Fight Island are hosting one of the biggest boxing events for 2024 at the Ta’ Qali Basketball Pavilion on Friday.
The event is set to feature two major title bouts that see Gail Diacono facing Claire Sammut for the MBA women’s national title while in the main fight of the night Steve Martin takes on his former protege Lydon Chircop for the MBA welterweight crown.
Stay with us to follow all the action from Ta’ Qali…
Welcome to all boxing lovers for what promises to be an exhilarating night of action at the basketball pavilion. The match card includes ten fights that are all sanctioned by the Malta Boxing Association. Boxing pundit Mark Wilson Smith has joined our team, Valhmor Camilleri and Gianluca Lia, and will take us throughout night and provide all the drama from this exciting event.
FIGHT CARD RESULTS:
Dyson Schembri beats John Reilley by first round KO.
Jesred Piscopo beats Zack Calleja by unanimous decision.
Bradley Mula beats Callum Goodison by unanimous decision.
Darren Brajmla beats Daniel Blade by unanimous decision.
Scott ‘Flakey’ Schembri beats Igor Korovin by majority decision – 2 judges ruled in his favour with the third calling it a draw.
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10.39pm John was definitely the more active boxer in the first round. He looked composed and landed often, however Pace had a strong spell in the middle of the first round where he pinned John in the corner and unleashed a barrage. John landed more punches but Pace’s punches were more damaging.
10.35pm Scott ‘Flakey’ Schembri and Igor Korovin was a balanced affair.
10.31pm Julian Pace and Andriy John is the upcoming fight.
10.27pm And the winner by majority is Scott ‘Flakey’ Schembri.
10.26pm We are now waiting on the judges result…
10.25pm At the start of the fourth round and at the halfway point, there was a flurry of punches with both boxers landing cleanly. It’s fair to say that Schembri came out on top during exchanges. That was probably enough to win him the round.
10.21pm Schembri was the better fighter in round three. Definitely still a scrappy encounter but Schembri was landing more often as his opponents seems to be tiring. Some decent shots landed by both boxers.
10.17pm After round two, Schembri started well but it was Gorovin who had the best shot of the fight so far – a straight right that physically shook Schembri and caused his knees to slightly buckle. Schembri came back with some nice hooks to the body but overall Gorovin is landing more often despite having a wild style.
10.16pm Schembri looks the more composed fighter of the two but most of his shots seems to be landing on his opponent’s gloves. However, he did land a strong right hook before the first round bell. Gorovin has landed some nice right hooks to the body but at times looks very uneasy on his feet.
10.15pm Darren Brajmla looked the better fighter against Daniel Blade.
10.10pm One of the faces behind ‘Fight Island’, Scott ‘Flakey’ Schembri will take on Russia’s Igor Korovin in the upcoming fight.
10.05pm Certainly it was not pretty but it had the crowd on its feet. Brajmla, who has been training at the Vikings gym, looked the more accomplished fighter. He was landing more often and with more telling shots. He put his opponent down in the third round and continued to dominate as Blade showed signs of fatigue. Brajmla deserved his points victory at the end.
9.50pm We are back in action with Daniel Blade taking on Darren Brajmla in three-round amateur fight.
9.45pm Malik Zinad (22-1), who recently fought superstar Dimitrii Bivol in Riyadh, has been spotted ringside. The Libyan boxer resides in Pieta’.
9.35pm Mula flexed his muscles in the third and fourth round against Goodison. This photo is a clear proof…
9.30pm After three fights, we now head to a 15-minute break before the action resumes in Ta’ Qali.
9.25pm After the fourth and final round, Mula won with unanimous decision. He continued in round three as he started in round two, upping the pressure and landing more cleanly. He almost stopped Goodison in the dying seconds of the third round but he was saved by the bell. In the fourth round, Mula continued to dominate and scored a knockdown midway through the round with a left hook to the body. Goodison beat the count but looked out of ideas as Mula cruised to a unanimous points decision.
9.20pm Meanwhile, Goodison started well against Mula, fighting on the backfoot and was very elusive either taking shots on the gloves or slipping out of the way. However, in the second round, Mula upped the pace and started to land some clean shots and had more success with hooks to the body before unleashing a barrage of jabs and straight rights to a slightly dazed Goodison. After two rounds, you could give it a round each.
9.10pm Jesred Piscopo with a strong display in the second fight of the night.
9.05pm Up next, we have Malta’s Bradley Mula fighting with Callum Goodison from the United Kingdom.
9.01pm After four rounds, Piscopo was the well-deserved winner although Calleja showed a greater variety of punches. Calleja’s only real significant shot was an overhand right in the second round. Piscopo enjoyed greater success in the third round where he landed clean hooks to the head while some of his overhand rights were a little wild but at the end he was the better fighter.
9pm With one round left, Piscopo has been aggressive from the start, pressing forward and always making the fight happen. He has shown better footwork than his opponent however his punching has been limited to almost left and right hooks to the head with nothing going to the body.
8.53pm Dyson Schembri knocked down John Reilley in the first round, putting on a commanding display.
8.51pm Piscopo trains at the renowned Ying Yang gym run by Noel Mercieca and has won multiple amateur and semi-pro tournaments across Europe. Let’s see how he fares in this boxing fight.
8.50pm The next fight sees Jesred Piscopo, a decorated Maltese kickboxer with multiple titles, taking on Zack Calleja.
8.45pm Fans are eagerly looking forward to the main event of the night Steve Martin vs Lydon Chircop, but the night started with a bang as Dyson Schembri scored a first round knockout over against John Reilley. The bout lasted just 51 seconds with the Maltese declared winner of the first fight of the night.
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