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Lewis Ritson suffers stoppage loss to Jeremias Ponce in the 10th round in Newcastle

Lewis Ritson suffers stoppage loss to Jeremias Ponce in the 10th round in Newcastle
Lewis Ritson is floored three times in 10th-round stoppage loss to Jeremias Ponce in Newcastle as the Argentine becomes the IBF mandatory challenger for undisputed world super-lightweight champion Josh Taylor

Lewis Ritson's world title hopes were wrecked by a punishing 10th-round stoppage loss to Jeremias Ponce in Newcastle.

Ritson was floored on three occasions by the relentless Argentine, who became the IBF mandatory challenger for Scotland's undisputed world super-lightweight champion Josh Taylor.

The hometown fighter endured a torrid evening as he was badly hurt in the opening round, nearly wilting by the ropes after Ponce had dug in brutal body shots.

Lewis Ritson
Image: Ritson was hurt by body shots from Ponce

Ritson had to withstand more stinging punches around his ribs in the second round, while he was briefly buzzed by an uppercut in the third.

Spurred on by his support, Ritson responded with a big right hand in the fourth, but Ponce shrugged it off and replied with chopping punches in the fifth.

Lewis Ritson
Image: Ponce and Ritson traded spiteful punches

Ritson was being bullied to the ropes, with Ponce ripping in uppercuts in the sixth, and the Brit backed away following yet more body shots in the seventh.

A swelling under Ritson's eye in the eighth round was evidence of Ponce's relentless assault, although the crowd were briefly roused by a defiant flurry of punches from their local favourite in the ninth.

Lewis Ritson
Image: Ritson wilted under Ponce's pressure in the 10th round

Ritson's resistance was shattered in the 10th as he crumbled to the canvas and the towel was thrown in by his corner, but referee Steve Gray bizarrely threw it out of the ring when the action resumed.

Ponce would instigate the ending himself, dropping Ritson twice more before Gray eventually waved it off.

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