Briton Mark Chamberlain shocked Republic of Eire’s Pierce O’Leary as he dropped him twice on the way in which to securing a knockout win within the tenth spherical to assert the IBO light-welterweight belt.
Chamberlain needed to climb off the canvas himself within the seventh spherical as O’Leary struck him with a ferocious physique shot in entrance of a capability crowd in Dublin.
However simply as momentum seemed to be swinging within the favour of O’Leary, Chamberlain discovered a breakthrough and managed to get the stoppage late on.
Portsmouth’s Chamberlain now strikes to 18 wins with one defeat, bouncing again to profitable methods for the primary time since dropping to Josh Padley in 2024.
This was Chamberlain’s first combat since he drew with Jack Rafferty in Altrincham final summer time.
After a good and cagey first spherical, Chamberlain shocked the house crowd of round 7,000 as he landed a flush left hand that despatched O’Leary flying again onto the canvas.
Chamberlain then discovered one other large shot within the subsequent spherical as he despatched his opponent to the ground once more with a brief left hook.
However O’Leary responded properly to the knockdowns, rallied by his house crowd as he pressed on to discover a manner again into the combat.
He then discovered a breakthrough on the finish of the seventh spherical as he backed Chamberlain right into a nook and despatched a punishing shot into his chest.
Chamberlain was sluggish to get to his toes however survived the rely and managed to keep away from main punishment earlier than the bell sounded.
O’Leary continued to press on, with Chamberlain wanting drained and the Irishman buoyed by the gang.
However Chamberlain struck within the tenth with a mixture that noticed O’Leary drop his palms after which pressed on, touchdown various clear photographs that included a straight proper hand to ship O’Leary tumbling into the ropes and to the canvas.
