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22/07/2031
EOD Running: ProTraining
Aaron Higgins vs Juan Morante

Boxing Daily Report from the Frank Smith’s Tea Boy Promotions promoted show at Echo Arena, Liverpool,  taking place on 29/07/2026:

The venue is completely packed out with the fans turning out in force to watch the fights on offer tonight.  
Next up we have one of the supporting contests of this show.  

Looking to impress the boxing fans in attendance and those watching live on Eurosport UK, the two fighters competing in this 12 round matchup are Aaron Higgins (15 - 1) who hails from London, UK and Juan Morante(14 - 8) from Managua, Nicaragua.  Both Higgins and Morante weighed in at 112 pounds.  
The referee tonight is Tobias Moffit, and the three ringside judges are Mel Starratt, Iain Cooper and Nick Monahan.  

Round 1: 

Morante hits home with a left uppercut.  
Morante throws a left hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a left hook to Morante's liver.  
Morante quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent.  Higgins hits home with a left hook.  
Higgins is looking to keep his distance and lands an overhand right followed by a cross to his opponents head.  
Morante drives a left hook into Higgins's ribs.  
Higgins drives a stinging right hook into his opponents ribcage.  
Morante gets on the inside.  Morante sidesteps to the right of his opponent and digs in a left hook to his opponents ribs.  
Higgins is on target with a jab.  
Morante walks his opponent down, trapping him on the ropes.  Higgins lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Higgins lands an overhand left.  
Higgins hits the target with a sharp jab.  
Higgins lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Higgins attempts to land an overhand left, but Morante sidesteps and counters with a right uppercut.  
At the end of Round 1, lets listen in on the corners...Morante's trainer is telling his fighter he needs to be more active or he's going to get outworked.  

Round 1 Statistics
Higgins: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 30                            
Power Shots Landed: 10                            
Head Shots Thrown: 26                            
Head Shots Landed: 10                            
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Morante: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 16                            
Power Shots Landed: 4                             
Head Shots Thrown: 9                             
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 2: 

Higgins tries to land a jab, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a right uppercut.  
Higgins switches the action to the outside and tries to land a cross, but Morante sidesteps and counters with a right hook to his opponents ribs.  
Higgins lands a left hook.  
Higgins connects with a right hook.  
Higgins lands a right hook.  
Morante cuts off the ring, trapping Higgins in a corner.  Morante pivots from in front of his opponent.  Higgins hits home with a left hook.  
Higgins tries to land a right hook, but Morante sidesteps and counters with a right hook.  
Higgins is on target with a right hook.  
Morante hits home with a left hook.  
Morante lands a right hook followed by a right uppercut to his opponents body.  
Morante hits home with a right hook.  
Morante advances into close range and lands a right uppercut followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  
Morante is looking to close the distance and lands a right hook to the head followed by a left uppercut to the body.  
Higgins steps to the outside.  Morante is on target with a jab.  
Higgins steps away from his opponent.  Higgins sidesteps to the right of his opponent and finds the target with a stinging jab.  
Higgins drives a sharp left hook into Morante's body.  
At the end of Round 2, lets listen in on the corners...Higgins's trainer is suggesting ways of getting through to his opponent.  Higgins's trainer is passing on some tactical advice.  

Round 2 Statistics
Higgins: 
Jabs Thrown: 3                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 34                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 30                            
Head Shots Landed: 6                             
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Morante: 
Jabs Thrown: 7                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 28                            
Power Shots Landed: 11                            
Head Shots Thrown: 22                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 13                            
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Round 3: 

