Baraou defeats Eggington in WBA eliminator

In a WBA super welterweight eliminator, WBA #11, WBC #15 Abass Baraou (15-1, 9 KOs) hammered out a twelve round majority decision over WBA #15 Sam “The Savage” Eggington (34-9,…
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In a WBA super welterweight eliminator, WBA #11, WBC #15 Abass Baraou (15-1, 9 KOs) hammered out a twelve round majority decision over WBA #15 Sam “The Savage” Eggington (34-9, 20 KOs) on Friday night at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England. Hard fought affair with Baraou pulling away in the later rounds. Scores were 114-114, 117-111, 117-112. Baraou also claimed the vacant European title.

In a clash between unbeaten super middleweights, Andrei Dascalu (10-0, 3 KOs) demolished Joe Jackson-Brown (7-1, 4 KOs) in the first round. Dascalu dropped Jackson-Brown twice to end it after just 85 seconds.

Heavyweight prospect Matty Harris (6-1, 4 KOs) rebounded from a shock loss in his last fight to defeat Amine Boucetta (8-11, 0 KOs) over four rounds. Scored 40-36. Harris is trained by Peter Fury.

Unbeaten lightweight Sultan Zaurbek (17-0, 12 KOs) beat up Victor Julio (17-11, 9 KOs) for eight rounds to win 80-71. Julio was deducted a point for complaining in round seven.

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