Jack Rafferty vs Ekow Essuman

I would take some convincing that at the age of 36, Essuman is going to improve his chances by dropping down to 140lbs for the first time in his career. In the opposite corner, Rafferty needs to convince boxing fans that his majority decision draw against Mark Chamberlain last time out did not define his ceiling. Essuman himself is coming back from an 11th-round TKO loss to Jack Catterall, a loss I feel may have shown a decline in the Nottingham man known as 'The Engine.' This should be hard-fought, but so much depends on what Essuman can produce at 140lbs because Rafferty is a high-level performer. Rafferty on points for me.