Morante connects with a left hook.  
Higgins sidesteps to the right of his opponent.  Morante drives a right hook into his opponents body.  
Morante lands a jab.  
Higgins steps inside.  Morante lands a left uppercut to the head followed by a left hook to the body.  
Higgins finds the target with a jab.  Higgins throws a cross, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
Morante is on target with an overhand right.  
Higgins lands a cross followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
Higgins hits home with a cross.  
Morante gets on the inside.  Higgins lands a left hook.  
Morante closes the distance.  Higgins connects with a right hook.  Higgins throws a right hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Higgins is on target with a right uppercut.  
Higgins tries to keep the action at long range and lands a stiff jab.  
Higgins tries to step out of his opponents range and connects with a cross.  
Morante feints a jab, and then lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Higgins steps away from his opponent and finds the target with a jab.  
Higgins tries to land a left hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Morante lands a left hook, right hook and a left hook to his opponents head.  
Morante is looking to close the distance and hits home with a left hook.  Morante throws a right hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Higgins digs in a solid right hook to his opponents ribs.  


Round 3 Statistics
Higgins: 
Jabs Thrown: 3                             
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 45                            
Power Shots Landed: 9                             
Head Shots Thrown: 41                            
Head Shots Landed: 11                            
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Morante: 
Jabs Thrown: 5                             
Jabs Landed: 3                             
Power Shots Thrown: 23                            
Power Shots Landed: 14                            
Head Shots Thrown: 24                            
Head Shots Landed: 15                            
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 4: 

Morante drives a left hook into Higgins's body.  
Higgins is looking to keep the action on the outside and is on target with a cross.  
Morante lands a right uppercut to the body followed by a left uppercut to the head.  
Higgins tries to keep the action at long range.  Morante is on target with a cross to his opponents body.  
Morante manouvers Higgins onto the ropes.  Higgins lands a cross.  
Higgins switches the action to the outside and hits home with a cross.  
Higgins pivots to the side of his opponent.  Morante connects with a left hook.  
Morante digs in a left hook to Higgins's liver.  Higgins wants to work on the inside, but accidentally clashes heads with his opponent!  The ref does not appear to have noticed the clash as Morante dabs at his face checking for damage.  
Morante is looking to close the distance and walks Higgins down, trapping him in a corner.  Morante lands two right hooks to his opponents ribs.  
Morante digs in a right hook to his opponents ribs.  
Higgins lands a right hook.  
Morante is on target with a left hook to Higgins's body.  
Morante feints a jab, and then lands a cross to the body, and then to the head.  
Morante closes the distance and hits home with a left uppercut.  
Morante quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and lands a right hook to the body, a left hook to the body and a right hook to the head.  
Morante tries to land a right hook, but Higgins blocks the shot and counters with a left hook.  


Round 4 Statistics
Higgins: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 27                            
Power Shots Landed: 5                             
Head Shots Thrown: 19                            
Head Shots Landed: 5                             
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Morante: 
Jabs Thrown: 3                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 34                            
Power Shots Landed: 16                            
Head Shots Thrown: 16                            
Head Shots Landed: 5                             
Body Shots Thrown: 21                            
Body Shots Landed: 11                            

Round 5: 

Morante pivots to the right of his opponent and lands a left hook followed by a left uppercut to his opponents head.  
Morante finds the target with a jab.  
Morante digs in a right hook to Higgins's ribcage.  
Morante closes the distance and lands a right hook.  Morante throws a right uppercut, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Morante digs in a left uppercut to his opponents body.  
Higgins lands a right hook to the body, and then to the head.  
Morante is looking to close the distance.  Higgins attempts to land a right hook, but Morante slips the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Higgins is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a cross.  
Higgins advances into close range and digs in a left uppercut to his opponents body.  
Morante is looking to close the distance and lands a left hook to the body, a left hook to the head and a right hook to the body.  
Morante lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents head.  
Higgins lands a left uppercut.  
Morante forces Higgins to retreat onto the ropes.  Higgins digs in a right uppercut to Morante's body.  
Higgins lands with a stinging jab.  


