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Lee Haskins Dominates To Win Prizefighter Crown
BoxingScene.com By Alexey Sukachev
Liverpool, England - Super flyweight Lee Haskins (25-2, 11 KOs) proved he was a favorite indeed by becoming the first reigning British champion to win the Prizefighter series and securing no less than 32,000 pounds. Haskins, a young veteran at 27, left his strong-willed but limited opponent Don Broadhurst with few chances to succeed in the final, while giving him a huge beating at the same time. Broadhurst, on the other hand, has little to be sad about as he delivered everything he had but it wasn't enough to defeat a better boxer.
Haskins was the man from the opening bell. He circled around his opponent and prevented the much slower and also light-fisted Broadhurst (13-3, 3 KOs) from landing anything big. Round two turned to be a devastating disaster for the 25-year old, who was decked twice by the unorthodox counterpuncher and barely survived until the bell. Round three was all Haskins as well. In the end, the scores were predictably one-sided for Haskins: 30-25 (Phil Edwards, John Keane and BoxingScene) and 30-26 (Markus McDonald). Referee was Howard John Foster. Broadhurst failed to avenge his December 2009 defeate to Haskins for the unified British and Commonwealth belts.
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UNDERCARD RESULTS
Don Broadhurst (13-2, 3 KOs) of Birmingham became the first finalist of the Prizefighter series after a hard-fought razor-thin split decision over locally loved tough cookie Mike Robinson (5-3-3). Robinson was the aggressor but he lacked both technical and tactical skills to dominate his opponent. Broadhurst was willing to trade but he was also cautious enough to avoid unnecessary punishment, which helped him to end the fight in style. Judge Phil Edwards scored the battle 28-29 - for Robinson, but he was overruled by Howard Foster and Markus McDonald, who both saw it 29-28 - this time for Broadhurst. BoxingScene agreed with latter judges.
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Lee Haskins (24-2, 11 KOs) entered the final in style, after bringing inexperienced but cagey Ryan Farrag (5-1) to school in the second semifinal. Farrag was as aggressive as he always is. Haskins counterpunched well enough to cut Farrag over his forehead in the first, scored a knockdown in the second and easily cruised to a wide decision on all of the judges' scorecards: 30-26 and 30-27 (twice). BoxingScene also had it 30-26 - for Lee Haskins.
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In clearly the best slugfest in Prizefighter history, two undefeated pugilists, Craig Lyon and Ryan Farrag, collided in an all-action bout for three thrilling rounds to determine the winner of the last quarterfinal bout. Both combatants threw punches without any breaks and continued to move forward despite all of the punishment. Farrag landed his blow in his very first attack, Lyon answered, and then havoc broke out with both fighters battling in a take-no-prisoners kind of style. After two even rounds, Farrag (5-0, no KOs) landed his best punch of the night - a hard left hook - to put Lyon down. Craig got up and desperately went for a knockout but without any success. Final scoresheet read as follows: 29-28 (same as a BoxingScene despite a knockdown) and 29-27 (twice) - for Ryan Farrag.
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Lee Haskins (23-2, 11 KOs), clearly the most heralded fighter of this series, scored a harder-than-expected win over Terry Broadbent (3-1, 2 KOs), the tourney's most inexpierenced participant. Haskins, 27, a holder of the WBA I/C bantamweight title and a former two-division BBBofC British champion, tried to fool his game opponent in every round, but the fight wasn't exactly going his way in certain spots. Broadbent applied smart pressure, especially in the second, and forced the southpaw Haskins to be cautious of Trent's sudden attacks. It was only in the third when Haskins finally got himself going to score a clean sweep: 30-27 - by all three judges. BoxingScene had it 29-28 - also for Haskins.
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In a barnburner, local boy Mike Robinson (5-2-3, no KOs) barely went through previously undefeated British amateur standout Nathan Reeve (4-1, 2 KOs), 21. The fight was dramatic all the way. Good technician and smart hitter Reeve was badly cut over his right eye early into the first, but referee Markus McDonald allowed the fight to go on and both boxers were delivering heavy action throughout the entire three round bout. Reeve looked to be slightly superior in the first and got control of the bout in the second, until Robinson landed several hard punches at the end of the stanza. In the third, both boxers went toe-to-toe and enjoyed considerable success. There was a feeling that Reeve did enough to squeak out with a win - BoxingScene had it 29-28 in his favor - but all three judges had it otherwise: 29-28 (twice) and an off-mark 30-27 by Phil Edwards - for Mike Robinson, who interrupted a period of nearly three years without a win.
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In the opener, Birmingham native Don Broadhurst (12-2, 3 KOs) got a relatively easy passage to the sem-ifinals with a wide decision over chinny stick-and-mover Usman Ahmed (6-5-1, no KOs). Ahmed, a victim of one of the most brutal knockouts of the last year (when he was pancaked by Ashley Sexton), moved well and hit former Commonwealth champion on occasion but his power was too limited to prevent Broadhurst from pressing Ahmed all around the ring. Don threw few punches and landed even less but all of his blows were felt very well by his weak-chinned opponent. At the end, all three judges had it for Don Broadhurst: 30-27 (twice) and 30-28. BoxingScene also scored the first quarterfinal 30-27 - for the winner.
