{"id":11303,"date":"2011-06-08T09:45:22","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T13:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=11303"},"modified":"2011-06-08T09:49:19","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T13:49:19","slug":"yassine-el-maachi-wins-prizefight-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=11303","title":{"rendered":"Yassine El Maachi Wins PRIZEFIGHT Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=11303\" href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=11303\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2487\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"boxingringheader\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/boxingringheader1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>In an ugly clinch-fest, unheralded Yassine El Maachi (16-4, 5 KOs) wrestled his way to a three round majority decision over former WBC jr welterweight champion Junior Witter (39-5-2, 22 KOs) to win the \u00a332,000 Prizefighter one-night, eight-man, welterweight elimination tournament from York Hall, London. Witter fell through the ropes in the last round. Scores were 29-29, 29-28, 29-28.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Semi-finals:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former WBC jr welterweight champion Junior Witter (39-4-2, 22 KOs) topped former British welter champ Kevin McIntyre (29-8, 9 KOs). Witter dropped McIntyre with a body shot in round one and cruised to a decision victory.<\/p>\n<p>Yassine El Maachi (15-4, 5 KOs) won a split decision over ex-IBO champ Colin Lynes (35-8, 12 KOs). Scores were 29-28, 29-28, for El Maachi, 30-28 for Lynes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quarter-finals:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former WBC jr welterweight champion Junior Witter (38-4-2, 22 KOs) clinched and clowned his way to a unanimous decision over Nathan Graham (11-3, 5 KOs). Scores were 30-28, 30-28, 29-28.<\/p>\n<p>Former British welter champ Kevin McIntyre (29-7, 9 KOs) outpointed previously unbeaten John Wayne Hibbert (7-1, 4 KOs) by scores of 29-28 on all cards.<\/p>\n<p>Former IBO jr welterweight titleholder Colin Lynes (35-8, 12 KOs) shut out light-punching Bobby Gladman (7-1-1, 0 KOs) 30-27 on all cards.<br \/>\nIn a grudge match, Yassine El Maachi (14-4, 5 KOs) outpointed journeyman Peter McDonagh (16-20, 2 KOs) by scores of 30-27, 29-28, 29-28. El Maachi and McDonagh had exchanged harsh words at Monday\u2019s weigh-in.<\/p>\n<p>All bouts are three-rounders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?page_id=1371\">Advertise Now On RSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/BookStore\/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=13198\">Purchase Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Family-Secret-Forris-Day-Jr\/dp\/B004GLZ4YG\/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1\">Order the Horror Thriller FAMILY SECRET Now!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an ugly clinch-fest, unheralded Yassine El Maachi (16-4, 5 KOs) wrestled his way to a three round majority decision over former WBC jr welterweight champion Junior Witter (39-5-2, 22 KOs) to win the \u00a332,000 Prizefighter one-night, eight-man, welterweight elimination tournament from York Hall, London. Witter fell through the ropes in the last round. Scores [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3619],"class_list":["post-11303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-prizefight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11303"}],"version-history":[{"count":-1,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}