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00:00 Okay, boxers, I've already spoken to you both.
00:03 You know what I expect.
00:04 Stay professional, obey my commands,
00:07 and most of all, protect yourselves at all times.
00:10 Good luck to you both.
00:11 Emma Cozine continues to fix everybody with that stare.
00:17 She needed two trips to the scales yesterday
00:19 to make the 11 stone limit.
00:21 She says she's faster, smarter and tougher,
00:25 but how ready she is after that remains to be seen.
00:27 It's Hannah Rankin, seventh world title fight.
00:30 She's previously held the WBA and IBO titles at this weight.
00:34 But the famous green one, the WBC belt,
00:36 is the one she's always wanted,
00:38 and she gets a chance to get her hands on that one tonight.
00:43 It's a real testament to her, Steve,
00:45 the fact she's been beaten six times,
00:47 but she's still fighting at this level
00:49 and in fights as important as this, Hannah Rankin.
00:51 She's the only woman on the circuit
00:53 in broad and runner in the world with a record like that.
00:56 She's the only one, and that's commendable.
00:58 She's got better with every fight, every defeat,
01:00 every victory, she's improved it.
01:03 Cozine's only defeat was against the great Teresa Shields.
01:08 And they're fighting for the belts tonight.
01:13 They were vacated by Natasha Jonas.
01:16 Two-minute rounds, remember, ten of them,
01:21 WBC and WBO super welterweight titles on the line.
01:26 Hannah Rankin in the white vest for this one.
01:31 I saw Cozine losing Cardiff last year to Teresa Shields,
01:35 and what Shields did was just outflurry him.
01:37 That's Shields' stuff, it's too much work.
01:39 Rapha, what about the start that Hannah's made in there?
01:48 Hannah's definitely looking to get on that front foot,
01:51 try and start fast, use her jab, get the feints in.
01:57 I think it's definitely a very well-matched fight tonight.
02:01 Already been a good night for Scotland,
02:05 with Nathaniel Collins defending his featherweight belts
02:08 in an absolute cracker.
02:09 The first fight on the card tonight,
02:11 Hannah Rankin the first ever Scottish woman
02:13 to win a world title.
02:14 Keen to add two more belts to the collection
02:17 here in Manchester tonight.
02:18 Final few seconds of the first round here.
02:21 She's dropping that left hand, that southpaw left hand,
02:27 Cozine, and she's managing to land it quite comfortably
02:30 on Hannah Rankin's right cheek with ease, I'm surprised.
02:33 So joining us here ringside, as we mentioned,
02:46 the unbeaten featherweight Raven Chapman.
02:48 I mean, what a night this is for Hannah.
02:50 If she can pull it off tonight, get two more belts,
02:52 gonna be some achievement for her.
02:53 Yeah, it's a huge night.
02:55 You know, she's trying to go for that third world title.
02:59 Hopefully she can pull it off.
03:01 You know, she's worked hard.
03:02 Like Bunty said earlier on, she looks different this time.
03:06 She looks different in the gym.
03:08 She's got really robustness about her.
03:11 So I just hope she can pull it off.
03:12 She looks physically strong, she really does, doesn't she?
03:15 I'd like to see her calm down a little bit.
03:17 She's got a bit too involved,
03:18 and she managed to get picked off by Cozine.
03:20 You don't want to be picked off by Cozine.
03:22 She's a fascinating character, isn't she?
03:25 She's a classical musician.
03:27 She plays the bassoon.
03:30 Grew up on the shores of Loch Lomond on the family farm,
03:32 but chose not to go down that path.
03:35 She's always said that the experience as a musician
03:37 has helped her with her boxing.
03:39 She says she's a performer and loves being under the lights.
03:42 And here she is again tonight,
03:44 fighting for a couple of world title belts.
03:46 She really is a remarkable character, Steve.
03:49 She's played that bassoon for me,
03:50 and I've got to tell you, it's a beautiful sound.
03:52 Cozine is the one who wants to try and get close
04:00 in the early stages here.
04:02 Working behind that southpaw right jab,
04:05 orthodox for Hannah Rankin.
04:07 I'd like to see Hannah just relax a little bit.
04:15 She's low, trying to land that right hand load up.
04:17 She needs to let the jab go to her,
04:19 just to break Cozine up and make sure Cozine's unsettled.
