McCarthy vs Ward

Who won McCarthy vs Ward?

Steven Ward beat Tommy McCarthy by technical knockout in the 6th round on Saturday, March 1st, 2025, at The SSE Arena (Odyssey Arena), Belfast.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Cruiserweight division, which meant the weight limit was 200 pounds (14.3 stone or 90.7 kg).

This final_eliminator appeared on the undercard of Lewis Crocker beating Paddy Donovan for the IBF World Welterweight championship. Also on the undercard Craig Richards beat Padraig McCrory, Shauna Browne was overcome by Elif Nur Turhan, Ruadhan Farrell was victorious over Gerard Hughes, Aaron Bowen beat Juan Cruz Cacheiro, and Jack O Neill defeated Mohammed Wako.

McCarthy vs Ward stats

Tommy McCarthy stepped into the ring with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses, and 0 draws.

Steven Ward made his way to the ring with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws.

Tommy McCarthy was the same age as Steven Ward, at 34 years old.

Both Tommy McCarthy and Steven Ward fought out of an orthodox stance.

McCarthy was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 2 years and 5 months earlier than Ward, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 86 more professional rounds, totaling 157 compared to Ward's 71.

McCarthy vs Ward form

McCarthy had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Cheavon Clarke on January 27, 2024, by technical knockout in the 4th round at Newforge Sports Complex, Belfast, United Kingdom.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Chris Billam-Smith on April 16, 2022, by knockout in the 8th round at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Chris Billam-Smith on July 31, 2021, by split decision in their CBC Commonwealth Cruiserweight and BBBOC British Cruiserweight championship fight at Matchroom Fight Camp, Essex.

Before that, he had beaten Alexandru Jur on May 15, 2021, by knockout in the 6th round at Manchester Arena, Lancashire.

He had won against Bilal Laggoune on October 31, 2020, by majority decision in their 12 round contest at Wembley (SSE) Arena, London.

Activity check

McCarthy's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 29 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 10 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 42 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.4 rounds on average.

Ward's last 4 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 8 months and 8 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.5 rounds on average.

What time did McCarthy vs Ward start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM GMT at The SSE Arena (Odyssey Arena), Belfast, United Kingdom, which was 5:00 PM EST or 2:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

What were the odds on McCarthy vs Ward?

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