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WATCH: James Tennyson’s sensational stoppage of Atif Shafiq

James Tennyson [25(21)-3(2)] added another knockout to the show reel in London on Saturday afternoon.

The 26-year-old former world title challenger stopped Yorkshire boxer Atif Shafiq [21(5)-3(2)] late in the second round of their fight on Matchroom’s  Vasiliy Lomachenko versus Luke Campbell PPV card. 

‘The Assassin’ continued to prove he brought his power up with him to lightweight with another impressive stoppage – the English fighter became the 21st victim of Tennyson’s power.

It’s the second time the Tony Dunlop trained fighter registered a big knockout win in the O2 Arena. He returned to the same venue where he stopped Martin J Ward to claim the European super featherweight title to impress in front of the Sky Sports cameras yet again.

The Shafiq stoppage means ‘Tenny’ picks up the WBA International lightweight title and a potential world ranking, but he has his eyes set on the British title that currently is in the possession of Joe Cordina and a potential eliminator with Craig Evans.

Watch the knockout below:

 

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Jonny Stapleton

Irish-boxing.com contributor for 15 years and editor for the past decade. Have been covering boxing for over 16 years and writing about sports for a living for over 20 years. Former Assistant Sports editor for the Gazette News Paper Group and former Tallaght Voice Sports Editor. Have had work published in publications around the world when working as a freelance journalist. Also co-founder of Junior Sports Media and Leinster Rugby PRO of the Year winner. email: editoririshboxing@gmail.com

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