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14 November 2021

Dean Sutherland defeats Michele Esposito at “Ballroom Brawl” in Scotland

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Dean Sutherland defeats Michele Esposito at "Ballroom Brawl" in Scotland | Boxen247.com (Kristian von Sponneck)

Dean Sutherland vs. Michele Esposito Result

Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen, Scotland 12/11/21

WBC International Silver Welterweight Title

Under the Fightzone cameras on this Fight Academy and Sam Kynoch event, Dean Sutherland lived up to his top prospect tag with a fantastic performance in an action-packed battle with Italy’s Michele Esposito.

Fighting in his home city against a former Italian champion, ‘Deadly’ Dean (pictured) certainly gave the crowd and Fightzone viewers their money’s worth in this contest for the World Boxing Council (WBC) International Silver Welterweight Title.

In the first round, Esposito tried to get on the front foot but the Scot stayed composed, picked his shots well and landed with eye catching uppercuts. It was toe to toe in the second with Sutherland landing the harder shots but getting caught himself with a couple of uppercuts that rocked his head back.

Round three was a torrid affair for the Italian, almost out on his feet and hit clean with a multitude of powerful punches, Esposito toughed it out and made it through the three minutes.

Round four was fantastic action, with both men playing their part. It was hard to watch at times as Sutherland began to pummel Esposito without reply, only for the visitor to come back and have his own success at the end of the round.

Esposito had a better round five, trapping the local man on the ropes and pounding away, and again refused to be deterred in the sixth.

How Esposito got through seven was unfathomable; he was punched from pillar to post but, just as it looked like he might be stopped, managed to throw something back. The end came in round eight though with the extremely brave Italian just taking far too many clean punches, forcing referee Victor Loughlin to step in and wave it off.

Sutherland, 23, is now 12-0 (4) and moves up the international rankings. The 35-year-old Esposito returns to Lombarida with a 18-5-1 (6) ledger, having been stopped for the first time in his career.

After suffering his first loss in July, Macduff’s Billy Stuart got back to winning ways with a sixth round stoppage of Spanish-based Romanian Alexandru Ionita. Scheduled for eight, Stuart softened his opponent up in the second round with body punches, before eventually wearing down the East European with hard shots and constant pressure, forcing a corner retirement. Still just 23, Billy ‘The Butcher’ proved he’d learnt from his earlier defeat, moving to 11-1 (4). The game Ionita is now 7-10-1 (5).

Callen McAulay wasn’t able to better his 2018 result against Angel Emilov, 10-35 (6), with the pair going the distance again over six rounds. Renfrew’s McAulay was a clear winner against Bulgaria’s Emilov but the contest produced few fireworks. Southpaw McCulay, 8-0 (2), hadn’t been in the ring since March 2019 and will be glad to have shed the ring rust, picking up a 60-54 verdict from the referee.

After a two-year ring hiatus, Craig Morgan used his height and reach advantage to successfully negotiate the always tricky assignment that is Brett Fidoe. Coming in on the back of two wins, Fidoe, 15-66-5 (7), applied pressure but was often chasing shadows as southpaw Morgan danced around the ring. It wasn’t always one-way traffic, Worcestershire’s Fidoe had his moments but Morgan moved to 8-0 with a shutout 40-36 victory.

Luca ‘The Magician’ Micheletti moved to 4-0 (1) in an entertaining super-middleweight four-rounder against hard man, Slovakia’s Michal Gazdik 6-16 (4). Micheletti gave the crowd plenty of excitement as he elected to trade with Gazdik, and took a few heavy knocks in return. At the final bell, the engineering graduate from Nairn ran out a 40-36 winner.

In the show opener, Limerick’s Edward ‘Dominator’ Donovan threw just about every punch in the book, beating tough Scouser Steven Floyd in a four rounds welterweight contest. The Liverpudlian was down from a body shot in the fourth but managed to see it through. Both men were 1-0 coming into the fight.

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27 October 2021

Dean Sutherland faces Michele Esposito in Aberdeen homecoming Nov. 12

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Dean Sutherland vs. Michele Esposito

Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen, Scotland 12/11/21

The Fightzone cameras head North of the Border on November 12 on what promises to be a top evening of ‘small hall’ boxing.

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Headlining at Aberdeen’s Beach Ballroom will be exciting Scottish prospect, Dean Sutherland, who will be looking to move to 12-0 against Italy’s Michele Esposito. The pair will square up for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) International Silver Welterweight Title, which has previously been held by notable British fighters including Sam Eggington and Michael McKinson.

Sutherland, 23, from Aberdeen, lived up to his hot prospect tag last time out in July, stopping Mexican fighter Jose Antonio Delgado Velazquez in seven exciting rounds. Velazquez came to the UK with a promising record having lost just once in 11 fights, but was no match for the accurate, heavy hands of Sutherland, who eventually wore his man down.

Esposito will prove another decent yardstick for the local fighter. Far more experienced, the 35-year-old has lost just four times in 23 outings and is a former Italian welterweight champion. Ahead of the show, promoter Sam Kynoch is predicting another eye-opening performance but says that Sutherland needs to be on his game or he could suffer an upset.

Also appearing on the bill will be Macduff’s Billy Stuart, 10-1 (3). The super bantamweight suffered his first loss fighting on the same July show as Sutherland’s victory over Velazquez, coming unstuck against another Mexican import Alejandro Jair Gonzalez. Billy will get another runout on this Aberdeen card, with Kynoch still predicting a bright future for the 23-year-old.

“This is Fightzone’s first visit to Aberdeen, and it’s a homecoming for Dean Sutherland who’s from there. Dean’s Italian opponent is really solid. I’ve watched him, he’s aggressive, and is a 35-year-old man, so he knows his way around the ring. Dean stopped his last opponent, but I think he’ll do well to stop this guy. This Italian will ask questions of him and be a great opponent for his development. It’s a terrific one for the fans because it’s a proper live fight. Esposito is not a guy to take lightly in any way, shape or form.

“We’ll ease Billy [Stuart] back in on this show to get him going again. He showed a lot in that last fight in terms of his durability. His style was perfectly suited for the Mexican and it made for a great fight with a lot of fireworks. We’ll get him back to winning ways, we want someone lively for him to get his confidence back. He was asked a lot of questions in that last fight and some of the shots he was hit with, lesser fighters wouldn’t had withstood them. He was rocked to his core at times, but rallied back and showed serious guts. I think Gonzalez will go on to some serious success and it will put Billy’s loss into context.

“We’ve also got Callen McAulay on the show. He’s trained in my gym and appeared on my promotions before. The fans will enjoy seeing him, he’s got a really good skillset.”

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