ALTRINCHAM, UK — Jack Rafferty retained his British and Commonwealth super lightweight titles by the barest of margins after boxing to an enthralling 12-round majority draw against Mark Chamberlain.
Oldham's Rafferty (26-0-1, 17 KOs) topped a hometown show of sorts on a rich run of form, featuring stoppage wins over Henry Turner, Reece McMillan and Cory O'Regan inside the past 12 months.
As 'The Demolition Man' came through an early storm to take control of the middle rounds, it seemed a bloodied Chamberlain (17-1-1, 12 KOs) might become his next victim, only for the man Turki Alalashikh last year dubbed his favourite fighter to box with unerring bravery and precision during the ferocious championship rounds.
A "Tom and Jerry" fight, this was not. Chamberlain was given a 115-113 verdict on one scorecard, with the other two judges scoring the contest 114-114.
After a raucous reception for Rafferty during the introductions, Chamberlain opened impressively, momentarily staggering the champion with a peach of an overhand left. Rafferty looked to respond but missed with a left hook, while the Chamberlain measured his straight shots to head and body nicely.
There was a nice retort when Rafferty snapped his foe's head back with a right hand. The challenger remained the busier and more effective fighter, only for his momentum to be compromised by a nasty cut on the forehead in round three from a Rafferty punch.
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As blood trickled into Chamberlain's left eye, the fighters' respective senses of opportunity and desperation caused them to trade during an engrossing final minute of the session.
The Chamberlain corner did a good job, and their man continued to throw with gusto, in threes and fours. Enough was getting through Rafferty's compact defences. Unbothered by another nick around his right eye, Chamberlain got home a punishing shot to the midsection in round five before flurrying upstairs. Back came Rafferty, bullying his man into the ropes to draw partisan roars.
Rafferty appeared to have turned the tide in round six as he moved forward smartly, closing off the ring and unloading on Chamberlain, who had lost some of the steam from his punches. The challenger continued to throw — but increasingly on the retreat — and took a flush right near his opponent's corner in the seventh, before a scything Rafferty body shot forced him to gasp for air.
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The champion refused to engage backwards gears, even as Chamberlain clipped him with a beaut of a right hook in round eight. The Portsmouth man's left eye was a mess, and he didn't see a Rafferty left to the temple that buzzed him.
Chamberlain enjoyed a better round nine as he started to time Rafferty's advances, while his punches were once again the more eye-catching in the 10th. Rafferty had become a touch too easy for Chamberlain to find, and he shuddered in the penultimate session when he walked onto a left hook. Both men got the acclaim they deserved at the start of a fittingly action-packed final round, when the challenger appeared settled in his groove before being rattled by a Rafferty one-two that preceded an engrossing, torrid final minute. It was a minute that saved his titles and undefeated record. They have to do it again.
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On the undercard, rising star Jack Turner (12-0, 11 KOs) was given a brutal examination before continuing his KO streak at super flyweight against Argentina's Nicolas Agustin Muguruza.
Turner started quickly and sank in some pulverising body shots early on, but Muguruza was unperturbed. Despite bleeding from his nose and mouth, the visitor worked his way into the contest, scored at will with the jab and had Turner marked up below the eyes by the end of round five.
The 23-year-old Liverpudlian looked exhausted but found a hellacious left hook to drop Muguruza heavily in the sixth, There was no escape, and he went down again under the follow-up assault, with referee Michael Alexander persuaded to wave off the contest.
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Zak Miller retained his Commonwealth featherweight title via unanimous decision after a 12-round barnburner against Leon Woodstock. Miller (17-1, 3 KOs) is now on a four-fight winning streak after his narrow loss to Nathaniel Collins in November 2023, while Woodstock, who fought unrelentingly through a cut sustained from a head clash in the opener, drops to 16-5.
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Jack Rafferty vs. Mark Chamberlain main card results
- Jack Rafferty (c) draw. Mark Chamberlain (MD 12) to retain the British and Commonwealth super lightweight titles
- Jack Turner def. Nicolas Agustin Muguruza (TKO 6/10); Super Flyweights
- Zak Miller (c) def. Leon Woodstock (UD12) to retain the Commonwealth featherweight title
- Henry Turner def. Ivan Blazevic (TKO 3/8); Welterweights
- Steven Cairns def. Kirk Stevens (TKO 5/8); Lightweight
- Lewis Richardson def. Artjom Spatar (PTS 6); Middleweights
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