Sam Eggington stuns and stops Frankie Gavin

Sam Eggington

SAM EGGINGTON toppled Frankie Gavin in a ferocious local Derby at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham Saturday.

Gavin is a former British and Commonwealth welterweight champion, a former world title challenger and as an amateur he won Britainโ€™s first ever gold medal at the World championships. Eggington has held the British title himself in the past himself but is known more for a willingness to enter into a toe-to-toe war than his boxing skills.

Frankie came in over the weight for this fight and, although he managed to engage Eggington in a thriller, ultimately came undone.ย Sam floored Gavin in the third round and finished the contest in the eighth, stopping Frankie.

โ€œI didnโ€™t realise how big he was,โ€ Gavin told Sky Sports afterwards. โ€œDonโ€™t get me wrong, I want to do it again.”

โ€œI showed Iโ€™m not a little fighter who runs off,โ€ he insisted

โ€œIโ€™m absolutely over the moon. Me and Frankie had a bit of needle but itโ€™s fine again now,โ€ Eggington said. โ€œCredit to Frankie, I didnโ€™t think he had it like thatโ€ฆ We had a good fight.โ€

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