John Hedges and Pat Brown will collide for the vacant British and Commonwealth cruiserweight titles today in Manchester, England.
Bad Left Hook will be here with live, fight-by-fight results and updates, plus round-by-round scoring and commentary for the main event here in the post. And we’ll have a live chat running all through the card down in the comments section.
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Hedges vs Brown live blog and results
Pat Brown def. John Hedges by KO in Round 6
Brown wins British and Commonwealth cruiserweight titles
- Terrific finish there for Brown and a really good win for him. Hedges had a solid plan, Brown just stayed his own course and broke him down, the power made the difference, and I loved how controlled he was. Brown’s something of a bomber, for real, a lot of his success will be tied up in his power, but he didn’t get reckless, he didn’t get flustered early, he just stayed confident that he would eventually break Hedges down, and he did.
- Round 6: Brown again landing hard shots. The power is making the difference now. Hedges starting to fall apart, you can see it. Any confidence he had is fading as Brown is really starting to take the momentum. Brown pouring on the pressure, and DOWN GOES HEDGES! He’s up, but Brown has about 45 seconds to finish, and Hedges is DOWN AGAIN ON A VICIOUS BODY SHOT! Beautiful stuff. Violent. Mouthpiece out, it’s OVER! Pat Brown KO-6
- Round 5: Hedges is taking Brown’s straight rights well enough so far, but they do keep landing, and Brown’s looking a little looser and pretty confident about it right now. Yeah, the right hands are coming in more frequently now. Hedges also doesn’t seem to have a real answer other than to get back and wait. But Brown is warned for heads clashing, so that could help Hedges if it tones down Brown’s aggression. That was probably Hedges’ most clever thing yet, he caused that. But Brown’s jab is starting to pick up now, too. Good right again from Brown. His best round so far, clearly going his way. Uppercut comes in! Hedges postures but nothing comes back. Brown 10-9, 48-47
- Round 4: Brown with another decent shot, Hedges with a little shot in return, and Hedges ties up again. Brown might have come in a bit too confident in his power, but if he gets what he wants then it won’t really matter how he got there. I mean, it will, but it’ll be easy to say that in the moment. This fight is going to wind up interesting to score. I shade this one to Brown with the confidence I shaded the last one to Hedges. Judges aren’t meant to have biases about style or whatever but they all do. Brown is landing harder shots, but not a ton of them. Hedges is probably landing more (though maybe not this round) but what’s on them? And does that matter, or how much does it? Brown 10-9, 38-38
- Round 3: Hedges looks to the body himself, didn’t quite get there but it’s not a bad idea. Never is, really. Brown coming forward but not recklessly. Good shot from Brown, a right hand that Hedges clearly felt again, as he wobbles a bit and then tries to get clear. Hedges stays composed, though, and lands back. Brown often getting stuck in-between where he wants to be and where Hedges would like him most, which favors Hedges. Little nuisance-like hooks from Hedges, and he’s sweeping the left hand some, too. Hedges clips him again with a left hand after Brown misses. Brown fighting a bit too one-note, though the right hand got close there near the end of the round. Hedges 10-9, 29-28
- Round 2: Hedges landing and getting clear, jab comes in with a little pepper on it. Hedges doing well for the first half of the round, but Brown targets the body and Hedges felt that. Brown getting the range he wants, but Hedges holding him up for now. A bit more wrestling this round, especially after Hedges got hurt a bit. Brown 10-9, 19-19
- Round 1: Brown definitely looks the sharper, harder puncher quickly. Brown finding a home for a couple rights. Brown also just looks the physically stronger man, though looks can be deceiving as a fight goes along. But Hedges is also boxing nicely and nothing Brown is doing seems to bother him. Hedges using that length with some success. Edge to Hedges in this opener. Hedges 10-9
- Our main event ring walks are starting and we’ll be ready to fight in, I’d guess, about 10 minutes.
Shabaz Masoud def. Ckari Cani Mansilla by Unanimous Decision
- OFFICIAL SCORES: 100-90 from all three judges, all to Masoud
- Masoud a clear winner here, easy fight for him. Didn’t love the performance. The TV people are gaga for it, but I couldn’t help but think Masoud played with his food, and not in a good way.
- We’re seven rounds in. Masoud winning what is really a mismatch. This is what I mean about if you come over and win one fight you weren’t meant to win in the UK, you will get brought back repeatedly until they’ve beaten you enough times that nobody remembers or cares about your win anymore. Mansilla will come back for a payday a few more times if he wants to, even though this stinks.
- Fighters headed to the ring, about to get started.
