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It was a great atmosphere inside the First Direct Arena, Leeds, last night when Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing hosted a mid-week show billed as ‘North Power’ which headlined four title bouts.
Josh Warrington of Leeds retained his Commonwealth (British Empire) Featherweight Title and added the BBBofC British Featherweight Title to his name after defeating Martin Lindsay of Belfast by unanimous points decision (119-110 on all three score cards).
The thrilling scrap between Gavin McDonnell of Doncaster and Josh Wale of Barnsley – saw McDonnell retain his British Super-Bantamweight Title on a split decision – draw.
Stephen Smith of Liverpool won the vacant WBC Silver Super-Featherweight Title when Mauricio Munoz of Argentina retired on his stool at the end of the eighth.
And, Kal Yafai of Birmingham won the vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) Super-Flyweight Title by KO of Yaqub Kareem of Nigeria in the third round.
