Mea Motu was on track for a fight with Ellie Scotney when she stopped Shannon O’Connell at The Star in Sydney, Australia.
The Scotney-Motu for Scotney’s IBF and WBO super bantamweight titles was due to take place on the Jack Catterall-Regis Prograis undercard in Manchester on October 26, but an injury to Scotney forced her to withdraw. and leads to Motu-O ‘Connell is scheduled to give 10 days’ notice’
With a catch weight of 125 pounds, the 41-year-old O’Connell was restrained from the first round when an accidental head clash left her bleeding heavily from her scalp. Motu responded immediately with aggression and to the extent that O’Connell was seen as risking stopping the match. But she survived until the end of the first two minutes.
A series of left hooks at the end of the second round again threatened O’Connell’s involvement. And she was injured again in the third round before a horrible swelling appeared in her right eye and may have concluded early. inevitably
It finally came in the fourth, when O’Connell’s corner, seeing the defeated fighter being attacked again, duly decided to throw in the towel, confirming the 34-year-old Motu’s win after 66 seconds.
Charlie Kazzi then stopped Lui Magaiva in the seventh round of their lightweight bout.
The aggressive Kazzi, 19, first hurt Magaiva with a right hand in the third punch. And when he did it again on the fifth punch, He also began to grab his feet and chase the stop.
Makaiwa, 36, landed additional right hands throughout the sixth round but perhaps considered himself unlucky to get an assist from referee Will Zulos after 98 seconds of the seventh throughout their fight became One-sided There is no doubt that Papa New Guinean’s resistance to the sting played a role in his protesting the results.
There was also an injury-time victory for Ahmed Reda on the occasion of his third professional fight, in the second round of his lightweight fight against Joe Cara.
