Mary Romero yields for the super bantamweight title
MADRID, 30 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish boxer Kiko Martínez has been proclaimed European featherweight champion for the sixth time after defeating the Englishman Jordan Gill by ‘ko’ at the Wembley Arena in London, while Mary Romero has not been able to defend her title in the super bantamweight category and has lost on points to England’s Ellie Scotney.
The 36-year-old man from Elche, who entered the ring wearing the Elche CF shirt, was clearly superior to the defending champion, who barely lasted one round of the planned twelve on his feet. In the second, Martínez hooked the Englishman and left his nose bleeding.
Things only got worse for Gill, who was knocked down twice in the third round and twice more in the fourth before the referee stopped the fight with just over 20 seconds left in that round to award the match. victory over the Spaniard, who has already accumulated a streak of 44-11-2 and 31 ko’s.
In this way, ‘La Sensación’ conquers his sixth continental title and will be able to fight again for the world crown, in which he will try to make up for his bitter and controversial defeat in March against Josh Warrington, who won the fight for the title from featherweight world champion to headers with the collusion of the referee.
For her part, Mary Romero was unable to defend her European super bantamweight title after falling to points (97-93, 97-94, 96-94) against local Ellie Scotney, who remains undefeated after winning her sixth win in six fighting.
The 37-year-old Murcian (8-3, 2 ‘ko’) paid dearly for her lack of aggressiveness against the 24-year-old Englishwoman, who took the initiative in a ten-round fight and in which she managed to snatch the belt from her.
