5 vs 5: Ball edges Ford

This Saturday, on the “Queensberry vs Matchroom 5 vs 5” card, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Englishman Nick “Wrecking” Ball defeated American Ray “Savage” Ford by split decision.

Ball pressed the action and outworked Ford during the first half of the fight. Ford broke Ball’s nose in the seventh round and improved down the stretch. The scores were 115-113 Ford, while 115-113 and 115-113 for Ball.

With this victory, Ball raised his record to 20-0-1, with 11 knockouts, while Ford is now 15-1-1, 8 knockouts.