Ward retains, Hall falls short

Martin J Ward successfully defended his British title at Wembley Arena on Saturday, while Ben Hall came up short against Carson Jones.

Super-featherweight Ward (16-0-2) survived a late scare as he edged out Dundee’s Ronnie Clark (17-3-3) to make the first successful defence of the coveted British belt.

The unbeaten Essex-based boxer continually worked his southpaw opponent around the ring and despite being floored in the 10th, earned a unanimous points verdict with scores of 115-113, 114-113 and 1116-112. 

Ward took a few rounds to adapt to Clark’s come-forward southpaw style, but as he snapped out the left jab in the second, the champion soon found his rhythm.

The amateur pedigree of Ward started to become clear as he boxed well on the back-foot, landing some swift combinations before moving out of range, making his Scottish foe miss.

As the fight reached the later stages though, Clark began to gamble more, landing regularly on several occasions and a …

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