04:22 It's a big event for Hannah, isn't it?
04:26 It's the first time as that home fighter.
04:28 Rankin looking to get to work.
04:38 She was looking to double up the jab as she came in.
04:43 Cozine missing with that long left hand
04:45 that seemed to start at the back of the room,
04:46 and then whistled past the head of Hannah Rankin.
04:50 And I'd like to see Hannah maybe counter that,
04:52 just maybe take a step back herself to throw a shot,
04:54 rather than just trying to go over her front foot.
04:56 One thing she's got to be careful of tonight, Hannah Rankin,
05:02 is Cozine's got eight wins inside three rounds on her record,
05:05 which does emphasize the power that she's got.
05:08 But the only time that Rankin's been stopped
05:10 was against Savannah Marshall back in 2020.
05:13 But she's just got to keep her wits about her early here, Steve,
05:17 and not get caught cold by Cozine.
05:18 Cozine's got a simple plan.
05:20 She throws a right jab,
05:21 there's not much of a difference,
05:22 she just lets that big left go.
05:24 Hannah's got to try and reap that left.
05:25 Easy said than done, but she can reap the left,
05:27 she'll have the success.
05:29 And there's the bell to end the second.
05:34 (crowd cheering)
05:37 Which one is my lazy, Jace?
05:45 I don't know which one it is.
05:49 Is it, is that one?
05:50 Yeah.
06:10 So welcome back to Manchester.
06:15 Second fight of this magnificent seven fight card.
06:18 The seven main fights on the card tonight
06:21 that we're bringing you,
06:22 featuring nine fighters who are unbeaten
06:24 at this point of their careers.
06:27 One of those unbeaten records went in the first fight
06:30 tonight when Nathaniel Collins beat Zack Miller.
06:33 Frank Lawrence staged a magnificent seven card
06:35 in Manchester 13 years ago,
06:36 a card that included James DeGale,
06:38 Kell Brook and Nathan Cleverley.
06:39 Three men who won world titles
06:41 and five others on the card that night
06:43 went on to challenge for world titles.
06:46 So we have a world title fight in the ring now
06:48 between the Scotland's Hannah Rankin
06:51 and the Slovenian, Emma Kozin.
06:53 Kozin looking to try and let the punches go here
06:58 at the start of the third round.
07:00 Must say there's not been too much sign
07:05 of the potential power from Kozin at this point, Steve.
07:09 - No, of course, he's looking for that big left,
07:10 but it's either riding or landing on the gloves.
07:13 It's not gonna bother, Hannah's a hard person,
07:14 it's Savannah, a hard person to hurt.
07:16 Savannah had to really unload,
07:18 Savannah's an unusual banger in the women's business.
07:21 - Good work by Kozin trying to push Hannah Rankin
07:38 back for the first time,
07:39 but she just paid the penalty by tasting a crisp shot
07:41 from Rankin on the way out.
07:43 (speaking in foreign language)
07:47 - She's just from that position, Fletch,
07:55 that's 20 seconds there without Hannah throwing a jab.
07:58 Just throw the jab, 'cause you stop Kozin working.
08:01 Even if it doesn't score, you stop her working,
08:03 you distract her.
08:04 - Kozin just looks like she's really trying to find
08:08 that overhand left. - That big left.
08:10 - Yeah.
08:11 (crowd shouting)
08:14 - Hannah Rankin just digging a right hand
08:18 into the body of Kozin, she came in.
08:21 (crowd shouting)
08:23 Decided to swing away towards the end of round number three.
08:26 (crowd shouting)
08:29 (bell ringing)
08:35 (crowd applauding)
08:38 (upbeat music)
08:45 ♪ I'm living my life with you ♪
08:50 ♪ What can you do ♪
08:53 ♪ When you got nothing to lose ♪
08:58 ♪ 'Cause I'm burned up ♪
09:00 ♪ And thinking of you, oh ♪
09:04 ♪ But I'm thinking of you ♪
09:09 ♪ Thinking of you ♪
09:14 (crowd shouting)
09:17 - Has he?
09:20 - So far, so good.
09:24 - Second down, round four.
09:32 (bell ringing)
09:35 - Yeah, it can be.
09:40 Obviously, this is Hannah's first time
09:42 fighting against the Southpaw,
09:44 so I think she just needs to try and figure that out,
09:46 figure out her range so she can start landing
09:48 her big backhand as well.
