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00:00Fellas, you both know the rules, keep it clean, nothing low, watch your heads,
00:04and when I say break, take a step back.
00:05Most importantly, defend yourself at all times.
00:23I'm on my own.
00:24So, we're underway here in Bolton.
00:31The first fight of the night is underway.
00:33A four-round featherweight clash, debutant Imad Nasib
00:36takes on Jake Pollard, veteran fighter really,
00:39in his 55th fight of his career.
00:42Speaking with Imad earlier, he said this is the third time he's tried to make his pro debut.
00:46It's the third time lucky, third time's the charm.
00:49After fracturing an orbital bone earlier this year,
00:53and before that, he was due to make his debut two years ago,
00:57and that was stifled at the start of the pandemic.
01:00But he's here tonight against Jake Pollard.
01:02He's very keen to show what he can do and let his hands go early.
01:08Tough opposition in front of him.
01:09He's a fighter that's a losing record in a 55-fight career,
01:14but there's not many stoppages against his name there.
01:16And that's the kind of fight that you need to introduce yourself onto the scene and look good in.
01:21So far, Nasib has started by doing just that.
01:32Pollard just allowing his man to walk around the ring and let him showcase what he can do,
01:37but not giving him too much.
01:39It's a good set of hands, though, on Nasib.
01:42You can tell if you have a look at his social media,
01:44there's clips on there from his two-times national championship fights.
01:48He's happy to let his hands go, he's happy to show.
01:50I was speaking to him earlier on and he was saying he wants to get to the top quickly,
01:53he wants to be fighting regularly.
01:56He's here to make a statement tonight.
01:57It's the first time he's fighting as a pro,
01:59and no matter how much amateur experience you've got,
02:02there's going to be adrenaline in there that just needs to press in,
02:06and he's walking through.
02:07And he started really well here,
02:10although Pollard not giving him too much time to go and caught him with a good left hand there, Pollard.
02:16Just to remind him, you don't get everything your own way,
02:19even if you are a two-time national champion in your debut.
02:21But quickly fired back with a one-two from Nasib,
02:25who follows it up with some good hands of his own, forcing Pollard to fight back.
02:33There's a good crowd here as well for Nasib,
02:37who's very keen to make the point earlier.
02:39I sell loads of tickets, I sell really good tickets,
02:41and have a look at my crowd, and true to his word,
02:43not only are they hearing number, they're hearing volume as well.
02:47The southpaw stance this time, he switches back and forth,
02:51Nasib just lands that straight left down the pipe there,
02:54and again, going upstairs and downstairs,
02:57but it does open up as he goes downstairs,
02:59just left his chin a little open there,
03:01Pollard was able to land on him and get straight back out.
03:07Seen a lot in his 55 fight career,
03:10has Jake Pollard, 57 fight career, if I'm correct.
03:16And he did beat a debutant earlier this year, Louis Smithson.
03:23To Pollard, albeit that was a result that was vindicated,
03:27rather than not debutant,
03:29and the first round comes to an end, it's a good first round
03:32of what looks to be a promising career for him and Nasib.
03:36And that's the first round, you've done your first ring walk,
03:39you've done your first round now as a pro,
03:41you can begin to settle into this a little bit more.
03:44Of course, we're building up to a huge night here in Bolton,
03:47topped by European title action,
03:49as Chloe Watson goes for that EBU flyweight title
03:52against the highly experienced French Justine Lallemand.
03:58She's fought for this very same belt in Italy previously,
04:01and the result that she may feel a little hard done by
04:05against an Italian opposition in Italy,
04:08didn't get the decision that night,
04:10but she's coming to claim the belt tonight
04:13against Chloe Watson, though, who has made such strides.
04:16Highly decorated, of course, as an amateur.
04:21But the first fight here still to digest.
04:33Seems noticeably calmer now, Nasib,
04:35as he just picks his shots nicely and moves.
04:38He doesn't stay too still, happy to let the uppercut go with both hands.
04:42Now he's just turning the tempo up a little bit,
04:44and his fans are appreciating that, Nasib.
