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kenyan_cheena · 08-07-2009, 01:53 AM

THE LONDON TIMES

Tuesday 10 October 2006

Top seeds to meet
in bantamweight final

Story by James Simpson

In what has been a rarity to date in the International Boxing League's tournaments the #1 and #2 seeds in its bantamweight Inter-Continental Championship event both qualified for the final during last night's card in Copenhagen, Denmark. Fighting in the co-feature London's Danny O'Sullivan scored a 9th round TKO victory over the Italian Casper Leon before hometown favourite Johnny Bredahl took a comfortable unanimous decision verdict against Japan's Takao Sakurai in the main event. This particular tournament was one of just six out of the 36 staged by the IBL in which the top four seeds all made it to the semi-finals, and only the third in which the top two booked a finals berth.

O'Sullivan overcame a slow start to dominate the later rounds of what was an action-packed affair. After controlling the opening two frames Leon appeared in good shape to pull off a victory but the Kings Cross-born O'Sullivan slowly worked his way into the contest. He had the Italian on the backfoot in the 5th and then again in the 7th, before a merciless onslaught in round nine led to referee Richard Davies calling it off at the 2:25 mark. O'Sullivan led by one point on two cards and two points on the other going into the 9th. He outlanded Leon 230-214 and improved his record to 21-3-1(17), Leon falling to 17-3(11). O'Sullivan has won all three of his tournament bouts inside the distance, having knocked out Robert Cohen in the opening round of their stage one bout and then disposing of the Australian Lionel Rose inside of four in the quarters. He is the sixth English fighter across four different weight divisions to qualify for a final of the IBL's Inter-Continental Championship tournaments.

Bredahl set the tone for his clash with Sakurai early, flooring the 3rd seed with a brutal combination just forty seconds into the 1st round. It was a setback that had a fatal affect on the slick Japanese fighter as he struggled to make any impact until the bout had entered its bottom half. Bredahl led by five points on all three cards going into round seven and it was only during those final four rounds when Sakurai gave him something close to a challenge. The final scorecards read 97-92, 96-93, 97-92. Bredahl connected with 251 of 817 punches (30.7%), Sakurai 179 of 754 (23.7%). The Dane now boasts a record of 19-3-2(12) while Sakurai lost for just the second time in his career and is now 17-2-2(11). After scoring a pair of close split decision wins over compatriots Eijiro Murata and Hozumi Hasegawa to make the semis he was hoping to go all the way to the championship bout and wore a gaze of despair after the final bell.

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kenyan_cheena Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 7,598 Thanks: 81 Thanked 143x in 125 posts	THE LONDON TIMES Tuesday 10 October 2006 Top seeds to meet in bantamweight final Story by James Simpson In what has been a rarity to date in the International Boxing League's tournaments the #1 and #2 seeds in its bantamweight Inter-Continental Championship event both qualified for the final during last night's card in Copenhagen, Denmark. Fighting in the co-feature London's Danny O'Sullivan scored a 9th round TKO victory over the Italian Casper Leon before hometown favourite Johnny Bredahl took a comfortable unanimous decision verdict against Japan's Takao Sakurai in the main event. This particular tournament was one of just six out of the 36 staged by the IBL in which the top four seeds all made it to the semi-finals, and only the third in which the top two booked a finals berth. O'Sullivan overcame a slow start to dominate the later rounds of what was an action-packed affair. After controlling the opening two frames Leon appeared in good shape to pull off a victory but the Kings Cross-born O'Sullivan slowly worked his way into the contest. He had the Italian on the backfoot in the 5th and then again in the 7th, before a merciless onslaught in round nine led to referee Richard Davies calling it off at the 2:25 mark. O'Sullivan led by one point on two cards and two points on the other going into the 9th. He outlanded Leon 230-214 and improved his record to 21-3-1(17), Leon falling to 17-3(11). O'Sullivan has won all three of his tournament bouts inside the distance, having knocked out Robert Cohen in the opening round of their stage one bout and then disposing of the Australian Lionel Rose inside of four in the quarters. He is the sixth English fighter across four different weight divisions to qualify for a final of the IBL's Inter-Continental Championship tournaments. Bredahl set the tone for his clash with Sakurai early, flooring the 3rd seed with a brutal combination just forty seconds into the 1st round. It was a setback that had a fatal affect on the slick Japanese fighter as he struggled to make any impact until the bout had entered its bottom half. Bredahl led by five points on all three cards going into round seven and it was only during those final four rounds when Sakurai gave him something close to a challenge. The final scorecards read 97-92, 96-93, 97-92. Bredahl connected with 251 of 817 punches (30.7%), Sakurai 179 of 754 (23.7%). The Dane now boasts a record of 19-3-2(12) while Sakurai lost for just the second time in his career and is now 17-2-2(11). After scoring a pair of close split decision wins over compatriots Eijiro Murata and Hozumi Hasegawa to make the semis he was hoping to go all the way to the championship bout and wore a gaze of despair after the final bell. __________________ The Greatest Prize in Sports (a TBCB Dynasty) The Greatest Prize in Sports: Almanac kenyan_cheena's NBA 2K11 Off Topic Dynasty Major League Baseball: 1990 and Beyond... (an OOTP11 Dynasty)