09:50 - Is that why you think she's not picking up,
09:53 not letting that left jab go?
09:54 She's afraid of getting countered.
09:55 - Yeah, it's just getting that range there,
09:57 getting that front foot in first.
09:59 And once you touch that glove,
10:00 then you know you can score with that backhand.
10:03 (crowd shouting)
10:12 - Fourth round scheduled for 10, this one.
10:14 The vacant WBC and WBO Super Welterweight titles
10:18 on the line.
10:19 Khosin's been the aggressor in there.
10:23 If the judges are looking at that aspect
10:25 in terms of how they score a tight fight,
10:28 that was decent work on the inside from Hannah Rankin.
10:31 - She does let that big left fly,
10:34 but it's not Hannah, she's not a lot of success.
10:36 Maybe Khosin needs to let the jab go.
10:38 Maybe I need to be less biased.
10:40 - It's not thrown with any great speed, though,
10:42 is it, the left hand from Khosin?
10:43 Hannah Rankin seems to see it from a long way back,
10:46 and it's been pretty easy to avoid to this day.
10:48 - But I want to see her not just avoid it,
10:50 I want to see her counter it, Fletch.
10:51 - Rankin missing with a big uppercut that she tried to throw.
11:04 She gets one into the body, though,
11:05 right into the sole of Khosin.
11:08 - Nice sharp, accurate shot there from Rankin on the inside.
11:11 Final few seconds here of the fourth round.
11:14 Not too much jabbing at the moment, Raven,
11:16 from either of them.
11:17 - No, I feel like Hannah definitely looks
11:19 a lot more comfortable on the inside.
11:21 That's where she's landing her good shots,
11:23 that rear uppercut into the solar plexus,
11:25 followed by a left hook.
11:27 - I get the impression Khosin's quite tough,
11:32 so the win there in the final round
11:34 is going to be a big win for her.
11:35 - Tough, so the win there in close,
11:37 I get the impression that Khosin,
11:39 that Hannah can feel it.
11:42 It's not easy to woman-handle her.
11:45 It's not easy to woman-handle her.
11:47 - Nice and calm, when she's doing her ice fights,
11:48 go for a walk yourself.
11:50 Don't get involved with her.
11:51 Once you then start to push her back,
11:53 you need to get a bit closer, sit back,
11:55 and let the shots go head and body, head and body.
11:57 And then defend quicker, don't get greedy.
11:59 'Cause she doesn't like it when you put it on her.
12:01 All right?
12:02 - She's too strong.
12:03 - It's Noel Callum doing what's talking
12:04 in Hannah Rankin's corner between rounds.
12:07 Co-main events tonight, Nick Lonergan,
12:10 Isaac Dockway looks an absolute cracker.
12:12 And there's the man who's gonna finish the show tonight,
12:15 Nathan Heaney, who's gonna have about
12:17 two and a half thousand supporters here from Stoke.
12:19 And they are the noisiest fans in boxing,
12:21 make no mistake about that.
12:23 When he challenges Denzel Bentley a little bit later on
12:25 for his British middleweight title,
12:27 that's gonna be raucous when he walks out later.
12:30 - And every single one of them will be fighting
12:32 every single second with Nathan, that's the truth.
12:34 And by the way, he has the greatest passion
12:37 at the moment in boxing.
12:38 - Doing Movember proud, isn't he?
12:40 I wonder if it'll still be there when he walks out.
12:43 We will see.
12:43 Fifth round scheduled for 10 then,
12:46 between Hannah Rankin, who's bidding to win
12:49 another world title, another two world titles tonight.
12:52 Two belts on the line against the Slovenian, Ewa Kozic.
12:55 (crowd shouting)
12:58 Kozic managed to get the right hand through there,
13:07 that just caught the jaw of Rankin,
13:09 and she's just looking to unload with Rankin's
13:11 back on the ropes on that side of the ring.
13:13 - And she did unload, it was a perfect right uppercut,
13:15 she threw a little screwed shot,
13:16 then she's thrown another shot,
13:17 she's gone back to the snarling, she's landing.
13:19 I wanna see Hannah just, I wanna see Hannah
13:21 just let that jab go, just to distract Kozic.
