Still happy to gain experience and pad out his record a second rematch, this time against Merryton Lord, was next up for Jowls. Lord had been Jowls's first professional opponent and had outpointed him that time. Nearly two years on, Lord was brought up to the north-east and would be a good measure of JJ's progress.
Round 1. A great round for Jowls. He wrested control of the round early on and never lost it. A right hook to the head put Lord on the backfoot, then Jowls fired a left hook to the side of Lord's head. Lord tried to counter with a straight left but after some frantic sparring where neither made much impact, Jowls landed a left swing right to Lord's jaw. Somehow Lord clung on even when Jowls got him with a right/left combination follow-up. Superb skills from the
Byker Brawler.
Round 2. Jowls took up where he left off with a straight left catching Lord on the side of the cheek. A left cross right on the chin put Lord in more trouble but although Jowls kept going forward looking for the killer blow, somehow Lord found enough breathing space as he danced away from Jowls at every opportunity. Lord's only real scoring attack was another straight left to Jowls's head but the Geordie kept coming forward and put two left hooks into Lord's body. Another great round for Jowls.
Round 3. A straight left from Jowls to Lord's head let the crowd know who was still in top. Another left cross right on the chin from Jowls and Lord was living very dangerously. through the middle stages Jowls couldn't make his superiority count and Lord connected with a left cross of his own, but that just seem to inspire Jowls who ended the round with a good left uppercut to the head and then a right hook on the money too. Another round to Jowls and at the halfway stage Jowls was in total control. I had him 3 rounds to the good and Lord would need something special to turn this one around.
Round 4. It looked like Jowls was taking a mid-fight breather and it was Lord who won this round. Jowls was in control for most of it but he couldn't make it count and lord kept picking him off. In the final stages, a great left hook from Lord underlined this was his round.
Round 5. Both men really went for it in round five. Lord looked the more tired of the two but he landed almost as many punches as Jowls, and certainly the more telling ones. Jowls opened with a right uppercut, followed up with a straight left to the head then a jab with the right to Lord's head. Lord came back into it in the middle stages but in the final minute rocked Jowls with a left cross up top and then a left hook inside that clearly hurt. I scored the round fairly even but maybe Lord had done just enough.
Round 6. Lord had come back well in the previous two rounds, but now he looked very jaded. Jowls, on the other hand was out for blood. A right swing and then a hook both connected, and then a left swing all pummelling Lord's face and head. A right uppercut into Lord's body took his breath away and Jowls had done enough. He couldn't land the killer punch and walked into a late uppercut from Lord, but the round was already JJ's.
Decision time and the ref gave it to Jowls, 59-58. He had scored Lord the 4th and 5th rounds but the lad from Byker put in a sterling performance and fully earned his revenge against Lord. This was another great performance from Jowls, whose record now stood at 8-5[3]-0-3.
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