Night of shame for Stephen Ormond at Civic

Ormond lost his undefeated status and the WBO European lightweight title to the British champion, after being disqualified in the 10th round for headbutts.

He could have no complaints after already being docked a point in the ninth for the same offence, with another warning before Polish referee Pawel Kardyni called time, writes Craig Birch.

He was miles behind on the cards after 'Turbo' Terry set a pace he could seldom match, busying himself on his toes as he picked combinations to the head and body.

The shorter man, Ormond could only get in close and try to turn the fight into a brawl, but he led too often with his head when he worked on the inside.

That proved his downfall with 70 seconds left of the tenth, with Flanagan now a contender to the WBO world crown due to the bout's eliminator status.

The evening's chief support fight saw Tommy Langford's take half of the scheduled 10 rounds to take out dangerous rival Wayne Reed.

Langford, a Devon-born middleweight based in Birmingham, battered the strong Sheffield southpaw into submission with body shots.

Reed was forced to seek respite on the canvas in the fourth and was gasping for air come the following round after more punishment, forcing referee Robert Chalmers' intervention.

Tipton's Ricky Summers and Dudley's Ryan Aston both featured on the under-card and got valuable ring rounds under their belts, recording over-the-distance victories.

Summers was a shut out points winner at light heavyweight as he finally got his hands on Mitch Mitchell, their inevitable showdown coming after three aborted meetings.

The Black Country stylist did fade in the second half of the fight, after preparations were affected by son Vinny being in hospital on fight week with an infection.

But the contest was as good as over by then, with 'Digger' trying his best to smash through him. Right hooks found the ribs in the first and then rocked his head back during the next session.

He romped to a 60-54 call for an eighth straight professional victory with Chalmers, with trickles of blood from his forehead through a clash of heads.

Aston was left covered in claret after the very last bout of the night, taking on Simone Lucas at light middleweight after the BoxNation cameras stopped rolling.

'Tank' picked up two cuts by the right eye from head clashes, forcing him to retreat and relinquish the session. He regrouped in the corner and came back out fighting.

He got all of his might behind a beauty of a southpaw left that dug into the bread basket of Lucas, who somehow shrugged the shot off.

The match went to the cards again with referee Shaun Messer scoring it 39-37, taking into account a round's worth of Lucas' efforts. Aston has now reeled off four straight victories.

The rest of the bill witnessed the return of Jamie Cox, who looked fantastic after taking less than a round to hammer Alistair Warren in a super middleweight affair.

Warren had already been down twice and didn't see the end of the first, Chalmers saving him from further punishment with 30 seconds to spare.

Welshman Craig Evans went the distance in the night's other eight-rounder, dropping just a share of a session against Pole Jacek Wylezol at lightweight.

Redditch's Andrew Robinson, formerly an amateur at Lions Boxing Club in Dudley, bounced back from his points loss to Frank Buglioni over six.

Tough teenager Christian Hoskin-Gomez proved game and durable, though, as he took 'D'Animal' the full duration despite losing every round on Messer's card.

Joe Costello proved a lightweight menace as he disposed of Sandor Hovarth in one minute and 39 seconds, the intimidated Hungarian dropped twice as he ran for cover.

Fellow Brummie and top amateur Raza Hamza punched for pay for the first time at super featherweight, with Jack Heath folding after 63 seconds having been decked twice.

Welsh bantamweight Jay Harris scored a third round stoppage of Stefan Slavchev, the Bulgarian finally giving way from a second knockdown after visiting the canvas in the first.

Simon Barclay completed the card, the Corby cruiserweight easing to a landslide four-round points victory against Paul Morris.