13:24 - Hannah did come out and start with that jab,
13:26 which I thought was working really well,
13:28 and she just sort of stopped doing it,
13:29 and that's when Kozic started getting on that back foot again.
13:33 - Just didn't quite land with that big left hand,
13:35 she threw it again from a long way back,
13:36 while she was in her own corner,
13:38 and it was only a whisker away
13:40 from landing on Hannah Rankin's chin.
13:42 - But she clearly fancies that she can change
13:44 the shape of this fight, the direction of this fight,
13:46 with that big shot.
13:53 - There's that left hand again, it's thrown over the top.
13:56 It's not the most aesthetically pleasing of punches,
14:00 but it's thrown with real intention when she does let it go.
14:04 - Even though it's not landing flush on the chin,
14:05 it's landing somewhere, anywhere above the breastplate,
14:09 and that means it's a shot, and it's landing,
14:10 it's landing shoulders, neck, top of ears,
14:13 that's all good, those are all good,
14:14 quote, scoring shots, Fletch.
14:16 - Like you said once, I'd like to see Hannah
14:20 avoid that left hand and then start throwing back.
14:23 - With her power shot.
14:25 - No, since that was success in this round,
14:28 that she's had in any of the other ones,
14:29 the fifth round's been a good one for her.
14:31 (bell ringing)
14:34 And there's the bell, so next up tonight,
14:36 we're gonna see Echo Esserman from Nottingham
14:38 defend his titles against Harry Scarfe from Derby,
14:42 and the champion Echo Esserman is backstage
14:44 with Becky Ives.
14:46 (upbeat music)
14:48 (crowd cheering)
14:51 - Tell you what, I don't think I'm betraying
15:17 any confidences to tell you that I think
15:19 he's a little bit wound up tonight, Echo Esserman,
15:21 I think they got under his skin to a certain point.
15:24 Whether that's gonna bring out the best in him
15:26 when he walks into the ring, we'll wait and see,
15:28 but I certainly feel like he's going in there tonight
15:31 to try and prove a point to one or two.
15:33 - And that's been the Harry Scarfe camp's plan all week,
15:37 we'll find out if it's worth it.
15:39 - Well, that's next, it's a 12-rounder
15:41 for the British Commonwealth and IBF European title belts
15:45 between Echo Esserman and Harry Scarfe.
15:47 This is the sixth round of 10 for the WBC
15:51 and WBO super welterweight title belts,
15:54 which were both vacated by Natasha Jonas.
15:57 And just one or two signs, Raven, in the previous round
16:00 that Cosine was starting to find the range,
16:02 it just maybe started to apply a little bit more pressure.
16:05 - Yeah, just that front foot getting Hannah on the back foot,
16:08 as soon as Hannah neglects her jab,
16:11 it really gets Cosine in range
16:14 and allows her to throw those hands,
16:16 whatever she wants to do.
16:18 - And she likes to feed Cosine off a bit of success fledge,
16:20 it gets her wound up, it gets her excited,
16:22 that's what she likes.
16:23 She has a bit of success and she starts snarling.
16:25 - She's awkward as well, isn't she, Cosine?
16:27 She throws punches from weird angles,
16:29 she's a bit ungainly in there,
16:31 but clearly it works for her.
16:33 (crowd shouting)
16:35 - Good right hand got through there from Rankin.
16:50 - Hannah has struggled with the southpaw,
16:55 I know she's had great sparring with Lauren Price
16:57 and Carolyn Dubois, both women that fight the southpaws,
17:00 but she's not been as comfortable here.
17:03 - Sure, well, there's a little bit of swelling
17:13 on Rankin's left eye,
17:15 it's just the shadows from the ring lights,
17:18 I'm not quite sure, we'll just keep an eye on that.
17:20 - Liking Rankin's body work when she gets in there
17:26 and she works Cosine's body,
17:28 I feel like she's working the body really well,
17:30 I'd like to see her then bring it back up to the head.
17:32 - What a body shot in there behind the elbow,
17:35 just before the bell sounded.
17:36 So we've heard from Echo Esserman,
17:42 let's hear from Harry Scarfe, he's with Decky as well.
17:45 (crowd cheering)
17:47 (upbeat music)
17:51 (crowd laughing)
17:54 (upbeat music)
17:56 (crowd cheering)
17:59 - He's been very confident in the build up,
18:24 Harry Scarfe's supporters who were with him
18:26 at the weigh in yesterday were extremely boisterous, Steve.
