Jonas edges Mayer! Chelli outpoints Cullen in Rematch

Natasha Jonas of Liverpool, UK, survived the late rally from Mikaela Mayer. Jonas got off to a quick start, putting the early rounds in the bank and building up a lead over Mayer of California, USA. If there were any concerns about Mayer moving up to 147 pounds, they were squashed out quickly as Mayer appeared well-toned and a physically bigger and stronger fighter. She was heavy off the front foot and began landing bigger shots, specifically in the early going of the rounds. The Brit would rally back with precise combination punching late in the rounds, in an attempt to steal the rounds back from Mayer. Mayer seemed to find success with his straight right hand in the middle rounds of the scheduled 10-rounder, and by the end of the seventh, Mayer had begun evening things up a bit, it appeared. Jonas responded well in the eighth and put together what would be her last excellent round. Off the back foot, she countered the American left hook with a left hand of her own, that shook up and rattled the American. Mayer finished strong, mostly with her right hand. Scoring with it at will. A pair of right hands staggered the champion late in the ninth and 10th rounds. The fight appeared too close to call and could go either way. Ultimately, two of the three judges favored the slick boxing Brit by scores of 96-94 and 96-95, with the third judge favoring Mayer 97-93. Jonas retained her IBF title and moved her record to 15-2-1 (9), and Mayer fell to 19-2 (5).

In the co-main event, Jack Cullen just couldn't get it going in his rematch with Zac Chelli and dropped his British Super Middleweight title and fell to 22-5-1 (10), and Chelli picked up the British strap and moved to 15-2-1 (7). The pair fought TO a hotly disputed drawback in 2020. This time around the 6'3 Cullen couldn't decide whether or not he wanted to fight tall and use his reach or trade with the much smaller Chelli on the inside. However, nothing seemed to work for him as Chelli continued to outwork and outland him. Chelli of London was able to outmaul Cullen consistently and got the better of the exchanges. Cullen would try to back out and reset but kept getting caught with clubbing right hands from the Londoner, who would score with an occasional left hook as well. Cullen rallied a bit late, but it was too little too late. Chelli scored the clear-cut decision but scores that appeared to be way too close 116-113 and 115-114, and a slightly more reasonable 116-112.

Also on the card was the impressive pro debut of Stephen Clarke of Liverpool, UK. Clarke, 1-0 (1), made his professional debut an impressive one, and a ringing success as he scored a third-round TKO of Vasif Mamedov 3-47-5 (0). Clarke demonstrated masterful skills, snapping beautiful combos that would land clean. Staying tall and using his length and slight head movement, he avoided Mamedov's left hook. The fight came to a bizarre ending. Mamedov spent the third round whining to referee Mark Lyson and turned his back as the pair left a brief clinch. Clarke seized the moment and took advantage, scoring with a few more power shots that caused Lyson to come in and call a halt to the bout. The official time was 1:53 of the third round.