Round 5 Statistics
Higgins: 
Jabs Thrown: 4                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 22                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 20                            
Head Shots Landed: 5                             
Body Shots Thrown: 6                             
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Morante: 
Jabs Thrown: 4                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 27                            
Power Shots Landed: 11                            
Head Shots Thrown: 22                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Round 6: 

Higgins closes the distance.  Morante lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents body.  
Morante gets on the inside.  Higgins wants to work on the inside, but accidentally clashes heads with his opponent!  The ref does not appear to have noticed the clash as Morante dabs at his face checking for damage.  
Morante lands two left hooks to his opponents ribs.  
Morante lands a left hook.  
Morante gets on the inside.  The two boxers are fighting in-close, but their heads clash!  The ref does not appear to have noticed the clash as Higgins dabs at his face checking for damage.  
Morante digs in a right hook to Higgins's ribcage.  
Morante lands with a stinging jab.  
Morante drives a right hook into Higgins's ribs.  
Morante walks his opponent onto the ropes.  Morante lands a cross.  
Morante connects with a left uppercut.  
Morante lands two right hooks to his opponents ribs.  


Round 6 Statistics
Higgins: 
Jabs Thrown: 0                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 10                            
Power Shots Landed: 0                             
Head Shots Thrown: 9                             
Head Shots Landed: 0                             
Body Shots Thrown: 1                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Morante: 
Jabs Thrown: 3                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 34                            
Power Shots Landed: 11                            
Head Shots Thrown: 23                            
Head Shots Landed: 4                             
Body Shots Thrown: 14                            
Body Shots Landed: 8                             

Round 7: 

Higgins is looking to keep his distance.  Morante lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Morante gets on the inside and is on target with a left hook to Higgins's liver.  
Higgins is looking to keep his distance and hits home with an overhand right.  
Morante digs in a left uppercut to his opponents ribs.  
Morante digs in a left hook to Higgins's ribs.  
Higgins hits home with a left hook.  
Higgins sidesteps to the left of his opponent and drives a right uppercut into Morante's body.  
Higgins advances into close range.  Morante is on target with a right hook to Higgins's body.  
Morante hits home with a right uppercut.  
Higgins switches the action to the outside and lands a cross.  
Higgins sidesteps to the right of his opponent and connects with a right hook.  
Higgins is looking to keep his distance.  Morante lands a cross followed by a overhand right to his opponents head.  Morante throws a cross, but his opponent sidesteps and counters with a cross.  
Morante steps inside and hits home with a left hook.  
Morante tries to land a right uppercut, but Higgins dodges the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Higgins hits home with a right hook.  Higgins throws a cross, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Higgins is looking to keep his distance.  Higgins sidesteps to the left of his opponent and lands a stiff jab.  
Morante advances into close range and lands a right hook.  


Round 7 Statistics
Higgins: 
Jabs Thrown: 2                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 22                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 21                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 3                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Morante: 
Jabs Thrown: 4                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 27                            
Power Shots Landed: 12                            
Head Shots Thrown: 15                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 16                            
Body Shots Landed: 4                             

Round 8: 

Higgins steps away from his opponent and attempts to land an overhand right, but Morante slips the shot and counters with a cross.  
Morante steps inside and lands consecutive right uppercuts to his opponents body.  
Morante lands a cross.  
Higgins switches the action to the outside and lands a cross.  
Higgins advances into close range.  Higgins pivots to the left of his opponent.  Higgins digs in a stinging left hook to Morante's body.  Higgins tries to land a right hook, but his opponent slips the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Morante digs in a right hook to Higgins's ribcage.  
Higgins steps away from his opponent.  Morante feints a cross, tricking Higgins into throwing a right uppercut counter.  Morante springs the trap and counters with  a right hook.  
Morante lands a left hook to the body, and then to the head.  
Higgins tries to step out of his opponents range.  Morante lands a jab.  
Morante lands three consecutive left hooks to his opponents ribs.  
Morante lands a left uppercut to the head, a left hook to the body and a right hook to the body.  
Higgins is on target with a right uppercut to his opponents body.  
Higgins hits home with a left hook.  
Higgins hits home with a left uppercut.  
Morante is looking to close the distance.  Morante pivots to the left of his opponent.  Higgins digs in a right hook to Morante's ribcage.  
Morante drives a left hook into his opponents body.  Morante throws a right hook, but his opponent parries the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  