18:29 - They're boisterous and that's all part of the plan,
18:32 it's all been orchestrated by a man called Clifton Mitchell.
18:35 He's the architect of the Harry Scarfe campaign
18:38 against Echo.
18:39 - That's next up tonight, Echo Esserman against Harry Scarfe,
18:42 this is the seventh round of 10,
18:44 between Hannah Rankin of Scotland
18:46 and the Slovenian Emma Cosine.
18:48 So in terms of scoring the fight, Raven,
18:50 how are you seeing it to this point?
18:53 - Up to now, I think it's very, very even.
18:56 It's hard to pick them apart between the rounds,
18:58 if I'm honest.
18:59 I'd maybe edge it slightly towards Hannah,
19:02 but it could be going either way.
19:04 - Yeah, I think I might have it four, three,
19:05 Cosine at this stage,
19:06 but I have no argument with it being four, three,
19:08 Hannah Rankin.
19:09 - It's difficult to score, Steve,
19:10 because there's not been that much clean work
19:13 and clean punches landed in there.
19:15 - And they've also done an awful lot of responding
19:17 when the other one has worked.
19:19 And sometimes, I think with this,
19:21 earlier on, a couple of rounds ago,
19:22 Noel said, sorry for going on,
19:23 Noel said, "Go for a walk, have a little walk."
19:26 And that's what she maybe needs to do,
19:27 disengage, go for a walk,
19:29 and that'll set herself again.
19:30 - As Raven mentioned a couple of rounds ago,
19:35 Rankin tends to have the most success
19:36 when they get close like this,
19:38 when she starts to work to the body.
19:40 Cosine landing the higher volume of punches
19:43 in that exchange,
19:44 but Rankin again looking to go to the body
19:46 towards the end of it.
19:47 (crowd shouting)
19:50 - I think we're all in agreement, Raven,
19:57 that at this stage, 30 seconds to go in the seventh,
20:00 it's still either woman's fight to win.
20:03 - Yeah, 100%.
20:05 These last few rounds are gonna be the deciders.
20:08 I feel like someone needs to really start
20:11 picking those shots and picking apart the opponent.
20:15 - I'm not sure we're gonna get that, Raven.
20:18 I mean, I'd be amazed at the pattern of this fight changes.
20:21 This is how I think it'll be
20:22 at one minute 58 in a tenth, I really do.
20:24 - Yeah, I feel like Hannah's starting to read
20:27 Cosine's style a lot better now.
20:31 And I think as long as she doesn't let Cosine
20:34 get comfortable dancing around the ropes,
20:37 it could change.
20:38 (crowd shouting)
20:41 - Do not get greedy.
20:49 When she comes out and she does that dancing for a bit,
20:51 let her dance.
20:52 Don't get involved.
20:53 - Yeah.
20:54 - Just slowly edge your way in, edge your way in.
20:55 Pop that jab.
20:56 As soon as she starts to do that,
20:58 you go to the body movement.
20:59 Do not get greedy.
21:00 No free shots.
21:02 - Yeah.
21:03 - Okay?
21:03 - Yeah.
21:05 - You good?
21:06 - Yeah.
21:07 - You look every minute at the world champion
21:09 in there right now.
21:10 - Yeah, keep the pace up.
21:11 That's what you gotta do, Hannah, now.
21:12 She's gonna, she will die before you.
21:14 - All right.
21:15 - Keep the pace up.
21:16 - All right.
21:17 - All right.
21:17 - Welcome back to the Manchester Arena.
21:19 Don't get greedy.
21:20 Three rounds to go, six minutes.
21:22 Hannah Rankin against Emma Cosine.
21:24 The main message was very similar
21:26 to what you two were saying in the previous round,
21:28 that when she comes out to the middle of the ring,
21:30 Cosine, and starts to dance and move around.
21:32 - No, no.
21:33 - No, no, no.
21:34 - Hannah Rankin to do is ignore it,
21:35 and concentrate on what she's gotta do.
21:38 - Yeah, definitely.
21:38 When you get fighters that are like that,
21:40 that's where they're comfortable,
21:41 and they're trying to entice you into throwing something
21:44 that you don't really want to throw,
21:45 and then that's when they take their advantage.
