Shabaz Masoud beat Peter McGrail over 12 rounds in the Principality last night putting an end to over a year out of the ring and now setting his sights firmly on FEATHERWEIGHT honours in 2026 hopefully facing Nick Ball for the WBA strap.
Scoucer McGrail started the bout STRONG to ensure a close finish at the end of 12 rounds but Stoke’s Masoud DUG DEEP to take the bout on all 3 judges scorecards 116-111, 115-112 and 114-113.
Masoud said after the fight “I’ve got big plans. I’m struggling making Super Bantamweight and I don’t mind moving up for a world title.
“There’s a British world champion at the weight above, Nick Ball. That’s the fight I want. I need to move up.”
UPSET of the night saw Conah Walker STOP Team GB Olympic hero Pat McCormack in the 12th round of their of the all-British clash.
In a BLISTERING finish from Walker, McCromack got knocked through the ropes and STOPPED on his feet after a flurry of punches to suffer his 1st loss in the pro ranks. Walker is now setting his sights firmly on a welterweight world title.
ROMFORD BULL Johnny Fisher DUG DEEP after a 1st round KNOCK DOWN from Croatian Ivan Balaz to KO him in the 4th to get the WIN in style in his fight bout under renowned trainer Tony Sims.
MONTE-CARLO SHOWDOWN VI FIGHT NIGHT RESULTS IN BRIEF
Shabaz Masoud UD PTS Peter McGrail
EBU European Super Bantamweight Championship
Elif Nur Turhan TKO R5 Beatriz Ferriera
IBF World Lightweight Championship
Johnny Fisher KO R4 Ivan Balaz
Heavyweight Contest
Conah Walker KO R12 Pat McCormack
WBA International & IBF Inter-Continental Welterweight Titles
Sean McComb TKO R8 Hugo Micallef
IBF European Super-Lightweight Championship