George Liddard vs Dario Morello live results update

On August 22, at the Copper Box Arena in London, George Liddard vs Dario Morello headlines a Matchroom Boxing show, with the vacant European middleweight title on the line. The entire main card will be streamed live on DAZN.

We’ll bring you all the results from the George Liddard vs Dario Morello event. The first fight on the main card is expected to begin at approximately 19:10 GMT/14:10 ET.

All results from the George Liddard vs Dario Morello main fight card

George Liddard vs Dario Morello

After an entertaining fight card, it was time for George Liddard vs Dario Morello for the vacant European middleweight title.

Liddard (15-0, 9 KOs) started well on the front foot, varying his attacks. The Brit looked in control for the majority of the round, dictating the tempo. Liddard timed a right hand well, which rocked Morello (26-2, 4 KOs), who continued to try and land that one big shot, while Liddard used his feet well to avoid these wild punches.

Morello had better moments in the second round, but Liddard was simply too sharp. During the fourth round, Liddard changed the levels impressively, outworking Morello, who found something during the round and began to throw back some big shots of his own. 

The Brit had more success in the fifth, landing single shots and eye-catching combinations, with Morello looking fatigued and in trouble. More good work came towards the end of the fifth round, with Liddard landing a big body shot and varying his angles effectively.

Over the next couple of rounds, Liddard continued to win the exchanges, with Morello swinging wildly and having limited success. The eighth round saw Morello in huge trouble due to the cut above his right eye. A clubbing right hand from the Brit knocked Morello down towards the end of the round. Morello did well to survive the round but was receiving a beating, and before the ninth round, the fight was waved off, with Team Morello withdrawing their fighter, crowning George Liddard the new European middleweight champion via an eighth-round TKO. Liddard was a level above his opponent!

Leli Buttigieg vs P A Gordon

In the chief support act, Leli Buttigieg (12-0-1, 4 KOs) faced PA Gordon (9-0-1, 1 KO) for the vacant English middleweight title.

It was a quiet start to the first round, but it soon came alive with both fighters exchanging eye-catching punches. During the opening two rounds, both men had their moments, but Buttigieg had the better of the exchanges in close. 

Gordon enjoyed an impressive third round, being the busier and varying his attacks well. He picked his punches well and maintained the distance throughout the three minutes. 

Buttigieg enjoyed a good start to the fourth round, closing the distance and putting his shots together well, but PA Gordon came back into the round, and when he let his hands go, he looked on top, but Buttigieg was the busier in the fourth, and he needed to slow down Gordon’s momentum from the previous round.

During the fifth round, Leli took a big shot well, but had noticeable success with his own left hook throughout the round. Despite Gordon having his moments, Buttigieg was winning many of the exchanges at the halfway point.

Gordon took two big left hooks in the eighth round but showed courage to fire back. As we entered the later rounds, Buttigieg continued to edge the rounds, with Gordon having moments, but only sporadic ones. 

Gordon enjoyed a great end to the ninth round, putting his shots together, unable to miss during that final minute. Both men exchanged big shots in the final round, and the judges’ scorecards which read 97-93 to Gordon, while the second card read 96-94 to Buttigieg, with the final scorecard reading 95-95. A split draw, with the English title remaining vacant. Watching the fight, they were puzzling scorecards. Buttigieg was the busier and had the better of many of the exchanges.

Jimmy Sains vs Tom Cowling

Next up on the George Liddard vs Dario Morello undercard was Jimmy Sains (13-0, 10 KOs) vs Tom Cowling (15-2, 4 KOs) for the vacant Commonwealth middleweight title.

Sains began by pushing out a double jab to control the distance. That jab did control the tempo well in the opening three minutes, but Cowling did land a cuffing right hand. Cowling had his small pockets of success in the second, but Sains continued to use his jab and work effectively off it. 

Cowling began to land more effectively in the third round, punching between Sains’s work. Despite Sains enjoying the busier round in the fifth round, Cowling had plenty of success when he let his shots go, especially the left hand.

With Sains on top in the sixth, Cowling landed a beautifully timed body shot, which had the Essex fighter in all kinds of trouble, but he showed his bravery to bite down on his gumshield, fight back and hang on when needed to ensure he heard the bell. 

Massive credit to Sains in the seventh round, where he took some shots, but used his jab well to keep Cowling off, and landed a big body shot, which hurt Cowling, who began to hang on towards the end of the three minutes. The better quality punches came from Cowling in the ninth round, but Sains was the busier of the fighters as we headed into the later rounds of the fight.

Over the next two rounds, the pace dropped, but Sains continued to box well, with Cowling landing the better punches, but just not doing enough for us to win many of these rounds. For the remainder of the fight, Sains used the lead left hand effectively, stopping Cowling from closing the distance regularly. Sains came through a huge moment in the sixth round and did not allow Cowling to capitalise on that moment. The judges’ scorecards read 119-109 x2 and 118-110, all in favour of Jimmy Sains, who is the new Commonwealth middleweight champion.

Tiah Mai Ayton vs Ellie Hellewell

The first fight on the George Liddard vs Dario Morello saw the exciting Tiah Mai Ayton (7-0, 6 KOs) face Ellie Hellewell (8-2-1, 1 KO) for the vacant Commonwealth featherweight title.

Ayton started the brighter, applying pressure in the first round and succeeding. The speed and volume continued from Ayton into the second round, with Hellewell struggling to land anything of note. 

Hellewell continued to have her moments with single shots, but the speed of Ayton was the standout, with her variety of punches impressing. The fifth round was a big one for Ayton as she ended the round in the ascendancy and landed a series of heavy punches. At the end of the sixth round, the corner of Hellwell had seen enough and withdrew their fighter, with it only going one way! Ayton is now the new Commonwealth champion, winning by seventh-round TKO.

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