However, the 37-year-old has only ever been stopped a handful of times during his pro career and knew all the tricks of the trade to survive against his 30-year-old opponent, who in comparison was contesting just his 13th bout.

Davies’ busier style impressed the judge, who scored the six-round contest 60-56 in his favour.

The referee was certainly made to work hard as he had to step in early in the bout to warn McCauley about his spoiling tactics and then gave Davies a talking to in the third as the Blackpool man gave as good as he got.

“It was kind of what I was expecting,” said Davies. “The guy was a 160-odd fight veteran and he knew how survive out there.”

“I never at any particular point felt under any stress with him. He had his explosive moments, but I felt in control.”

“He was tricky and was tough to penetrate. He talked a lot and was twisting my arm. He was trying all the pro tricks on me.”

After improving his overall record to 12-1, Davies is hoping to top the bill in his next outing later this year, hopefully in Blackpool.

“I am hoping to top the bill in my home town in September against an opponent who hopefully has a much more progressive style,” Davies said.

“Believe it or not I think I will perform better against guys who have a better record than the one I fought on Saturday night.”

Kirkham heavyweight Bill Hodgson improved his professional record to eight wins and no defeats with a stoppage win over Tomas Mrazek.

The 34-year-old scored with some heavy body shots as he won all six rounds against the man from the Czech Republic.

“I was pleased,” said Hodgson. “It was my first six-rounder and was a good learning fight. It was good to get the rounds in. I’d had a really good camp coming into the fight so I knew my engine was good. So I’m really happy.”

Source: http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/boxing/blackpool-boxers-impress-at-guild-hall-1-8602894

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“But I pay a lot of attention to detail with my figthters and I need to see where he is (in his career).”

“It’s not just a question of watching videos – I need to see him in the flesh.”

“He should beat Kevin McCauley, even though Kevin is a tough kid.”

“If Ryan does beat him, we will move on to a tough eight-rounder and then a title come September or later.”

The stakes are sky-high for Preston boxer Mick Hall when he contests an eliminator for the English middleweight title in front of his home fans at the Guild Hall

Manager Marsh is confident his man will overcome Matthew Mallin, of Barnsley, but warned: “Mick knows that it is is possibly his last chance.

“Mick knows he is better than this and if he turns up, he will beat Mallin.”

It will be Hall’s first fight since being stopped in the 11th round by Blackpool’s Jack Arnfield at the venue in January after he suffered a hideous-looking swelling above his eye.

Marsh, who promotes the fight, said of that experience: “It was a big prize – Arnfield was ranked highly in the world and it was an opportunity Mick had to take.”

“I would haved loved to give Mick an eight-rounder before that, but a fight on ITV in your own home town doesn’t come round every week for these fighters.”

“Though Mick did get beaten by a better man, he has improved for the experience.”

Hall concurred, saying: “I learned a lot from that fight and the injury was not as bad as it looked – I am going to take into the Mallin fight what I learned against Arnfield.

“Mallin is an experienced campaigner, but I have had the better level of opposition – I have fought lads with winning records all the way through my career.”

Included on the undercard is Kirkham heavyweight Bill Hodgson, who puts his unbeaten record on the line against Czech southpaw Tomas Mrazek.

Hodgson looked impressively ripped at the weigh-in at 225 pounds.

His manager Marsh said: “Bill is now an athletic heavyweight, instead of a slugger.”

“It is a step-up in opponent, a tricky southpaw and very experienced, but I expect Bill will be knocking on the door for titles in six months’ time.”

“Alan Levene has done a great job training him. We have given him a lot of learning fights because of his lack of experience.”

“We have not rushed Bill and he is now ready for a crack at something.”

Source: http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/boxing/blackpool-boxer-under-the-microscope-at-guild-hall-show-1-8601349

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