NATHAN HEANEY suffered a HORROR eye cut in his title fight with Jack Flatley… but emerged victorious on the premature scorecards.
The middleweight had helped pack out the Manchester Arena with Potters fans but they were gutted the action ended prematurely.
And they were anxious about their man suffering his first pro defeat when they had to wait for the scorecards.
After pretty even action, an accidental clash of heads opened up a grizzly deep wound above Heaney’s right eye and the ringside doctor advised referee Steve Gray to wave off the bout.
And the judges scorecards after the five rounds read 49-46, 49-46 and 50-45, handing him his 16th pro win.
Heaney’s team managed to stem the flow of blood but he’s certain to need stitches on the horrible wound.
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And hopefully the injury does not delay the making of his dream fight at the Bet365 stadium further down the line.
Former heavyweight champion David Haye accused Flatley of trying to deliberately sink his head into Heaney.
Haye said: “Flatley led with his head.
“He came in with his head, I can’t say he was trying to headbutt him but his body language was moving over his head over his front foot.
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“He leads in, he jumps in with it, I don’t think he looked like he was trying to land a jab.
“That to me looked like he tried to headbutt him. Personally. That’s how it looked to me.”
The bout was part of the undercard ahead of Joe Joyce’s heavyweight fight with Joseph Parker.
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
