He finished a successful year by also defeating ex-contender star Freddy Curiel with a tenth round stoppage as well as former British title challenger Steve Conway. On 18 July 2009, Small fought for and won both the British and Commonwealth champion with an 8th round stoppage of Manchester's Matthew Hall after overwhelming him with a vicious flurry of hooks in the 8th, which forced the referee to stop the contest.
He finished a successful year by also defeating ex-contender star Freddy Curiel with a tenth round stoppage as well as former British title challenger Steve Conway.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
He
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
finish
finished
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
successful
successful
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
year
year
NOUN
NN
mark
by
by
SCONJ
IN
advmod
also
also
ADV
RB
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
defeat
defeating
VERB
VBG
amod
Degree=Pos
ex-
ex-
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
contender
contender
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Sing
star
star
NOUN
NN
flat
Number=Sing
Freddy
Freddy
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Curiel
Curiel
PROPN
NNP
case
with
with
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
tenth
tenth
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
round
round
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Sing
stoppage
stoppage
NOUN
NN
cc
as
as
ADV
RB
fixed
Degree=Pos
well
well
ADV
RB
fixed
as
as
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
former
former
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
British
British
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
title
title
NOUN
NN
conj
Number=Sing
challenger
challenger
NOUN
NN
flat
Number=Sing
Steve
Steve
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Conway
Conway
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
On 18 July 2009, Small fought for and won both the British and Commonwealth champion with an 8th round stoppage of Manchester's Matthew Hall after overwhelming him with a vicious flurry of hooks in the 8th, which forced the referee to stop the contest.
case
on
On
ADP
IN
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
18
18
NUM
CD
obl
Number=Sing
July
July
PROPN
NNP
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2009
2009
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
small
Small
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
fight
fought
VERB
VBD
obl
for
for
ADP
IN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
win
won
VERB
VBD
cc:preconj
both
both
CCONJ
CC
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
British
British
ADJ
JJ
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Commonwealth
Commonwealth
PROPN
NNP
obj
Number=Sing
champion
champion
NOUN
NN
case
with
with
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
8th
8th
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
round
round
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Sing
stoppage
stoppage
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Manchester
Manchester
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
nmod
Number=Sing
Matthew
Matthew
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Hall
Hall
PROPN
NNP
mark
after
after
SCONJ
IN
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
overwhelming
overwhelming
VERB
VBG
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
him
PRON
PRP
case
with
with
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
vicious
vicious
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
flurry
flurry
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Plur
hook
hooks
NOUN
NNS
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
8th
8th
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
PronType=Rel
which
which
PRON
WDT
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
force
forced
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
referee
referee
NOUN
NN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
stop
stop
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
contest
contest
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.