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Here we go. Sheeraz vs Williams.

Next up, Queensberry’s Hamzah Sheeraz boxes Austin “Ammo” Williams of Team Matchroom.

Sheeraz, as Queensberry’s captain, will see his points doubled if he wins.

So, one point for a decision would become two; two points for a knockout would become four.

If he even gets a decision win, Matchroom will need something big from the last two fights…

They man end up leaning on their captain Deontay Wilder, in the main event…

Nick Ball def. Raymond Ford via split decision (113-115, 115-113, 115-113).

And new WBA featherweight champion!

A fair score. I mean, a Ford win wouldn’t have felt unfair either; it was a great, close fight. But Ball did enough, in my view.

Queensberry 2-0 Matchroom now! Ball earns a point for that decision win, just like Hutchinson against Richards.

Final frame, and it might even come down to this!

Both fighters are just short with their shots. Ball pours on punches now, though, and Ford lands a perfect counter hook!!

Each man looked a little bit hurt in that moment! Great, long uppercut by Ball. More uppercuts and straights by the Briton.

OH! Ford has Ball on wobbly legs!! But Ball keeps throwing! His nose is STREAMING blood!

Both men land in a messy exchange before the bell!

Brilliant bout. It could go either way. It could be a draw. We’ll soon find out…

Into the championship rounds. Nice one-two by Ford, who then pings a cross at the ribs of Ball.

Ball with his own body jab. Great follow-up flurry from the challenger, too, as he pins Ford to the ropes.

This is exactly what Ball needs to do, if the score is as close as we think.

Greatttt combination by Ford, but Ball fires back with venom and volume! Brilliant stuff.

Ball sneaks in an uppercut. That’s been such a good weapon for him tonight.

Ball chases Ford around the ring now, trying to stop the champion from setting his feet.

Ford replies with a sequence of hooks, just about curving one past Ball’s guard.

Ford has really fought his way back into this one. I said at the start of round six, “If Ball can sustain this pressure, he’ll soon have a near-insurmountable lead,” but Ford found his feet at the right time, arresting that momentum.

Ball chases Ford around the ring. An uppercut gets through for him, underneath a slew of straight punches.

Sharp jab by Ford. Another decent uppercut from Ball, and a clean cross.

Ball eats a few shots then beckons on Ford again. Ball’s white shorts are stained with blood.

Ford ends the round on top.

A right hook lands for Ball, after a period in which both featherweights couldn’t quite connect clean.

Ball strafes to his left, but he’s timed by Ford, who lands a lovely uppercut! Ball’s legs buckled a little bit there.

Ford pours everything into a pair of right hooks to the mid-section. His accuracy is improving.

Into the second half of the bout. Ball leaps in with a long left straight. Ford with some light, teasing shots, then a sterner left hook to the body.

Ball retaliates with a prolonged combination of mean shots. The Briton shakes his head at Ford and smiles, after the American lands at close range.

Ford is then warned for aiming an uppercut low. Clean jab for Ball, then a piston uppercut.

OHHH! Huge hook for Ford, and Ball smiles, but his nose is leaking blood! Now an uppercut by Ford!

Ball is firing back, but his mouth is covered in the blood from his nose. Ball beckons Ford on.

That was a very promising moment for Ford.

If Ball can sustain this pressure, he’ll soon have a near-insurmountable lead. The issue would then be whether he’d have expended too much energy to survive the later rounds – but there’s not been enough from Ford yet to suggest that he can really trouble Ball. Let’s see if that changes.

Ball ends the round on top, as he has so often tonight, with Ford stuck on the ropes.