Harrison takes belt in one-round KO

Hometown light welterweight Dean Harrison smashed his way to the Midlands title with a one-round knockout of champion Ben Lawler at Wolverhampton Civic Hall.

It took just two minutes and 13 seconds of the fight for 'Deano' to put away the reigning title holder making his first defence, with a peach of a hook to the head that dropped his opponent.

The challenger had already traded with the champion before moving in as Lawler tried to faint his way out of the ropes, only to leave his hands down long enough for Harrison to pick his shot.

'The Brawler' beat the referee's count at eight but, as the man in the middle told him to walk forward, his legs had gone to the point where waving off the fight was the only option.

It was a fitting crescendo to the Sunday afternoon show, the city's first ever online pay-per-view broadcast on Ricky Hatton's promotional company website.

In the other title fight on the bill, a Black Country derby was to decide the fate of the vacant British Masters welterweight title as Tipton's Rob Doody took on Brierley Hill's Martin Gordon.

This bout ticked all the boxes – just six miles separating the two, a rematch with the first bout a draw, and a belt up-for-grabs that meant everything to the fighters.

There had to be a winner this time as the referee went to his scorecard after 10 gruelling rounds – and it was Doody who had his hand raised by Shaun Messer at the final bell.

It fulfilled a fairytale start to life in the professional ranks for the 28-year-old, who doesn't celebrate a year as a paid fighter until next month, winning a belt in just his fifth professional fight.

In the first fight Doody built up a points lead and faded in the second half of the fight, allowing Gordon to work his way back in and eventually draw level.

There were worries about the relative novice's engine coming into the fight but there need not have been, as the Tipton stylist went the distance and kept up the pace.

But, credit to Gordon, he never gave up – but in only drawing two rounds and winning another two there was only one winner.

Elsewhere on the show, the fighting trio from Coseley led the way headed by light middleweight Jamie Ball, who took on the higher-ranked Cumbrian Martyn King over six rounds.

A scrappy affair saw 'the Black Country Bully' cut but his heart came through as the worse Ball did was draw a session, and was a comfortable winner at the death.

Light welter Richard Ghent kept the bar high and again took every round against wily Birmingham veteran Sid Razak, with nice hit and move two-punch bursts that scored the all important points.

Debutant welter Lance Guest overpowered Londoner Bheki Moyo in his professional debut, and took a landslide points decision a fight that had stoppage written all over it.

Essington middleweight Ben Wilkes stepped it up in the later rounds to win a bruising battle with Ryan Clark, who came to fight but found a willing opponent in the up-and-coming youngster.

Birmingham's boxing duo also experienced success, as Aston lightweight Chris Truman saw off the experienced Johnny Greaves and second city fighter Nasser Al Harbi beat Poland's Arek Malek.

The show opened with Coventry's Llewellyn Davies scoring his first stoppage in his third outing as a pro over Birmingham's Hamed Jamali, who retired at the end of the fourth and final round.