Meanings of professional bouts in English

Nkosi is certainly a fighter on the up having claimed victory in his last ten professional bouts.

McBride, from Clones, has had 17 professional bouts with 16 wins and a draw to his credit.

The Texas-born fighter arrives in England having won 25 of his 28 professional bouts, 19 by knockout.

It has taken the Limerick southpaw about 10 years and 36 professional bouts to finally become an overnight sensation.

Afterward he announced his retirement with a record of 50 wins in 50 professional bouts with 27 by stoppage.

But legislators appointed by a military government have already been looking to tighten regulations to ban children under the age of 12 from professional bouts.

The 23-year-old from Ballybofey in Donegal has three wins from his opening three professional bouts and will fight in the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles.

The 31-year-old European champion is unbeaten in 22 professional bouts and feels he now has what it takes to beat the Bolton fighter.

Out of a total of 106 professional bouts, he won 83 (30 of them by knockout) and lost 19, with four draws.