21:47 That's when they counter you.
21:49 - Yep, both were warps.
21:51 - Simple as that.
21:52 - The second part of the conversation, Steve,
21:55 was move your head and throw to the body of the woman
21:56 the minute she raises her gloves.
21:58 They certainly want to attack the body of Cosine
22:00 in what remains of this fight.
22:03 - There have been more body punches in this fight
22:05 than I think I can think of in any other woman's fight.
22:09 - Right, they appear to have a non-stop to the body here.
22:11 - Yeah, both of them have been going to the body.
22:13 Obviously, they're both quite comfortable
22:14 in that inside range,
22:16 and so that's naturally where the shots
22:17 are going to be going.
22:18 - They've got different paths to this point.
22:22 Hannah Rankin first started boxing in her early 20s.
22:25 Cosine's been fighting since she was 11.
22:28 She's had around 16 years.
22:30 She was a decent amateur.
22:33 The defeat to Clarissa Shields over 10 rounds
22:35 in Cardiff in February of last year,
22:38 and since then, she's won both fights
22:39 since dropping down to Super Welterweight.
22:42 (crowd cheering)
22:45 Rankin looking to throw to the body again.
22:48 (crowd shouting)
22:51 She's shot just a little bit.
22:57 (crowd shouting)
23:00 - She's shot just a little bit.
23:01 Sneaking straight through there from Cosine on the inside.
23:04 - They're both trying to land that little sneaky shot
23:06 before they come into a clean.
23:06 This is a hard and draining and grueling fight.
23:09 Hard to score, and it's a hard fight on the period.
23:12 - Six years between them, Hannah Rankin at 33
23:17 and Cosine at 27.
23:19 Cosine's had 25 fights,
23:22 19 for Hannah Rankin,
23:24 who has been on the run under some decisions
23:26 and some defeats in big fights down the years.
23:29 She knows here, though,
23:30 that if she can finish this strongly tonight,
23:32 there's every chance she's gonna pick up two more belts,
23:35 including the WBC belt, which she really wants.
23:38 And that's the end of the eighth, so two to go,
23:40 and let's have a listen in to Hannah Rankin's corner.
23:43 - Yeah.
23:44 So, on this round, I want you to go out,
23:49 pull off again and walk straight out.
23:51 Catch it, keep your feet nice, sit back.
23:53 Catch it, catch it, pulls her back to the corner,
23:55 and dig that left hook into the body.
23:57 You're reading the right hand coming now.
23:59 Don't get stopped, dig that shot in.
24:01 All right, but I need two or three.
24:03 All right, bum, bum, bum, finish the head, get out.
24:05 All right?
24:06 How you feeling?
24:08 Two rounds, all right?
24:09 - That's four minutes.
24:10 - Four minutes of work.
24:12 I want you to go harder this round, okay?
24:15 So walk straight out, Golovkin, jab, Golovkin,
24:18 everything here, nothing to the head.
24:20 All right, aim everything there,
24:21 and move your fucking head.
24:22 Breathe, breathe, all right?
24:23 - So it's all about triple G.
24:25 - It is, it's all about Goliath, Golovkin, Raven.
24:27 - That's it, putting that pressure on
24:29 and whacking the body.
24:31 - Getting close.
24:32 So you're looking at someone in the eyes,
24:34 and whilst you're looking at him or her in the eyes, boom.
24:36 - You don't want to look at him in the eyes, do we?
24:39 - Apologize for the industrial way
24:40 that Noel Callum finished the message.
24:43 He also did say, "This is the round to up the pace."
24:46 So we expect the Hannah Rankin work rate
24:49 to go up significantly here in the ninth,
24:50 and then subsequently the 10th.
24:52 - I do feel like towards the end of that last round,
24:54 Hannah was starting to land a lot cleaner punches,
24:56 one of the cleaner punches she's landed in the fight.
24:59 - Kozin got a decent right hand through there,
25:02 just as the two fighters broke.
25:04 She is the one that's up on her toes.
25:07 Little bit of the sugar-rail ended about the movements
25:11 of Kozin there, Steve.
25:12 Never mind about Golovkin coming from Hannah Rankin.
25:14 And why ever not?
25:15 It's good, it's a good way to take a break,
25:16 it's a good way to confuse your opponent.
