THREE DOWN
18:51:51
Some great work from Cooper in round three but he ships a big left hook from Essuman after a minute of the fourth. Essuman, perhaps sensing his opponent growing into the fight, has decided now is the time to turn up the heat.
ENGINE BREAKING?
18:40:02
Amazingly, Essuman is a full 12 years older than the undefeated Cooper, who won the English title in this very same arena on March 16. Essuman, however, is coming off the back of his first defeat, when he lost on points to Harry Scarff in Manchester in November. We are one round down and Cooper seems to have found an early groove – this is shaping up nicely.
WELTERWEIGHTS NEXT
18:30:40
Zach Parker provides an explosive stoppage in the first of tonight’s (Magnificent) seven fights. Next up is Owen Cooper against Ekow Essuman for the English welterweight title.
IT’S OVER
18:26:03
Arnfield is wobbled by a big right hand from Parker and goes stumbling back to the ropes. Parker then lines him up for a huge right hand which sends him heavily to his knees. Arnfield does well to even get up at all, let alone beat the count, but he is allowed to box on. However, one more attack from Parker, which downs Arnfield again, is enough for referee Chris Dean to wave things off. The official time was 1:16 of the fourth.
THREE DOWN
18:23:42
Not much to report through three here. Parker chipping away but Arnfield has been equal to everything so far. Of course this is Parker’s first outing since he was dropped for the first time in his career, against Tyron Zeuge in March, in a fight he won on points. No knockdowns for either as of yet.
PARKER-ARNFIELD FIRST
18:15:00
And without further ado, the 10-rounder between Zach Parker and Jack Arnfield is now underway in what is the first TV bout on the card. We are one round down. Off TV, Shabaz Masoud and Bradley Thompson both won on points over eight and four rounds respectively.
WE’RE OFF
18:13:12
Hello and welcome to tonight’s live blog for the latest Magnificent Seven card, this time in Birmingham. I’m Declan Taylor and I will be walking you through every cough, splutter and everything in between via this magical medium of text. If you want to get involved remember to enter your predictions on the Boxing News app and of course you can Tweet me all your thoughts to @declantaylor87.
Nathan Heaney faces Brad Pauls in a clash for Heaney’s British middleweight title. Headlining the latest Magnificent 7 card, the pair fought to a draw in March.
The televised undercard action, ‘Fight Night Live’, kicks off on TNT Sports from 6pm (UK/IRE). Catch Bradley Thompson and Shabaz Masoud in the preliminary bouts here:
Nathan Heaney vs. Brad Pauls 2 Fight Card
Nathan Heaney vs. Brad Pauls
British middleweight title – 12 x 3 rounds
Zach Parker vs. Jack Arnfield
Super-middleweight – 10 x 3 rounds
Chantelle Cameron vs. Elhem Mekhaled
WBC Interim World super-lightweight title (vacant) – 10 x 2 rounds
Ashley Lane vs. Andrew Cain
British and Commonwealth bantamweight title – 12 x 3 rounds
Solomon Dacres vs. Michael Webster
English heavyweight title – 10 x 3 rounds
Owen Cooper vs. Ekow Essuman
English and WBO European welterweight titles – 10 x 3 rounds
Shabaz Masoud vs. Marvin Solano
Featherweight – 8 x 3 rounds
Ezra Taylor vs. Carlos Alberto Lamela
WBC International light-heavyweight title (vacant) – 10 x 3 rounds
Bradley Thompson vs. Stephen Jackson
Super-flyweight – 4 x 3 mins