04:46Both hands landing, good start to this second round by the debutant.
05:01Up next on the bill tonight,
05:03bantamweight clash.
05:05Samir Ahtab is a sparring partner of Imad's.
05:09It'll be Samir's fifth fight,
05:11and he's been passing on some experience to the youngster.
05:19For a pro debut so far, so good.
05:21Him and his coach, Alex Matvienko,
05:25will be happy with this as he moves around the ring.
05:28And just allows Pollard to throw and miss,
05:32and just stays at range when he needs to.
05:34He's happy to come in close, happy to trade.
05:36Clearly feels he's got the power advantage,
05:38and again, that's a two-and-three-piece go.
05:41Upstairs and downstairs, Pollard swinging and missing.
05:44This is confident stuff from a debutant.
05:46He's enjoying his time out there, Imad Nasib.
05:53And even with that amateur experience,
05:55and even with the projected debut fights come and go,
05:59an injury like a fractured orbital bone,
06:02you'd be forgiven for that dent in your confidence,
06:04but it's clearly not affecting him here tonight.
06:06He's going up and down, he's bringing his hands up and down,
06:09he's happy in there.
06:10If he can back up the confidence out of the ring
06:12with performances like this,
06:14he'll be well on the path that he chooses to be.
06:26Pollard raises his hands as if to say come on,
06:29but I don't think Nasib really needs much more of an invitation.
06:40Happy to stand and trade, and his fans are loving this.
06:43They're hearing great voice tonight.
06:49And Nasib just keeps circling to his left.
06:56Got a nice lead, Jad, just to keep his man at bay.
07:05Tate Pollard not having much success at all yet.
07:08Maybe had a little bit in the first round as adrenaline and nerves
07:12may have crept into Nasib's game slightly,
07:16but not in this second round.
07:18He's really getting the chance to showcase his abilities here.
07:21He looks good.
07:25Even when the hard shot does get through,
07:27as it did at the end there.
07:29Nothing phasing the young man from Warrington
07:32in his pro debut tonight.
07:43Pollard's coach saying he's moving like a southpaw,
07:46you've got to stop him stepping to his left.
07:50But you just get the impression if Nasib can do that again
07:54in the third and ultimately the fourth round,
07:58and he can stay unchallenged as he moves like that,
08:01there won't be too much to give him a problem
08:04in the second half of this fight.
08:08Nathan Gorman, as mentioned, up against Bo Dan Myronetz
08:11later on tonight.
08:12Huge heavyweight clash.
08:13Myronetz, of course, upset the apple cart against Kash Ali
08:16last time in Edinburgh.
08:20He returns tonight against Nathan Gorman,
08:22who himself has a bit of a point to prove.
08:28It's live on five from ten.
08:30We're back underway here in round three.
08:32Featherweight action.
08:33Ahmed Nasib and Jake Pollard.
08:43Nasib picks up where he left off.
08:45Goes upstairs, goes downstairs.
08:47Left and right hands going.
08:48He promised me this earlier tonight.
08:50Looking at some clips on his social media
08:52where he's letting his hands go
08:53and he doesn't take many backward steps.
08:55But when you do that, as Pollard let him know there,
08:59susceptible you are to the odd shot that comes over the top.
09:03Pollard landed a pretty good left hook there.
09:09It's a good test, Pollard,
09:10because he doesn't stop coming forward.
09:12He's had this kind of pressure fighter before.
09:15He's not fazed by anything.
09:17He keeps stepping forward,
09:18giving Nasib reason to stay on the game plan.
09:40It's good performances from Nasib.
09:41It's exactly what you would want from your debut.
09:44As he lets both hands go,
09:45his coach will have told him calm down a little bit
09:47after that first round.
09:48Maybe a little bit got through.
09:50But the shots that are getting through now,
09:52if you can call them getting through,
09:54are over the top.
09:55They're glancing.
09:56They're not really doing much damage.
09:59They're being capitalized on by a very confident Nasib.
