Josh Warrington had no problem successfully defending his IBF featherweight world title.
Returning to his hometown of Leeds, England, Warrington dominated Takoucht, dropping him twice en route to a second-round stoppage to retain his title. Warrington scored two knockdowns in the second round thanks to big right hands from the Brit and when Takoucht recovered from the second knockdown, Warrington unleashed a flurry of shots that forced the referee to step in and stop the fight.
This was Warrington's third world title defense since winning the belt from Lee Selby all the way back in May 2018. After the fight, Warrington said he would want to face some of the top featherweights in the world, but took time to talk about WBA "Regular" titleholder Can Xu, who is scheduled to defend his title against Manny Robles III on November 23.
Below are the full results and highlights of the card.
Queensberry Promotions on ESPN+ (10/12) Results From First Direct Arena In Leeds, England:
- Josh Warrington defeated Sofiane Takoucht by TKO, round 2 to retain the IBF featherweight title
- Zelfa Barrett defeated Jordan McCorry by TKO, round 9 to retain the Commonwealth super featherweight title
- Lyndon Arthur defeated Emmanuel Anim by unanimous decision (115-112, 117-111, 117-110) to win the Commonwealth light heavyweight title
- Troy Williamson defeated Navid Mansouri by TKO, round 7 to win the WBO Intercontinental junior middleweight title
- Mark Heffron defeated Rui Manuel Pavanito by TKO, round 1
- Shakiel Thompson defeated Lewis van Poetsch by points
- Shabaz Masoud defeated Yesner Talavera by points
- John Joyce defeated Jordan Grannum by points
- Jack Daniel defeated Jamie Speight by points
- Reece Mould defeated Bayardo Ramos by points
- George Davey defeated Zygimantas Butkevicius by points
Talavera lands a nice shot...
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And tells Masoud all about it --#WarringtonTakoucht pic.twitter.com/HLxDkhRwCd
-- Shabaz Masoud is slicker than your average...
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'The Maverick' makes his opponent miss and his head goes out of the ring -- pic.twitter.com/Lh9nQd69sa
What a shot! --
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Nice work @Reecemould --#WarringtonTakoucht pic.twitter.com/fQChlltval
Wow, what a performance from @zelfaflash --
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He finishes Jordy McCorry in the 9th round...#AndStill Commonwealth super-featherweight champ!#WarringtonTakoucht pic.twitter.com/w6fCkGiJRZ
Devastating body shot --
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Beautiful timing from Zelfa Barrett!#WarringtonTakoucht pic.twitter.com/wKenbgkmyu
WHAT. A. PERFORMANCE! --
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Josh Warrington blows the roof off the First Direct Arena by stopping Takoucht in the second round!
Absolutely relentless --#WarringtonTakoucht pic.twitter.com/PgLZQo6HLh
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