Steve Bunce

It looked like both of his eyes were as good as closed.

The damage to his nose was clear and obvious.

It was vicious.

It was bloody.

Before we talk about the fight, before we talk about the details of the fight, Richie...

He was inspected at least three times by the doctors.

Howard Foster went over to the corner about four or five times before the start of the 11th round to ask if he was okay.

Could it, should it,

have been stopped?

Could it have been stopped?

Well, you were quite concerned after about seven or eight rounds whether Daniel would actually punch himself out.

There was a point when he went for the inspection at the start of round 10, which is the second inspection as far as I can remember and take from my notes, he staggered.

So obviously, and so really interesting.

This is why I think he has only two inspections, because when he was being inspected by the two doctors at ringside at the start of the ninth and the start of the tenth, the

They went quiet.

And when he got on all clear, they roared.

They roared.

They took the roof off because they were delighted.

They were going to get to see another three minutes or 30 seconds of what they paid to see and what they were privileged to witness.

And they roared both times.