Sam Eggington well beaten for his titles
Stourbridge's Sam Eggington could have no complaints after losing his British and Commonwealth titles on Saturday night.
The frustrated outgoing champion was deservedly outpointed by his mandatory challenger at the Genting Arena in Birmingham, writes Craig Birch.
The Sky Sports cameras were rolling live as Eggington's belts were ripped away by Bradley Skeete in his second defence of the British title.
Skeete's jab was immaculate and established from the end of the first round, where he and Eggington traded body blows.
Eggington tried to get his own jab going in the second, but he couldn't match Skeete's. He did land the first eye-catching blow in the third, a right hand over the top, as he won the session.
'The Savage' tried to walk him down in the fourth and played into Skeete's hands, the Londoner settling into counter punching mode.
Eggington began to fade from the fifth, with Skeete growing in confidence as he measured right hooks. The champion saw them coming, though, and got his gloves up.
Skeete took the sixth off the jab and continued to tee off in a dominant seventh, Eggington containing him in the eighth as he pegged him back with attacks.
Skeete worked well on the back-foot, as Eggington came forward chasing the fight, and stayed there to see out the 12 rounds.
The cards were called into play at the final bell with all three judges ruling in favour of Skeete and all by, at least, two rounds.
Phil Edwards scored it 117-112, with Marcus McDonnell going for 116-113. Birmingham official Terry O'Connor had it the closest, 115-113.
Four other new champions were crowned elsewhere on the bill, all by stoppage and some in emphatic and brutal fashion.
Kal Yafai wiped out Dixon Flores in a round to claim the WBA Inter-Continental super flyweight title, while Marcus Ffrench took just 55 seconds to halt Michael Rooney.
The latter Battle of Birmingham for the Midlands lightweight crown ended with a booming right hand over the top.
Brummie Karl Wiggins lost the Midlands welterweight belt, though, after he was knocked down for a second time in the fifth.
Derby's Ryan Fields proved too strong, with Wiggins waved off after failing to raise his gloves. There was just three seconds of the round left.
Gamal Yafai ripped the Commonwealth super bantamweight strap from Bobby Jenkinson after the champion's corner threw the towel in.
A stiff right decked Jenkinson near the end of the sixth, with the bell saving him. He was already heading down when a left hook to the body connected in the seventh. The towel followed.
A further seven bouts completed a stacked line-up with two-time Prizefighter finalist Cello Renda among the victors.
Renda, the most experienced fighter on display, defeated Mike Byles by 60-54 points landslide in a six-round super middleweight affair. Byles was stepping in for Essington's Ben Wilkes.
Jordan Cooke took out Lee Connelly with just 26 seconds of their four-round lightweight clash left. Connelly will now not box Bloxwich's Luke Paddock at Walsall Town Hall on March 19.
Light heavyweight Jake Ball scored a second-round stoppage over Norbert Szekeres, as did Zach Parker over Jamie Ambler in the same division.
Luke Keeler dropped just a share of a round in seeing off the tough Adam Jones 60-55 at middleweight over six.
Ryan Kelly outpointed Lewis van Poetsch by 40-36 points shut out at middleweight, while super feather Charlie Williams opened the show with a 39-37 verdict over Harvey Hemsley.