Connor Butler vs Jay Harris headlined Fightzone’s first show on DAZN on Saturday evening.
Jay Harris emerged victorious in his Flyweight bout against unbeaten Connor Butler. Harris captured the European and Commonwealth championships alongside retaining his British Flyweight championship.
Connor Butler vs Jay Harris
The pair met in a 12 round war to main event Fightzone’s show in Liverpool, broadcast on DAZN for the first time. Connor Butler (11-0-1) entered as the hometown fighter from Liverpool with an undefeated record. His opponent was the more experienced Welshman Jay Harris (20-3).
Both Butler and Harris engaged for the full twelve rounds, happy to trade and keeping the fight entertaining. Connor Butler started the contest strongly and did enough to shade the opening rounds. Harris wasn’t far behind and he was able to outwork his opponent as the rounds wore on. Butler was able to keep pace but didn’t have the experience or the strength of Harris, who continued to pick up rounds. Butler gave everything he had in the final few rounds and probably did enough to win them, but it was too little too late to secure a victory.
After 12 rounds, the Butler vs Harris scorecards read:
116-112, 116-112, 116-113 in favour of Jay Harris via Unanimous Decision.
Rest of the Card
Earlier on the card unbeaten Liverpool prospects Jack Turner and Joe McGrail were able to pick up first round KO’s.
Joe McGrail (8-0) vs Jules Phillips (2-29) never had the makings of a classic. McGrail disposed of Philips easily scoring a knockdown before the fight was waved off after 75 seconds.
Jack Turner (4-0) vs Kassim Mfaume (19-9) lasted a little over a minute as Turner picked up his fifth consecutive first round knockout.
Ethan Brown (4-0) vs Kasey Bradnum (1-16) ended with a second round KO for Brown.
Kurtis Wiggins (0) vs Nabil Ahmed (2-28-2) ended with a Points Decision for debutant Wiggins over 4 rounds.
Hakeem Palmer (4-0-1) vs Artjom Spatar (4-5) ended with a Points Decision victory for Palmer over 6 rounds.
Safiullah Sediqi (1-0-1) vs Darryl Tapfuma (3-15-3) ended with a Points Decision for Sediqi over 4 rounds.
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