Clarke vs TKV Result: Jeamie TKV defeats Frazer Clarke in British belt banger

| Saturday 29th November 2025, 22:03pm

Saturday 29th November 2025, 22:03pm

Jeamie TKV triumphed via split decision over Frazer Clarke to finally capture the British heavyweight championship. Boxing’s return to the BBC for the first time in two decades did not disappoint, as the Vaillant Arena in Derby played host to two warriors who gave everything in search of the Lord Lonsdale Challenge belt.

BOXXER’s Beeb bow was topped off with a titanic 12 rounder between two rivals who brought all their fight week spite to the squared circle. Read on for your Betfred Insights Clarke vs TKV fight report.

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After early mauling from both, a Clarke uppercut looked to hurt TKV. The co-challenger backed into the ropes and held as his Olympic assailant tried to free his hands to throw. A straight right followed by two more of those unholy uppercuts had Tshikeva at sixes-and-sevens again. The story of the fight was written early and writ large.

Some spiteful work in the clinch opened the second session, with Clarke’s body shots the prevalent punch. But a peach of a TKV left hook with his back to the ropes made the medalist think momentarily.

The action slowed in the third, but Clarke managed to dislodge TKV’s mouthpiece with a short, spiteful hook. Tshikeva lost a point at the end of the session for low blows.The fourth saw the bout devolve to its untidiest yet, before the wrestling gave way to the most rousing exchange of the fight. Both men had success and the Vaillant roared them on. TKV decided if you must eat ‘em, join ‘em, landing uppercuts of his own that shook Clarke’s skull.

A huge TKV right in the second minute of the fifth gave the underdog courage of his convictions. The sixth saw Clarke taking more than he had in the earlier sessions, as his irrepressible opponent warmed into an intensely physical contest. A looping right was TKV’s pet punch, with a couple of fine examples sending spray from the head of ‘Big Fraze’.

Early on it had been TKV initiating the clinches, but by halfway Clarke was the fighter who looked happier at close quarters. But a brutal left from TKV temporarily sparked ‘Eraser’ into life as he let his first combination for a couple of rounds loose. Undeterred, the Tottenham man clobbered Clarke with two more left hooks.

The eighth saw Clarke’s uppercut back out to play, set up by sharp rights. The ninth was harder to split, until another sweat-flinging uppercut from Frazer Clarke. The bell for the 10th round was the first such toll in TKV’s 11 fights. But if Clarke’s two trips past this stage gave him an advantage, it didn’t show as his opponent stayed with him blow-for-blow.

The championship rounds saw blood drawn as a clattering TKV hook earned Clarke’s crimson. The buoyed Londoner had ‘Big Fraze’ out on his feet in the corner until the Olympian fell on top of him along the ropes. One sensed that the moment had passed until one look at Frazer’s stagger back to his corner betrayed a potential last-round blitz.

TKV tried to pick up where he left off against a foe who looked uneasy on his feet. He wore a gruesome eye swell that would have slowed most. But neither of these thud-happy thunderers looked like normal men tonight. Clarke lost his mouthpiece at a time when his senses needed a jet-wash as much as the discarded protective equipment.

TKV put it all on the line as this most extraordinary occasion neared its destination. Clarke rocked him in return. Life in the old dog yet. Derby was deafening. Neither was truly defeated. What a sport this is sometimes.

Scores of 115-113 and 115-112 for TKV overruled a 115-112 in Clarke’s favour to crown a new British champion. Given the fascinating build-up and the brutal battle that ensued, dare one call for a rematch?

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Disco Inferno played Francesca Hennessy to the ring, but would the ‘Billion Dollar Baby’ burn under the bright lights of her BBC debut? Former WBC atomweight champion Fabiana Bytyqi was the opponent charged with bringing the heat.

Hennessy boxed and moved her way through the early going, sticking leather to the Czech’s body whenever she slowed. One wondered if Bytyqi would finally become the fighter to make Fran regret her head-movement-heavy defence, but not even an ex-world champ could interrupt her Prince Nas-isms.

Hennessy set her feet more in the fourth, with Bytyqi having little reply to some sharp rights. The visitor was more successful in the fifth, even if a Francesca flurry to head and body came back in harsh response. The speed of Hennessy was a puzzle Bytyqi never looked capable of solving.

The rounds settled into a status quo of Hennessy landing rapid-fire flurries and Bytyqi seeking single shots. A complete performance saw Hennessy crowned the new WBC international bantamweight queen via unanimous decision. The starlet took the belt via a shutout on all three cards.

Jack Massey was given an almighty scare when his scheduled six with Ivan Gabriel Garcia nearly went awry. A shock looping right saw the underdog put Massey down in the first. The visitor was so surprised by his success that he continued punching the downed ‘One Smack’ in the corner. The referee restored order but Massey still had a storm to ride out. The session ended with Massey spitting blood and Garcia oozing it from a small slice above the right eye.

Garcia went back to the well with the looping right, but his openness gave the more cultured Massey a chance to hurt his man on the counter. However, Garcia had more to give and by the end of the three minutes he thudded home some eye-catching uppercuts.

The third was Massey’s round, but it was clear the Argentine was giving him plenty to think about. Jack needed no further reflection in the fourth, when a Massey counter left finally finished ‘El Pequeno Hulk’. But the away boxer gave value for money the whole way. Come back soon, Ivan.

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Joel Kodua snared the English welterweight title from champion Bobby Dalton in a chaotic display of crimson ferocity from both. Early on, Kodua looked slicker but the boundless energy of Dalton opened up a scenario the Kennedy dinner table never enjoyed; Bobby getting one over on ‘JFK’.

This fight was the most vicious thing the BBC has seen since the public reaction to them adding a content warning before Little Britain. The fifth-round crescendo saw Kodua rattling off uzi-fast body shots before Dalton fired back. Kodua’s blasts in return opened a gruesome gash beneath the champion’s right eye.

Bobby’s blood-caked bravery defied reasonable human logic as Kodua carved him up further in the sixth stanza. The doc had a long look at the eye in the seventh but waved play on.

Like LadBaby every f**king Christmas, Dalton just would not stop. The champion had the better of a spirited ninth. The tenth hinged on Bobby’s blood and Kodua’s belief. A new champion was crowned with scores of 97-94, 97-93, 98-92 favouring ‘JFK’.

The BBC card kicked off with Coventry middleweight Bradley Goldsmith, as he took the decision over eight rounds against former Southern Area welterweight champion Jordan Dujon. The southpaw took centre ring early, walking his man back in the first round. The heads came together in the second, leaving Dujon nursing a nasty gash on his left eyebrow. The blood seemed to spur the underdog on as he finished the round stronger.

The cut didn’t stop Dujon from piling on the pressure, though the better work was Goldsmith’s. The 27-year-old’s left uppercut kept his opponent honest while his southpaw jab dictated the pace. The referee marked it 79-73, a victory that moves Goldsmith to 14-1.

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