Matchroom promoted a NXTGEN bill at Planet Ice in Altrincham, and 2024 Olympian Pat Brown started professional life with a win, as he halted against Federico Javier Grandone in the fourth of their scheduled six-rounder at cruiserweight.
Brown (1-0, 1 KO) was part of Team GB for the 2024 Olympics after a stellar amateur career, and was promptly snapped up by Eddie Hearn upon his decision to turn over. Argentina’s Grandone (7-5-2, 3 KOs) was drafted in for Brown’s professional bow on short notice, where it was hoped that he would take Brown a few rounds on debut.
Brown took the fight to the visitor in the opener, but Grandone attempted to give as good as he was getting. Brown focused on the body of Grandone to good effect in round two, and was bullying his man, unloading with several beefy shots.
Grandone shipped more shots in the third, although he forced Brown to take some of his own, but it proved to be the last stand for the South American.
With only the ropes keeping Grandone up in the fourth after Brown unloaded once more, a knockdown was scored, and after one more onslaught on the resumption, the referee had seen enough, and spared Grandone from further punishment.
Voung flogs Flynn
A long-awaited grudge match finally went ahead on the undercard, and Cameron Vuong (8-0, 4 KOs) took the vacant WBO European lightweight title by stopping bitter rival Jordan Flynn (11-1-1, 1 KO) in the seventh round of their meeting.
A short, chopping right hand had Flynn touching the canvas in round three, and he was all at sea at the end of the sixth as his legs betrayed him under heavy fire from his opponent. The end was only another round in coming, as a hard right hand followed by more solid shots forced the referee to step in.
FOUR ROUNDS OF HELL FOR GRANDONE!
An electrifying professional debut from Pat ‘The Bomber’ Brown 💣#BrownGrandone pic.twitter.com/V8lWzbJfud
— Matchroom Boxing (@MatchroomBoxing) March 28, 2025
Full undercard review
Mark Dickinson (8-1, 2 KOs) took the English super middleweight title, as he handily outscored outgoing champion Reece Farnhill (11-1, 4 KOs). Dickinson ran out the victor by scores of 99-92, 98-92 and 98-93.
Super welterweight prospect William Crolla (8-0, 6 KOs) was pushed all the way over six rounds against Emmanuel Zion (6-4, 3 KOs), and after coming off the back of a string of early wins, Crolla had to settle for a razor-thin 58-57 verdict from referee Darren Sarginson.
Liam Taylor (28-2-1, 14 KOs) had his first outing of the year, and he won all six rounds at welterweight against Jamie Stewart (4-11-4, 0 KOs).
At light heavyweight, Conner Tudsbury (2-0, 1 KO) won all six rounds against former Scottish title challenger Robbie Connor (3-5-2, 2 KOs), and Super middleweight novice Taylor Bevan (3-0, 3 KOs) needed less than a round to blast away Ales Makovec (5-4-1, 3 KOs).
