MAC IS BACK

Mcintyre comes back after almost three years out, Will Hale reports

POMPEY’S Joel Mcintyre needed only 30 seconds of a mooted six-threes to ice unbeaten but overmatched Israeli Nikita

Basin in topping an Atlantic Promotions card at Southsea’s South Parade Pier. The visitor charged in against the former English champion and seemed to clip the home fighter, but with very little defence Basin was poleaxed with a thunderous right hand and then was unable to beat Mark Bates’ count.

Lucas Ballingall, also from Portsmouth, scored the second win of his super-lightweight campaign in shutting out game Russian

Rustem Fatkhullin over six-threes on Kieran Mccann’s tally. It was a rounded performance for Ballingall, who worked the body with thudding left hooks, sold his feints and had success in sharp-shooting mode and in close.

Matthew King blasted out Dean Wilkinson with a textbook left hook at 1-54 of the first in a slated six-threes. Dean bravely tried to beat Bates’ count but his legs gave way and oxygen was administered. Both fighters were announced from Portsmouth. Also fighting in his hometown, Joseph

Butler took every session of a six-threes on Mccann’s ledger as he soundly worked over durable Pole Jacob Laskowski. Butler consistently narrowed the gap, launching wave after wave of attacks against an import who was forced into defensive mode.

Pompey’s Harley’s Hodgetts got his first win on UK soil as he took a 60-54 six-threes verdict over Mexico’s Fernando Valancia on Bates’ card. Harley was calm, controlled and organised in containing Valancia’s aggression, and tagged Fernanado repeatedly with right hands.

Chichester’s Ellis Booth won her debut by a razor thin 38-37 margin on Mccann’s card against Spain’s strong Vanessa Caballero over four-twos. Caballero was caught with her feet square in the second and was decked with a jab to the body, but rose to give Booth all she could handle over the course.