The first of many title tests for Ricky Summers

Summers outpointed gatekeeper Carl Wild for the eight-round British Classic Challenge light heavyweight strap on Friday's fight night, writes Craig Birch.

The unbeaten 28-year-old moved to 11-0-0 as a professional and claimed a second belt, following on from the now-defunct International Masters crown.

A crack at Midlands honours, which hasn't happened at the weight since 2008, has been ruled out due to a lack of opponents.

So a step up to national level is on the agenda, although Summers is not throwing names out there when thinking of the champions he's targeting.

He's sparred with new British titlist Hosea Burton, while Bob Ajisafe is still on possession of the Commonwealth crown.

The winner of the English title fight between Jack Morris and Tom Baker on March 25 could also come into his sights.

It comes after taking the scalp of a man who has extended Burton and Ajisafe the distance, in the main event of promoter Paul 'PJ' Rowson's five-fight bill.

It was a gut-check, too, with Wild giving away the first two rounds before coming after Summers. They traded stiff right hands in the third, Wild to the head before Summers replied to the body.

Wild threw the kitchen sink at him in the fourth, forcing Summers to box and fight in equal measure. Fending him off with the forearm got him ticked off in the fifth.

Wild took a knee in the midst of a short body shot in the sixth, protesting he was shoved down. Referee for the night Shaun Messer, from Dudley, started the count, though.

Messer levelled it up after taking a point off Summers in the seventh, so he closed out the fight as it went to the cards. The man in the middle scored it 78-75.

Stable-mates Josh Miller and Les Byfield, from the pro section at Priory Park Boxing Club, improved their records with over-the-distance victories. All undercard bouts were four-rounders.

Dudley's Miller opened the show with a busy performance against scrapper Mark Till, who was swelled above the right eye from a right hook in the first.

'The Jackal' kept their super middleweight affair which opened the show at a fast pace, despite Till's efforts to hold and tie him up. Mr Messer had it 40-36.

Netherton's Byfield was spoiled by Qasim Hussain, who moves to being stopped just once in 55 bouts. He was great on the back-foot, though, at lightweight over four.

A reluctance to go forward against the durable Hussain didn't end up costing 'the Minefield,' who barely had to get out of first gear. Mr Messer had it 40-37, Hussain given a share of a round.

The word continues to be out on boxing's first professional poet Matt Windle as he featured with a 39-37 success over Patrik Bartos.

Goodness only knows where the Czech visitor's round came from during their flyweight clash, perhaps for the last round as Bartos fought to the finish.

'Matt Man' - the Brummie puncher with prose - sent Bartos back-pedalling into the ropes from a right hand in the third. He ducked down and swayed from danger and, eventually, escaped.

Lichfield's Brad Foster completed the line-up by reeling off a flawless 40-36 win over Gary Reeve, who was swollen by the right eye for the last two rounds, at flyweight.