10:03They've got a heavy, heavy left hand there.
10:05They've just got a little excited.
10:11Stick to the basics.
10:15Nasib is working really well for him,
10:17but occasionally does receive one back from Pollard.
10:23He's just reminding him he's not going to be able to get
10:26back up.
10:27He's just reminding him he's not going to be able to get
10:30one back from Pollard, he's just reminding him he's not going anywhere.
10:32Pollard keeps the center of the ring commanded to himself.
10:50So far so good from the Warrington man.
11:00Swing and a miss from Jake Pollard as the clapper goes and the round begins to come
11:23to an end.
11:24It's another comfortable one for Nasib, the fight's going exactly as he would have hoped.
11:31Good rounds, good experience.
11:39Just about punch perfect from a debut perspective from Nasib so far.
11:43Up next a fighter he knows well, Samir Aftab, bantamweight, fight six rounder is up next.
11:50There's some great fights in between now and tonight's main event though.
11:55Isaac Lowe as mentioned before, he's up, wanted of course to have been headlining tonight,
12:01but he's up against Brazilian Ronates, Rodrigo, Cody Smith, the self-proclaimed Yorkshire
12:07Canelo, and what a character he is.
12:11He's back in the featherweight division and then a potential firecracker goes off between
12:18James Moorcroft and Matthew Rennie ahead of Channel 5 action tonight.
12:25But for Matt Nasib, it's the final round of his first fight as a professional.
12:36Takes up where he left off.
12:49Gernie Moos, Moos around the ring comfortably Nasib, stepping to his left.
12:55Not taking any risks, doesn't need to.
13:03Now just happy to let those hands go and land as much as he can and show these fans
13:09what he can do.
13:11The odd one that does come back from Pollard doesn't really get close to Nasib, who's happy
13:16then to move him back around and land at will, it's a good debut.
13:30He ties his man up against the ropes there, these are one of the tricks you're gonna pick
13:35up Nasib as your career goes on, they won't all be tests like this one.
13:44He's just enjoying himself out there now, and by the sounds of things, so are his fans.
14:01It's a good right hand though, landed by Pollard there, he sort of swung it up, almost to taunt
14:06his man a little bit.
14:07Landed through but then followed up with quite a reckless right hand that almost threw him
14:12off balance Pollard.
14:16Just a loud Nasib, second follow up that didn't really have any form of control in it, just
14:22a loud Nasib.
14:26So then recalibrate and again just show a little bit of strength by tying his man up
14:29and showing that there's a little bit more in his arsenal than just hands down and moving,
14:34then straight back onto his toes.
14:49Some other swing and a miss from Pollard as Nasib stays on his toes, moves around the
15:18for the final round of the debuts, fans have enjoyed this, they know what's coming.
15:21Oh but Pollard was able just to close the round out with a little bit of spite in those
15:27last few punches, it won't be enough of course to sway any decision.
15:34Both teams show respect to one another.
15:39And we are here in the build up to live European title action on Channel 5 tonight, as Chloe
15:46Watson takes on dangerous French challenger Justine Lallemonde, Nathan Gorman against
15:51Bo Dan Myronetz is on before that.
15:55And after that is one of the hottest races prospects, I've worked in boxing for a long
15:58time but Dan Toward is one name that I have heard so much about and tonight he makes his
16:05debut on what looks to be a cracking end of the year card here in Bolton.
16:18And as we await the decision coming through, Imad Nasib will have his hand raised after
16:23a successful debut performance here in Bolton.
16:41And we look like we're about ready to get a decision from Paul Booth.
16:52Many fans ringside, a show of respect for both professional boxers in the ring please
16:55right now, as we go to the scorecard of our referee Darren Sargenton.
17:03He sees the bout at 40 points to 36 points in favour of the winner.
17:08It is a debut victory for the fighting pride of Warrington, Imad Nasib.
17:25Imad Nasib looks very good on his debut, looks very calm, he'll enjoy that, he'll go home.
17:30Third time was a charm, debut was pushed back twice, but eventually it came and when it