >> The professional story begins.
40:51 >> [MUSIC]
40:54 >> Ben Whittaker playing to the crowd.
40:58 >> What a shot.
40:59 >> And the dancing begins.
41:02 You're gonna love it, you're gonna hate him, you're gonna watch him.
41:05 >> Gonna go backstage, eat some Krispy Kremes and enjoy the night.
41:08 >> It's another day in the life of Ben Whittaker.
41:14 >> Well, he seems absolutely born for this stage, Ben Whittaker,
41:17 in front of a home crowd as well.
41:18 I'm very much looking forward to seeing what he's got after a long layoff.
41:22 >> And that's how you've got it watching at home, 96, 95,
41:27 McGowan sweeping around seven, eight, nine, and ten.
41:32 There's a ten, ten in there as well.
41:36 Well, there's the QR code, you can get yourselves involved,
41:39 give that a scan and get stuck in.
41:41 Tyler Denny just leaning over the ropes, looking at Ismat Maklin.
41:46 Just giving that time on the signal to say that it's close, but
41:50 he's probably done enough.
41:53 Well, these two called to the center of the ring by our referee, Kevin Parker.
41:58 Big Mo has got that piece of paper in his hand.
42:03 Let's see.
42:07 >> Ladies and gentlemen, after ten full championship rounds,
42:11 we go to the judges scorecard for the official decision.
42:16 Judge Mark Lyson sees the contest 96 to 94, Denny.
42:23 >> [APPLAUSE] >> Judge Massimo
42:26 Vallevecchio sees the contest 97 to 93, McGowan.
42:32 >> [APPLAUSE] >> And
42:34 Judge Kieran McCann sees the contest 96 to 94.
42:40 Declaring your winner, the new EU European Middleweight Champion,
42:47 Tyler Denny.
42:48 >> So Tyler Denny gets it by split decision.
42:54 Two of the judges giving it to him, six rounds to four.
42:58 The other judge Massimo Vallevecchio, seven rounds to three in favor of
43:03 McCorney McGowan, it was a close, close fight.
43:07 >> And we'll be hearing from Tyler Denny.