25:18 Kozin got the better of that,
25:22 just catching Hannah Rankin as she came in.
25:23 That was a sweet shot, Raven, wasn't it?
25:25 - Yeah, good shot.
25:26 Lovely little counter left, straight left there.
25:28 I think that was better from Kozin,
25:30 not looping that backhand, keeping it nice and straight.
25:33 Hannah's head's a little bit on the line from there.
25:35 I like to see her taking it off to the side
25:37 where she throws her punch in.
25:39 - Tell you what, Kozin's hard to nail down
25:41 when she moves like this.
25:42 I know it's excessive movement, but it's doing the trick.
25:44 She's had a minute about getting hit.
25:46 - It's very awkward when you're in front of that, isn't it?
25:48 You don't know where they're going.
25:50 Gotta try and cut that ring off.
25:52 - Kozin's had the better of the opening minute
25:54 and 15 seconds of this round,
25:56 the ninth penultimate round of the fight.
25:58 Maybe there's been a change of tactics
26:01 from her corner as well.
26:02 We were listening into what Noel Callum was saying
26:03 to Hannah Rankin, but she's been up on her toes
26:06 and moving a lot more in round nine
26:07 than she has been in any other round to this point.
26:10 - I think, yeah, Rankin's been coming in
26:12 in a pretty straight line in her corner,
26:14 seen that, and just telling her to wait for her to come in,
26:16 over commit, and then counter.
26:18 - Yeah, she's switched it.
26:20 She's changed her game, Kozin.
26:21 She's caused a real handful here.
26:23 - Final few seconds then of round number nine.
26:29 So it's a co-main event tonight.
26:45 Nathan Heaney and Denzel Bentley before that,
26:47 a potential cracker between Liverpool's Nick Ball,
26:50 who's here, carrying that WBC silver belt over his shoulder.
26:55 And he's up against that man there, Isaac Dogbe,
26:58 who's been a world champion before.
27:00 He's been in some big fights.
27:01 It's fascinating.
27:02 The winner gets a shot at the world title.
27:04 And we expect the pair of them, Steve,
27:06 to stand there toe to toe and see who can last the longest.
27:09 It could be an absolute belter.
27:11 - Yeah, Mike Goodall, the king of rings,
27:12 is gonna shrink this down to a four-foot ring
27:15 from a 20-foot ring by the time they get there.
27:17 And they won't even need all the four feet.
27:18 If they need more than a five-feet square ring,
27:20 I'm a Dutchman, you can call me Jan.
27:22 - Yeah, the old cliche is they can fight in a phone booth.
27:25 And I think both of those two could.
27:27 - Yeah, I was literally just about to say that, Fletch.
27:29 Put them in a phone booth, they'll be pure entertainment.
27:32 - And there are so many kids around the country saying,
27:33 "What's he on about? What's the phone box?"
27:35 - S2, yeah.
27:36 - S2, yeah.
27:37 - Phone booth, what are you talking about?
27:38 (Fletch laughing)
27:40 - So the final round, round 10.
27:42 Hannah Rankin in the white vest from Los in Scotland
27:47 against Emma Kozin from Slovenia.
27:50 The WBC and WBO super welterweight titles on the line.
27:54 A fight that's difficult to score.
27:57 It's been close.
27:59 Both of them switched tactics in the previous round,
28:01 and we'll see who can finish the fight the stronger.
28:04 Hannah Rankin fitting to become a world champion again.
28:10 Emma Kozin, big and fitting to become a world champion
28:12 for the first time.
28:13 A fight that's been years in the making between these two,
28:16 and it's been keenly contested.
28:17 - It's been keenly contested.
28:19 It's been hard, it's been grueling.
28:20 Sometimes the skill set level has dropped,
28:22 but it has been engrossing from the very first bell.
28:27 - Good work from Rankin.
28:28 She got the better of that exchange.
28:29 Started with a good punch to the body.
28:31 Both of them very tired in there right now.
28:33 - You can see they've both come in to the last round
28:36 really fully ready to go at it,
28:40 trying to get this under their belt
28:42 'cause they know it's a close fight.
28:44 - Yeah, I'd be very surprised if both of them
28:45 don't feel they might need the last one
28:47 to swing it their way.
28:48 - Absolutely.
28:49 There should be a name in boxing for that
28:50 when the fighters go out
28:52 and they both know they've got to win the round.