Round 8 Statistics
Higgins: 
Jabs Thrown: 0                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 34                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 23                            
Head Shots Landed: 4                             
Body Shots Thrown: 11                            
Body Shots Landed: 3                             

Morante: 
Jabs Thrown: 3                             
Jabs Landed: 1                             
Power Shots Thrown: 28                            
Power Shots Landed: 16                            
Head Shots Thrown: 10                            
Head Shots Landed: 7                             
Body Shots Thrown: 21                            
Body Shots Landed: 10                            

Round 9: 

Morante quickly sidesteps from in front of his opponent and digs in a right hook to his opponents body.  
Morante is on target with a left hook.  
Higgins gets on the inside and lands a right hook to the body, and then to the head.  
Morante is on target with a right hook to Higgins's body.  
Higgins tries to land a right hook, but Morante parries the shot and counters with a right uppercut.  
Higgins gets on the inside.  Morante tries to land a left hook, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a left uppercut.  
Morante finds the target with a jab.  
Higgins steps inside and attempts to land a right hook, but Morante sidesteps and counters with a right uppercut.  
Higgins is looking to keep his distance and throws a cross, but his opponent blocks the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Morante advances into close range and connects with a left uppercut.  
Morante lands a left hook.  
Higgins steps away from his opponent and throws a cross, but his opponent dodges the shot and counters with a cross.  
Morante closes the distance.  Higgins connects with a left uppercut.  


Round 9 Statistics
Higgins: 
Jabs Thrown: 0                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 27                            
Power Shots Landed: 4                             
Head Shots Thrown: 23                            
Head Shots Landed: 3                             
Body Shots Thrown: 4                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Morante: 
Jabs Thrown: 3                             
Jabs Landed: 2                             
Power Shots Thrown: 27                            
Power Shots Landed: 9                             
Head Shots Thrown: 22                            
Head Shots Landed: 9                             
Body Shots Thrown: 8                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Round 10: 

Morante lands a right hook followed by a left hook to his opponents body.  
Morante advances into close range.  Higgins lands a right hook.  
Higgins hits home with a left hook.  
Higgins tries to land a right hook, but Morante slips the shot and counters with a right hook.  
Higgins connects with a cross.  
Morante pivots to the left of his opponent and lands a left hook to the body followed by a right hook to the head.  
Higgins is looking to close the distance.  Morante connects with a right hook.  
Higgins connects with a right hook.  
Morante lands a left hook followed by a right hook to his opponents body.  
Morante is looking to close the distance.  Higgins connects with a left uppercut.  
Morante pivots from in front of his opponent.  Higgins hits home with a right hook.  As the two fighters work on the inside, their heads come together!  The ref does not appear to have noticed the clash as Higgins dabs at his face checking for damage.  


Round 10 Statistics
Higgins: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 36                            
Power Shots Landed: 6                             
Head Shots Thrown: 28                            
Head Shots Landed: 6                             
Body Shots Thrown: 9                             
Body Shots Landed: 0                             

Morante: 
Jabs Thrown: 0                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 22                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 11                            
Head Shots Landed: 3                             
Body Shots Thrown: 11                            
Body Shots Landed: 5                             

Round 11: 

