Rob Hunt set for Ben Lawler rematch

Stafford light welterweight Rob Hunt shone in beating Ben Lawler in the main event at Wolverhampton Civic Hall – but it's not the last we have heard of it.

Hunt and Lawler went toe-to-toe in the top liner yesterday afternoon, which ended with the home fighter given every round, after the tide turned with an impressive knockdown in the fifth round.

But Lawler, the former Midlands champion, might get an almost instance chance of revenge, at the Moat House in Stoke-on-Trent on November 11.

That's when Paul Dykes, Hunt's manager, is putting his unbeaten fighter in for his first crown, which looks set to be for the International Masters belt.

It's a title fight that was originally supposed to happen in May at the Doncaster Dome, only for the promoters to pull the plug.

Six rounds of what the two can do yesterday turned on a killer blow from Hunt in the fifth, the first time since his debut he had scored a knockdown and not been down himself in the same fight.

It was a corker as well – a crunching left hook to the body that left Lawler rolling around to the ring, finishing up in a crumpled heap in the centre of the canvas.

Just when you thought it was over – Lawler shot up to his feet to beat the count and took it to Hunt in the last two rounds.

Too little, too little – but it was a slight sight closer than referee Shaun Messer's 60-54 points call after six rounds.

At the top of the undercard, Stourbridge's Kevin McCauley may have punched himself into contention for the British Masters welterweight title.

McCauley, after both fighters had their opponents switched at last notice, saw an opportunity in the non-title four rounder against champion Sean McKervey.

McKervey threw twice amount the shots but McCauley hit the cleaner blows, leaving referee Robert Chalmers in two minds after the final bell.

The man in the middle scored it a 38-38 draw.

The opening fight even saw Aston lightweight Chris Truman put an opponent to the floor for the first time in his five-fight career.

His opponent Kristian Laight may be a journeyman – but he has rarely ever finished up on his backside in his 93 outings. That was until a right hand over the top put him to the canvas in the second round.

Laight had a good go, to be fair, but the points loss of 39-37 – a round down – flattered him somewhat.

In the rest of the action, Walsall's Bobby Wood outpointed Gavin Brook by two rounds in a 59-57 decision after six, two minute rounds at super middleweight.

Wood faced Gavin in his professional debut in April 2008 at the Civic, but the Black Country boxer's scheduled opponent was supposed to be his younger brother, Nathan.

Nathan was ringside but barely able to stand with an ankle injury so the elder Brook stepped in, only to fall to his second defeat to Wood.

In the other fight of the night, Dudley's Jason Welborn looked strong as he jumped up from welterweight to middleweight to face journeyman Chris Brophy.

Welborn can punch and took every round in the process, leaving Brophy sliced open under the right eye.

By Craig Birch