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There was a train of thought that it was too early for Ryan Burnett. Put that to bed. The unbeaten 25-year-old scored a 12-round split decision over the vastly more experienced Lee Haskins to claim the IBF bantamweight title in front of a raucous home support at the Odyssey Arena in. Name: Lee Haskins Alias: 'Playboy' Birth Name: Lee Anthony Haskins Born: 1983-01-29 Hometown: Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom Birthplace: Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom Stance: Southpaw Height: 165cm Reach: 168cm Pro Boxer: Record Trainer: Chris Sanigar Regional & Minor Titles. BBBofC English flyweight title; Commonwealth Boxing Council flyweight title; BBBofC British super flyweight title. England's Lee Haskins will travel to Ryan Burnett's hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland, to defend his bantamweight world title on June 10 at Odyssey Arena. Burnett (16-0, 9 KOs), the 24-year. Wiedman, Ryan Building Inspector (Structural) Rwiedman@leegov.com: 239-823-3139: Workman, Elizabeth Planner: EWorkman@leegov.com: 239-533-8793: Wright, William Building Inspector (Plumbing) WWright@leegov.com: 239-634-1761: Wu, Lili Planner, Senior: LWu@leegov.com: 239-533-8585 x48134: Zarco, Sylvia Enforcement Specialist: SZarco@leegov.com.

At the SSE Arena, Belfast, Ryan Burnett dominated reigning champion Lee Haskins to remain unbeaten and claim the IBF Bantamweight title. Burnett bagged a bizarre Split Decision (more on that below), taking the belt on two scores of 119-107, with Haskins taking a 118-108 tally. BB saw the action 119-107, Burnett.

The official verdict was highly controversial, although it’s very plausible that judge Clark Sammartino actually tallied matters correctly, with his major blunder being that he simply “ticked the wrong box”, as promoter Eddie Hearn also suspected post fight. We can now sit back and wait for the good people of the Twitterverse to go nuts.

Following this career-defining win, Burnett jumps to 17 wins, 9 knockouts, while Haskins falls to 34 wins, 4 defeats, 14 knockouts.

Amidst numerous head clashes – more owed to a clash of styles than foul play – Burnett conclusively bossed the action, scoring two knockdowns, both from rocket right hands, in the 6th and 11th stanzas. The quicker, technically superior Burnett, however, was unable to stop a tough, valiant Haskins, who fought on gamely despite suffering a possible right shoulder injury in the 6th.

Ryan Burnett now enters a deep Bantamweight scene, filled with plenty of stern tests and the unbeaten elite, Shinsuke Yamanaka, who leads the Top 10.

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  • Cruiserweight climber Luke Watkins (11-0, 7 KO) made quick work of challenger Ian Tims (13-4, 4 KO), bossing the action en route to a 4th round knockout.
  • James Tennyson (19-2, 15 KO) continued his comeback with win number three, here retiring Ryan Doyle (14-2-1, 8 KO) in the 6th round. Tennyson, who was stopped by Ryan Walsh last April, continues on the Junior Lightweight trail.
  • Lightweight startup Paul Hyland Jr (16-0, 6 KO) wasted no time against an overwhelmed Adam Dingsdale (16-4-1, 4 KO), ruthlessly wiping out his man in the opener to land the European belt.
  • Mike Perez (22-2-1, 14 KO) ended a two-year layoff with a forgettable encounter against Viktor Biscak (10-1, 7 KO). Biscak retired himself from the Cruiserweight bout after being dropped shortly after the first bell. On the plus side, Perez, who was crushed by Alexander Povetkin in 2015, looks to be in fine shape physically, supposedly now rebuilt for what could be a promising run down at Cruiser.
  • Feargal McCrory (6-0, 3 KO) added another win to his building Junior Lightweight campaign with a 2nd round stoppage of Paul Holt (6-5, 2 KO).
  • Matthew Wilton (16-0, 3 KO) was unable to stop William Warburton (23-116-9, 4 KO), but had zero problems trumping the extremely well-travelled journeyman over six rounds. Scorecards for the Junior Middleweight encounter came in at 60-54.

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Ryan Burnett Lee Haskins Obituary

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Ryan Burnett has become Ireland’s newest, and only current, world champion following a dominant win over reigning world champion Lee Haskins.

The North Belfast bantamweight claimed the IBF bantamweight belt with a controlled, aggressive display against Haskins which saw him claim the 118lbs red belt by a wide margin.

Burnett, walking into ‘Another One Bites The Dust’ with the Belfast fans making an incredible noise, looked every bit a world champion from the opening bell.

A cagey start, saw Burnett land with a handful of single shots to take the opening round.

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In a messy second, both boxers were cut on the scalp from head clashes, with Burnett receiving the worse wound. With the fists, the Antrim Road man was again landing the shots of note.

25 last month, Burnett was the younger man by some eight years, but was enjoying controlled success in the third before Haskins was warned for hitting on the break and cut on the right brow from another head clash.

A long right lead from the home fighter had the fans on their feet in the fourth round, before noticeably upping his aggression in the second half of the stanza.

In a scrappy fifth, Burnett would land the counter right well although Haskins was having success on the inside. The Irishman would complain following another head clash, but looked to be up on the cards as the bout approached half-way.

The reigning champion would become more aggressive in the sixth round but he would be forced to the ropes by Burnett who floored him with a massive right hook. Haskins rose, looking the worst for wear but managed to survive the Burnett assault, even catching the challenger with a short uppercut on the bell.

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Burnett would dominate the early part of the seventh, a round which seemed to fizzle out somewhat as it went on.

Haskins landed some solid shots during the eighth, but a strong finish to the round from Burnett had the Englishman starting to look like a spent force.

Burnett was given a stern warning for use of the head in the ninth, and did ship one big shot from Haskins, but the Ulsterman was landing a far greater number of punches.

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The Belfast boy would rock Haskins again early in the tenth, and then again in the final minute, with Haskins looking to be on his last legs

Going into the championship rounds, a quiet eleventh would spring into life as Haskins hit the canvas following a barrage of shots, although he claimed the shot which sent him down was actually a push. The Bristolian rose but was subject to a ferocious attack from Burnett, who almost sent him through the ropes, before the bell intervened.

With Haskins needing a knockout, Burnett would ease his way through the final stanza to seal a famous win.

Going to the cards after a competitive, albeit on reflection one-sided fight, Burnett was awarded the win and the IBF bantamweight title with scorelines of 119:107, 118:108, 119:107 – although there was initial confusion with the fight being announced as a split decision. It is assumed that that the 118:108 card in favour of Haskins from judge Clark Sammartino was intended for Burnett as the Irishman, incorrectly, fought out of the blue corner.

The victory sees world champion Ryan Burnett improve his record to 17(9)-0, while Lee Haskins drops to 34(14)-4(3)