Ekow Essuman scored the biggest win of his career when he defeated former unified world champion Josh Taylor via 12-round unanimous decision at the Ovo Hydro Arena in Glasgow, Scotland.
In round seven, Taylor was cut over his left eye from a headbutt. Essuman dominated by winning most of the rounds in the seconds half of the fight.
Essuman, 146.4 lbs of Nottingham, ENG won by scores of 116-112, 116-113 and 115-113 to raise his record to 22-1. Taylot, 146.8 lbs of Prestonpans, SCO is 19-3,
Nathaniel Collins remained undefeated with a fourth round stoppage over Lee McGregor in a 12-round featherweight bout.
In round four, Collins dropped McGregor with an uppercut on the inside. Seconds later, Collins landed a perfect straight left that put a hurt McGregor down. Collins ended the fight when he landed a left to the body that put McGregor down and the fight was stopped by the referee simultaneously as the towel being thrown in at 1:45.
Collins, 1256 lbs of Bearsden, SCO is 17-0 with eight knockouts. McGregor, 125.9 lbs of Edinburgh, SCO is 15-2-1.
Star in the making, Moses Itauma continued his rapid ascent up the heavyweight latter with a second round stoppage over Mike Balogun in a 10-round bout.
In round one, Itauma dropped Balogun with an overhand left to the side of the head. Early in round two, it was a right hook that put Balogun on his back. Seconds later, Balogun charged in and Balogun took a small step back and cracked Balogun with another right hook that sent Balogun down face first and the fight was over at 46 seconds.
Itauma, 254 lbs of Chatham, ENG is 12-0 with 10 knockouts. Balogun, 241 lbs of Upper Marlboro, MD is 24-2.
Reese Lynch made a successful pro debut with a second round stoppage of Jonatas de Oliveira in a four-round junior welterweight bout.
In round two, Lynch landed a perfect left to the body that sent de Oliverira down and he did beat the count just as the bell sounded to end the round. The official time was 3:07.
Lynch, 140.6 lbs of Fauldhouse, SCO is 1-0 with one knockout. de Oliverira, 140.1 lbs of Brazil is 6-27.
Aloys Jr. stopped David Jamieson in round three of their 12-round cruiserweight bout.
In round one, Aloys landed a left to the body that was followed by a right to the top or the head that put Jamieson on the canvas for a knockdown. In round two, Aloys landed a jab that was followed by a hard right uppercut that put Jamieson down for a second time. In round three, Aloys landed a huge left hook to the chin that put Jamieson down on his back and the fight was stopped at 1:54.
Aloys Jr., 199 lbs of London is 10-1 with nine knockoiuts. Jamieson, 198 1/4 lbs of East Kildare, SCO is 13-4.
