Colin Lynes produced a truly dominant display to claim the British welterweight title with a majority decision victory over Lee Purdy.
The champion was picked off at will in the opening rounds and although he showed fleeting glimpses of promise thereafter, he lost his belt in convincing fashion at York Hall in Bethnal Green.
Purdy was knocked down in the 10th round as Lynes, who becomes the oldest British champion in the history of the weight class, blended a number of impressive power shots into a technically brilliant display.
At the end of 12 spectacular rounds, Lynes was handed the fight 119-110 and 117-112 on two judges' scorecards, with Ian John-Lewis illogically scoring the fight a draw at 114-114.
"A lot of people wrote me off and I don't blame them, I'm 33 years old - 34 at the end of this month," Lynes (36-9) told Sky Sports after the fight.
"Lee is an up and coming (fighter) but I'm always ready, always up for the challenge.
He added: "Lee will come again. I said to him straight away, 'Lee - I did it, you've done it before, you'll come again'. He's a real credit to the game and he took it so well."
Aggression
The two fighters started aggressively, with Lynes winning the opening round as he fended off the pressure of Purdy with an accurate jab.
Lynes continued to land the crisper blows in rounds two and three, picking off his opponent with some impressive combinations towards the end of the latter frame.
Purdy did not have any joy in the fourth round, either, with Lynes' superior movement sending him further ahead on the scorecards, although the fifth round was more encouraging for the champion.
Purdy continued his improvement in the sixth and seventh rounds as he started to connect with hooks to the body and head, although he was by no means a definite winner as Lynes continued to land clean shots.
And predictions that the challenger would pay for his early exertions seemed to be way off the mark as the Hornchurch fighter planted his feet and let the power shots fly.
At the start of the 10th it was clear that Purdy needed a knockout, but in reality it was he who was sent down to the canvas due to an accumulation of blows.
He was able to continue and landed some heavy shots on an over-confident Lynes late on, but still suffered a comprehensive defeat.
On the undercard, Prizefighter winner Mike Perez improved to 17-0 with an eight-round points victory over Zack Page in their heavyweight clash.
Source: http://www1.skysports.com/news/12040/7301072/
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