The Monaghan man will face England’s Keiron Conway in his semi-final.
MONAGHAN MIDDLEWEIGHT AARON McKenna earned the most impressive victory of his professional career in Japan on Monday, stopping the previously unbeaten Puerto Rican-American Jeovanny Estela in the final round of their quarter-final in Matchroom’s $1million Prizefighter tournament.
— Matchroom Boxing July 15, 2024 McKenna , who earned a $33,000 knockout bonus on top of his fight purse of roughly $150,000 , will face England’s Keiron Conway in his semi-final on a date yet to be confirmed. — Matchroom Boxing July 15, 2024 The fight could easily have been stopped before the 10th and final round as Estela ate clean shot after clean shot, but in the end it took a late barrage from McKenna to bank a third of of the $100,000 knockout kitty to be shared among the three quarter-finalists who won by stoppage.
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