Jason Booth managed to hold on to his Commonwealth title, and capture the British super bantamweight title from Jamie Arthur in an entertaining, but sometimes scrappy bout, at the Leisure Centre in Brentwood, Essex.
Both fighters made the choice to go toe to toe from the opening bell, sometimes catching one another with big, powerful shots.
Arthur, the much taller man at 5’9, tried to keep the stalking Booth at bay with his jab when he could but always seemed to get dragged into a brawl.
Arthur seemed to dominate Booth in the clinches, pushing him back with his more stronger and natural strength, but the relentless pressure of Booth began to wear Arthur down slightly from the midway point.
By the 7th, it was visible to see that Arthur had suffered a cut over his left eye, and he was caught with a big right hook as both fighters traded big shots. Blood from the cut that he suffered earlier began to immediately trickle down the side of his face, but the bell soon sounded.
Both were trading until the final bell, and it seemed that Booth’s determination had really been the deciding factor as Arthur looked tired when the final bell ended the bout.
Booth won the fight by a split decision, with scores of: 115-114 for Arthur, 112-117 for Booth and a final score of 113-115 also for the man from Nottinghamshire.
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