Josh Padley celebrates upset win over beforehand unbeaten light-weight contender Mark Chamberlain on Sept. 21 Riyadh Season UK Launch at Wembley Stadium in London, England. Photograph credit score: Mark Robinson, Matchroom Boxing
The UK launch of Riyadh Season opened with a loss dealt to Turki Alalshikh’s favourite fighter.
Mark Chamberlain suffered a knockdown and some extent deduction in an upset resolution defeat to Josh Padley. The battle of unbeaten Brits noticed Padley prevail by scores of 96-92, 96-92 and 95-93 of their junior welterweight bout.
Chamberlain emerged as a Riyadh Season sequence common however jumped out to a gradual begin in his first battle on dwelling soil in ten months. Padley arrived with the intent to shock the world and compelled the larger Chamberlain out of his consolation zone.
Each fighters have been minimize from frequent headbutts. Padley pushed previous his wound to focus on Chamberlain’s physique each time he needed to battle on the within. Portsmouth’s Chamberlain sought to bully the smaller Yorkshire boxer however his aggression was largely of the ineffective selection.
Issues went from unhealthy to worse for Chamberlain when he was floored in spherical eight. Padley delivered ‘a peach of a punch’ within the type of a left hook to provide the shock knockdown. The 28-year-old solely had 4 knockouts headed into the battle.
Chamberlain’s destiny was already sealed by that time, extra so one spherical later. Referee Victor Loughlin deducted some extent after repeatedly warning Chamberlain for an assortment of fouls and infractions. The Ring’s No. 9-rated light-weight was not disillusioned about his possibilities to win and sought a knockout by that time. To his credit score, he outfought Padley down the stretch however the harm was already executed on the scorecards.
Padley soared to 15-0 (4 knockouts) in by far the most important win of his profession. Chamberlain fell to 16-1 (12 KOs) with the defeat after stoppage wins in Riyadh this previous Might 18 and March 8. A five-fight knockout streak was additionally snapped with the loss and distance battle.
Padley-Chamberlain opened a six-fight DAZN/PPV.com pay-per-view occasion. Daniel Dubois (21-2, 20 KOs) defends his IBF heavyweight title versus Anthony Joshua (28-3, 25 KOs) atop the present.