Irish super flyweight Damaen Kelly of Belfast dominated England's Jason Booth on Friday night at the Huddersfield Leisure Centre in England. Kelly, once the IBO flyweight champion now becomes the IBO super flyweight champion with the twelve round decision. One of Booth's two losses came in an IBF title bid against then champion Irene Pacheco, Pacheco lost his IBF title in America the night before to Australia's Vic Darchinyan. Booth suffered his fourth loss in his third defense of the championship. Booth moves his record to a total of twenty-one wins and two losses with ten wins coming by way of knockout.
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