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Irish Daily Mirror
22-04-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
McKenna to rebuild with explosiveness promised after bout of the year contenders
Stephen McKenna will 'rebuild' as a middleweight after suffering the first defeat of his career late last year. 'The Hitman' (15-1, 14 KOs) believes he did enough to get the decision against Lee Cutler in their WBC International Silver Super Welterweight title bout, but admits the December performance in Liverpool wasn't the real him. Cutler won via majority decision after two judges scored the fight 95-93 and 96-92 in his favour, while the other had it a 94-94 draw after ten rounds. The bout came four months after McKenna scored a third-round knockout win over Joe Laws in one of the most action-packed fights you will ever see at Barnsley's Oakwell Stadium. Both his bouts in 2024 were fight of the year contenders with brilliant build-ups and the 28-year-old is ready for bigger challenges ahead. "I'm going to rebuild now into a 160 pound fighter," said McKenna. "I'm very big, too big for 154. My last performance wasn't the true Stephen McKenna. "I think with weight issues and things like that I didn't perform to my best capabilities so moving up to 160, you're going to see the old Stephen - knockouts and explosiveness. "I carry a lot of power but in that fight I didn't feel myself. But it was a good fight. I'm always an exciting fighter no matter what, two fight of the year contenders. "The Laws one was crazy, what a fight for boxing and the Cutler one as well. It was a good fight, a fight that was close. "I thought I nicked it but the judge with the draw could have been a fair result but I still thought I'd nicked it but it's one of them things." He added: "No matter what I do next it's going to be exciting. I can go straight into a big fight right now, there'll be plenty of opportunities for me. "I'm an exciting fighter as well so I'm looking forward to the future."
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Cutler set to defend title against Eggington in Birmingham at Easter
LEE Cutler is set to defend his WBC International Silver Super Welterweight title against Sam Eggington in April. Cutler beat Stephen McKenna to take the title back in December, beating the previously unbeaten Irishman on a deserved majority decision in Liverpool. Now, the Verwood-raised boxer will face Eggington on the undercard of Boxxer's Ben Whittaker vs Liam Cameron fight, in Birmingham on Easter Sunday, April 20. Cutler holds a 15-1 record to his opponent's 35-9. Phase 1 👇#WhittakerCameron2 | Apr 20 | @bppulseLIVE | @SkySportsBoxing — BOXXER (@boxxer) February 13, 2025 The Poole boxer will be up against Eggington in front of a home crowd, with his opponent previously holding the IBO Super-welterweight title, as well as the British, Commonwealth and European welterweight titles. In his last five fights, Eggington has been beaten twice – by Dennis Hogan and Abass Baraou, but he beat Alan Sebastian Velazquez on points last time out in November. The Birmingham fighter featured on the card as Chris Billam-Smith beat Lawrence Okolie to take the WBO World Cruiserweight title back in May 2023 at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth. Cutler also featured on that card, beating Stanley Stannard on points, as Eggington beat Joe Pigford by TKO.