Morante gets on the inside and drives a left hook into his opponents ribs.  
Morante is looking to close the distance and forces Higgins to retreat onto the ropes.  Morante sidesteps to the left of his opponent and lands a left hook followed by a left uppercut to his opponents body.  
Morante lands a left hook.  
Morante drives a right hook into Higgins's ribs.  
Higgins connects with a left hook.  
Higgins lands a right uppercut followed by a right hook to his opponents head.  
Morante closes the distance and lands a left hook.  
Morante manouvers his opponent onto the ropes.  Morante pivots from in front of his opponent.  Higgins digs in a firm right hook to his opponents body.  
Morante attempts to land a jab, but Higgins slips the shot and counters with a left hook.  
Morante pivots to the left of his opponent.  Higgins hits home with a cross.  
Higgins is looking to close the distance.  Morante drives a right hook into Higgins's body.  
Higgins is on target with a right uppercut.  
Morante walks Higgins down, trapping him in a neutral corner.  Higgins lands two consecutive straights to his opponents head.  
Morante is looking to close the distance and drives a right hook into his opponents body.  
Morante lands two left hooks to his opponents ribs.  
Higgins drives a sharp left uppercut into Morante's body.  


Round 11 Statistics
Higgins: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 25                            
Power Shots Landed: 10                            
Head Shots Thrown: 21                            
Head Shots Landed: 8                             
Body Shots Thrown: 5                             
Body Shots Landed: 2                             

Morante: 
Jabs Thrown: 2                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 23                            
Power Shots Landed: 10                            
Head Shots Thrown: 12                            
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 13                            
Body Shots Landed: 8                             

Round 12: 

Higgins lands a right hook followed by a right uppercut to his opponents head.  
Morante advances into close range and digs in a right hook to his opponents ribs.  
Morante drives a right hook into his opponents body.  
Morante connects with a left hook.  
Morante gets on the inside and lands a left hook.  
Morante digs in a left uppercut to his opponents body.  As the two fighters work on the inside, their heads come together!  The ref does not appear to have noticed the clash as Morante dabs at his face checking for damage.  
Morante manouvers Higgins onto the ropes.  Higgins drives a left hook into his opponents ribs.  
Higgins is looking to keep the action on the outside and lands a cross followed by a overhand left to his opponents head.  
Higgins is looking to keep the action on the outside and is on target with a cross.  
Higgins connects with a left hook.  
Morante lands two left hooks to his opponents ribs.  
Morante attempts to land an uppercut to the solar plexus, but he strays low!  The ref ignores Higgins's complaints and signals for the action to continue.  
Morante is looking to close the distance and drives a left hook into his opponents body.  


Round 12 Statistics
Higgins: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 23                            
Power Shots Landed: 7                             
Head Shots Thrown: 17                            
Head Shots Landed: 6                             
Body Shots Thrown: 7                             
Body Shots Landed: 1                             

Morante: 
Jabs Thrown: 1                             
Jabs Landed: 0                             
Power Shots Thrown: 21                            
Power Shots Landed: 8                             
Head Shots Thrown: 7                             
Head Shots Landed: 2                             
Body Shots Thrown: 15                            
Body Shots Landed: 6                             

Round 1 Scores: 10 - 9  10 - 9  10 - 9
Round 2 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 3 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 4 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 5 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 6 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 7 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 8 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 9 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 10 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 11 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10
Round 12 Scores: 9 - 10  9 - 10  9 - 10


Final Scorecards: 109 - 119  109 - 119  109 - 119

The winner, by Unanimous Decision, from Managua, Nicaragua.... Juan Morante

Fight Statistics
Higgins: 
Total Punches Thrown: 356                           
Total Punches Landed: 87                            
Total Head Shots Thrown: 278                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 72                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 78                            
Total Body Shots Landed: 15                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 335                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 79                            
Total Jabs Thrown: 21                            
Total Jabs Landed: 8                             

Morante: 
Total Punches Thrown: 346                           
Total Punches Landed: 139                           
Total Head Shots Thrown: 193                           
Total Head Shots Landed: 73                            
Total Body Shots Thrown: 153                           
Total Body Shots Landed: 66                            
Total Power Shots Thrown: 310                           
Total Power Shots Landed: 130                           
Total Jabs Thrown: 36                            
Total Jabs Landed: 9