Highly touted Sheffield stylist Kell Brook, 17-0 (10), won the biggest fight of his career last night by stopping Welsh southpaw Barrie Jones, 15-2 (7), in the seventh round to win the vacant British Welterweight title at London's historic York Hall.
22 year old Brook has been dazzling audiences since turning pro four years ago and last night was no exception as he erased the height advantage of Jones with speed of hand and foot.
Jones had few answers for the quick handed Brook and by the seventh round, the Rhondda man could no longer adequately defend himself, forcing referee Micky Vann to stop the one way traffic in the seventh.
Also on the bill, another cagey boxer was in form as Anthony Small, 19-1 (13), retained his British Southern Area Light Middleweight strap by polishing off opponent George Katsimpas, 6-2 (5), in the eighth.
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