A beautiful double left hook to the head and body from Hennessy early in the round and she follows it up with more fine work.

Hennessy has a nasty-looking cut under her right eye - that came from a clash of heads.

That's a round for the Brit.

De Persio has been warned by the referee for being overly aggressive when he calls "break".

It's getting tasty.

Stacey Copeland
Retired boxer on BBC Two

It was quite a tight round and a bit scrappy. I don't think anyone put their stamp on that, it was just feeling each other out.

Both women get a telling off from the referee at the start of the round for shoving their gloves in the face of their opponents.

"Let's have a clean fight," he says.

Hennessy isn't able to find her timing or range just yet, with De Persio able to keep the distance with her longer range.

It's a scrappy round in fairness and one that is very hard to score either way.

Ding, ding, ding!

Italy's De Persio is the taller of the two and is looking to unload on Hennessy early on here.

Steve Bunce
Boxing expert on BBC Sport

Hennessy was honest enough to admit that there was pressure. She has got the dance, the act, she is a great talker, but you still have to do that headlining, deal with the pressure and get in the ring - and then it was a really hard fight.

We've got a live music performance!

Francesca Hennessy is all smiles while head to toe in baby pink. She's having a great time in north London.

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With her win over Ellie Bouttell at the end of January, Francesca Hennessy became the WBC mandatory challenger for Cherneka Johnson's belt.

That means that Hennessy, 21, is well within reach of her goal of becoming the youngest ever undisputed boxing champion of the four-belt era, men's or women's.

Gabriela Fundora holds the record after she became the undisputed flyweight champion in 2024 at 22 years and 218 days old. Hennessy doesn't turn 22 until October.

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Right then, it's co-main event time.

Here comes the challenger from Rome... Aurora de Persio.

She's wasted no time in making her way down the aisle and into the ring.

Kal Sajad
BBC Sport at OVO Arena, Wembley

Francesca Hennessy has questions to answer tonight following her last outing in January, when many ringside observers felt Ellie Bouttell had done enough to take the decision.

Hennessy has clear world-title ambitions and is aiming to challenge for major honours later this year.

However, undisputed bantamweight champion Cherneka Johnson - who faces Dina Thorslund in August - currently sets the standard at the top of the division.

At this stage, Hennessy has not yet operated at that elite level and may still need one or two more developmental fights before being ready for a world-title challenge.

Natasha Jonas
Former two-weight world champion on BBC Sport

One slip-up in boxing, unfortunately, means that you kind of go to the bottom of the pile. If you're on a trajectory to be a world champion, you've got to keep winning and do it in a style that the fans like to see. You like to see them in tough fights, not 90-10s or 80-20s. These are the kind of fights that will do that.

One thing to be on the lookout for is Francesca Hennessy's ringwalk.

The 21-year-old loves to sing and dance on her way down to the ring.

I wonder what she'll have in store for us tonight?

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Kal Sajad
BBC Sport at OVO Arena, Wembley

Joel Kodua and Will Harrison were in an entertaining scrap for the English welterweight title at the same time Arsenal and PSG went to penalties.

There were some loud cheers from a few hundred or so fans - huddled around phones - in the arena when Gabriel missed his penalty for the North London side to hand PSG the title.

Kodua and Harrison must have wondered what on earth was gong on.

Francesca Hennessy and Aurora de Persio are making their final preparations before they step out in front of the Wembley Arena crowd.

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First up tonight for us on BBC Two is Britain's Francesca Hennessy.

The 21-year-old is looking to go 9-0 tonight but standing in her way is Italian Aurora de Persio - who is fighting outside of her home country for the first time.

For Hennessy, though, this is all about building towards a world title shot.

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BBC Two

We are LIVE on BBC Two right now for Francesca Hennessy and Adam Azim's fights.

You can also just click the 'watch live' button at the top of this page.

We've seen some cracking nicknames on the undercard for tonight with Oscar 'De La Lawyer' McCracken and Ryan 'the Bradford Mayweather' Labourn.

Oscar McCracken is actually a lawyer, by the way.

What would your boxing nickname be? Let us know!

Kal Sajad
BBC Sport at OVO Arena, Wembley

There's a real sporting buzz in Wembley today. As I made my walk from Wembley Park station to the OVO arena, I passed a heap of merry northerners still celebrating Wigan Warriors' win over Hull KR in the Rugby League Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium earlier.

And the bars and pubs were packed with Arsenal fans watching the Champions League final.

It's still quiet in here with most sections empty but perhaps some fans were waiting for the football to finish before they make their way in.