Mark Jeffers def. Kieron Conway by Unanimous Decision
- OFFICIAL SCORES: 97-93, 97-93, 96-94, all for Mark Jeffers
- Again, good scoring. I had it 97-93 for Jeffers, two of the judges saw it the same, one had it just closer, but everyone got it right. Conway may be just that bit past it even at this level, just didn’t look on his game throughout, though again, he had his moments, and Jeffers had to earn it in the end, no coasting.
- Wasn’t the level of “entertaining” we might have hoped, but should be a good win for Jeffers. Conway celebrating but I don’t think he has much of an argument. But I’ve seen worse robberies than this would be, I suppose. Conway did have some good moments, but I just think Jeffers pretty clearly won more rounds, and boxing is scored by rounds.
- Jeffers with the much better start through three rounds. Conway a little better in the third and might have won the fourth, though. This could be developing into the competitive fight we expected.
- Ring walks going! Fight to start shortly. Could be a good one! Could be a show-stealer with the two vets, both need a win bad.
Corey O’Regan def. Joe Howarth by Unanimous Decision
- OFFICIAL SCORES: 98-92, 98-92, and 99-91, all for Corey O’Regan
- Good scoring. I thought the most you could have shaded to Howarth was three rounds, so the judges giving him two or one round seems right. O’Regan just came here and won, nothing more to it. He was the better man.
- By rights, that should be a win for Corey O’Regan, and a good one for him, should net him the English title.
- O’Regan may have this one in the bag barring disaster in the 10th and final round. He’s had to scrape through the second half a bit more but Howarth just has not had any sustained success.
- Six rounds in. O’Regan started better and has probably taken the rounds so far, but he’s looking a bit ragged in the sixth. Has to be noted he came in on short notice and that may be showing in the second half.
- Ring walks going, first fight of the main card is set to begin. We’ll let you know anything notable happening for this fight and the rest of the undercard as the bouts go on, but there will be faster updates and a live chat for these undercard fights down in the comments section, join us!
How to watch Hedges vs Brown
Start time: 2:00 pm ET
Streaming: DAZN (subscription required)
Location: Co-op Live, Manchester, England, UK
Hedges vs Brown running order and lineup
Main Event
- John Hedges vs Pat Brown, cruiserweights, 12 rounds, for vacant British and Commonwealth titles
- Preview: The 26-year-old Brown (6-0, 6 KO) has more hype behind him, not that it’s staggering hype or anything. The 6’3” Manchester-born fighter does look to have the higher ceiling, but you have to fight fights like this to find out what’s real and what’s just been the eye test so far. Coming off of a dominant TKO win over veteran Vasil Ducar in April. 24-year-old Hedges (12-0, 3 KO) doesn’t have Brown’s power, which looks the big separator, but he’s also a 6’6” southpaw who has similarly done well for himself, and beaten some familiar names on the domestic scene in his last two, wins over Nathan Quarless and Ellis Zorro.
Undercard
- Shabaz Masoud vs Ckari Cani Mansilla, featherweights, 10 rounds
- Preview: Masoud (15-0, 4 KO) is moving up to featherweight here, having already won the European title at 122 lbs, as well as the IBO belt if you care about that. More important than those belts, his wins over Liam Davies and Peter McGrail were genuinely solid wins, and the 30-year-old “Maverick” takes aim at a new division. The world titles at 126 aren’t going to be easy to win, either, but in theory maybe a bit easier than beating Naoya Inoue. Mansilla (19-4, 13 KO) is a 34-year-old Argentine who has come over to the UK and won, upsetting then-unbeaten Dylan Price in May 2025 via eighth round KO. Overall, he’s just 4-3 in his last seven fights, but that win over Price makes him bookable for this fight against Masoud, just on location.
- Kieron Conway vs Mark Jeffers, super middleweights, 10 rounds, British title eliminator
- Preview: This could be a good one, there’s Fight of the Night potential here. Well-matched, two good, domestic-level vets in Conway (23-4-1, 7 KO) and Jeffers (20-2, 7 KO). Jeffers, 28, is coming in off of back-to-back losses to Sean Hemphill and Willy Hutchinson, so he really needs the win, and to be fair he’s really a super middleweight, and he fought Hutchinson at 175. And Hutchinson is good. Conway, 30, was stopped in 10 by George Liddard when his corner threw the towel last October, and this is his first fight back, after winning the British and Commonwealth middleweight titles, which he then lost to Liddard.
- Joe Howarth vs Corey O’Regan, lightweights, 10 rounds
- Preview: 24-year-old Howarth (15-2, 4 KO) is nicknamed the “Wigan Warrior,” but being real, he’s never beaten a truly credible pro, and he lost clear to Giorgio Visioli in a step-up last December. O’Regan (15-1, 3 KO) is 30, a southpaw out of Yorkshire, has also really only beaten club fighters, was stopped in five by Jack Rafferty in a Commonwealth title fight at 140 in April 2025.