28:53 We should think of a name for it.
28:55 There has to be a name for it.
28:56 There isn't, but there should be, Fletch.
28:58 Sorry, I digress.
28:59 - I think you'd be the ideal person
29:00 to come up with a name.
29:01 I think me and Raven can step aside and live into it.
29:04 - I'm on the job, Fletch.
29:05 - 30 seconds to go.
29:06 Kozin's took a right hand through.
29:08 Rankin comes forward.
29:10 (crowd shouting)
29:13 Rankin throwing the right hand.
29:18 Looking to get Kozin back on those ropes,
29:20 but she's able to move away.
29:22 Two fighters separated by the referee, Mark Lyson,
29:25 and the judges, Akira McKenna, Great Britain,
29:29 the German, Frank Michael Maas,
29:32 and the Italian, Marco Moschodeli.
29:35 How they're seeing it is what matters
29:37 because there is the final bell,
29:39 and both women embrace,
29:41 and we do go to the judges here in Manchester.
29:44 - Quite a cold embrace there.
29:46 I don't know about you, Rankin,
29:47 but I think Rankin could have nicked it.
29:48 Can I just say something, Fletch?
29:49 The draw was 14 to one.
29:52 14 to one, the draw.
29:53 That was a big odds.
29:54 - Yeah. - She got enough?
29:55 - Yeah, I feel like Rankin did enough to nick it.
29:58 I think that body work is what won it for me, personally,
30:03 and I don't think Kozin's shots
30:05 were clean enough straight shots to nick the rounds for me.
30:10 - I'll tell you what,
30:11 the way that they both got back to their corners,
30:12 neither has overly celebrated.
30:15 I think both of them realized that this is gonna be close.
30:18 Hannah Rankin now raises her arms,
30:20 and here's the cheers of the crowd,
30:22 but neither of them are particularly convincing in there
30:24 by way of body language.
30:26 - No, it's like Noel Callum heard you in the corner,
30:28 and suddenly Rankin got a big beaming smile on her face
30:31 and raised her hands.
30:32 No, listen, the corners, the management of ringside,
30:35 and the two boxers, no one in those two gangs
30:39 believed they won that clearly,
30:41 and I'm convinced of that fledge.
30:42 - So just to remind you,
30:47 the judges are Kieran McCann from Great Britain,
30:50 Frank-Michael Maas from Germany,
30:53 and Marco Moschadeli from Italy.
30:56 Eko Esserman on the pads, warming up, he's in next.
30:59 He'll be defending his British, Commonwealth,
31:01 and IBF European title belts against Harry Scarfe from Derby.
31:06 Scarfe's been full of confidence all week,
31:09 he's tried to get underneath Esserman's skin,
31:11 he's looking nice and confident in there.
31:13 There's a bit of football club rivalry
31:14 between the two of them as well,
31:15 Nottingham Forest and Derby County,
31:17 so could be a bit lively in the arena,
31:20 and that's up next tonight on this magnificent seven card
31:23 here at Manchester Arena.
31:25 So let's find out who's won it then.
31:28 Is it Hannah Rankin, is it Emma Cozine?
31:30 The man to tell us is Thomas Triver.
31:33 - Ladies and gentlemen, after 10 two minute rounds of boxing
31:46 we go to the judges' scorecards,
31:48 and we have a split decision.
31:51 Judge Frank-Michael Maas scores it 96 to 94
31:57 in favor of Rankin.
32:01 Judge Marco Moscadeli scores it 98 to 92
32:04 in favor of Cozine.
32:07 And Judge Kieran McCann scores it 96 to 94
32:12 in favor of your winner,
32:15 and now both the WBC and WBO
32:17 Women's Super Welterweight World Champion,
32:22 Emma, the Princess Cozine!
32:27 - The Princess Cozine!
32:29 - So Emma Cozine wins the WBC and WBO
32:35 Superweight title belts by a split decision.
32:38 Raven Chapman, what do you think?
32:40 - Yeah, it's very, very tight to score,
32:42 a hard fight to score.
32:44 See, for me, I felt like Hannah just did
32:46 that little bit more work,
32:47 that little bit more on the inside.
32:50 I don't know if you can really argue it either way.
32:52 - I can argue with the 98-92,
32:54 'cause that's eight two.