Viddal Riley retained his EBU European cruiserweight title with a unanimous decision over Seydi Coupe on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at OVO Arena Wembley in London. The judges scored the 12-round main event 116-112, 117-111 and 119-109 for Riley, who improved to 15-0 (7 KOs). Coupe suffered his first defeat, falling to 14-1.

Coupe rocked Riley with a right to the chin midway through the third. Riley found room for his left hook against Coupe’s jab in the sixth, and both men landed clean punches late in the seventh. By the eighth, Coupe had swelling under his right eye.

Riley used his movement and landed right hands to the chin in the ninth and tenth. He pressed for a stoppage in the final round, but Coupe made it to the bell with swelling under both eyes. Giuseppe Quartarone refereed the main event of the MF Pro card, which streamed on DAZN.

Wembley undercard results

Zelfa Barrett (36-3, 19 KOs) stopped Gavin Gwynne (19-5-2, 5 KOs) in the fifth round to win the vacant WBA Intercontinental lightweight title. Barrett dropped Gwynne with a right uppercut to the chin in the final minute of the round. Gwynne went down again and his corner threw in the towel. Bob Williams refereed.

Ben Marksby (15-0, 3 KOs) beat Yaser Al Ghena (16-1, 3 KOs) by unanimous decision over 12 rounds to win the Commonwealth and WBO European super lightweight titles. The scores were 114-113, 116-111 and 117-110. Marksby caught Al Ghena with a left hook late in the second and hurt him with a right in the sixth, prompting referee Howard Foster to give Al Ghena an eight-count. Al Ghena landed a good right in the ninth, but Marksby countered him as he pressed forward late and opened a cut above his left eye in the final round.

Dan Toward (9-1-1, 6 KOs) won a 10-round split decision over Jak Corrie (9-1-1, 6 KOs) for the vacant WBA Continental Europe super welterweight title in a rematch of their May draw. Two judges scored it 98-92 for Toward, while the third had it 96-94 for Corrie. Toward had the better of the early rounds and stunned Corrie with a combination midway through the eighth.

Tom Welland (12-1, 6 KOs) stopped Jack Dillingham (7-1-1, 2 KOs) at 2:50 of the seventh round to win the vacant English featherweight title. The fight was close through five rounds. Welland bloodied Dillingham’s nose in the sixth and dropped him with body shots late in the seventh, prompting referee Steve Gray to stop the bout.

Preliminary results

Frankie Stringer (12-0, 1 KO) outpointed Kurt Jackson (7-5-1) over eight rounds. Referee Rocky Israel scored it 80-72 for Stringer.

Kieran Molloy (16-0, 9 KOs) dropped Steve Suppan (17-6-1, 8 KOs) three times with right hooks in the first round. Suppan’s corner pulled him out before the fight resumed.

JP O’Meara (9-0, 1 KO) beat Jorge Luis Huerta Balleza (4-28, 1 KO) on points over six rounds. Referee Kieran McCann scored it 60-54 for O’Meara.

Arjon Basi (4-0, 1 KO) outpointed Fernando Joaquin Valdez (1-35-1) over four rounds. Basi rocked Valdez with a right uppercut to the chin in the final round.

Derrick Osadolor (2-1, 2 KOs) stopped Tomas Podlas (5-16-1, 5 KOs) at 1:49 of the second round. Osadolor dropped Podlas in the first and put him down again in the second, when referee Rocky Israel waved it off.

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