Undercard The preliminary bouts featured wins for prospects
Lawrence Okolie and
Joshua Buatsi. The first bout on the PPV card saw
Frank Buglioni defend his
British light-heavyweight title against unbeaten contender
Craig Richards, who came in as a late replacement for
Commonwealth champion
Callum Johnson, who pulled out a week before the fight due to a medical condition. Buglioni's work rate would see him grind out a wide unanimous decision victory with scores of two scores of 117–111 and one of 116–113.
Yafai vs. Ishida The first world title bout on the card saw
WBA super-flyweight champion
Khalid Yafai make the second defence of his title against No. 1 ranked Sho Ishida.
The fight Despite having a height advantage over the champion, Ishida was unable to deal the with speed of Yafai. The fight went the distance and Yafai was awarded a unanimous decision victory with scores of 118–110, 116–112 and 116–112.
Sánchez vs. Taylor The next bout saw former two-weight world champion
Anahí Ester Sánchez face
2012 Olympic gold medallist Katie Taylor. Sánchez was set to defend her WBA lightweight title on the night, however, she failed to make weight and was subsequently stripped with the title on the line for Taylor only.
The fight After controlling the first round with her speed and power, Taylor dropped the former champion to the canvas with a body shot in the second. Sánchez was hurt again in the next round after a right hand from Taylor caused her to stagger. Sánchez had some success in the fifth, landing right hands to force Taylor onto the back foot. Taylor regained control for the rest of the fight to secure a wide unanimous decision victory, with all three judges scoring the bout 99–90 to hand Taylor her first world title.
Whyte vs. Helenius The chief support saw WBC International champion
Dillian Whyte (WBC:3rd IBF:5th WBO:6th WBA:8th) face former 2 time European heavyweight champion
Robert Helenius (IBF:7th WBC:16th) for the
WBC Silver belt.
The fight Helenius started the fight well hurting Whyte in the second round. Whyte bounced back and dominated the remainder of the fight with Helenius reluctant to throw anything meaningful to win the rounds. Whyte would win a unanimous decision with scorecards reading 119–109 twice, and 118–110.
Main Event Round one saw little action, with Joshua taking the centre of the ring while Takam remained on the back foot. The second round saw Joshua increase his punch output following an accidental headbutt, causing blood to flow from Joshua's nose. After a slow third round, the action picked up in the fourth with both fighters increasing their punch output. Takam received a cut above his right eye from a left hook early in the round. In the final 20 seconds, Joshua landed a solid counter left hook which caused Takam to stumble and touch the canvas with his right glove, scoring a knockdown for Joshua. The champion began landing punches on Takam with more frequency in the fifth. A minute into the round, referee Phil Edwards called a halt to the action to allow the ringside doctor to examine the cut above Takam's right eye. After a brief examination, Edwards resumed the contest. Despite being cut above the left eye in the seventh, Takam was able to land a few punches on the champion. At the beginning of the ninth round, Edwards once again halted the action to allow the ringside doctor to examine the cuts above Takam's eyes. With the doctor deeming Takam fit to continue, Edwards resumed the contest. The end came in the tenth after Joshua landed several unanswered punches on Takam, prompting Edwards to call off the fight, with Joshua retaining his titles via
technical knockout. ==Aftermath==