Paul Holt follows in his father's footsteps

The 25-year-old needed just over half the scheduled rounds to end the fight prematurely with dad Mark looking on, writes James Eley.

Mark Holt won an area title outright at feather between 1989 and 1990, with son Paul born in November of the latter year.

Fielding, himself attempting to become the first-ever Tamworth-born area champion, was put on the canvas before referee Shaun Messer decided to call it off in the sixth.

Nuneaton-based Brummie Holt gave Fielding a taster of what was to come in the first round with a solid left hook to the body, which left his opponent covering up.

Fielding had the reach advantage, but he didn't use it as he failed to throw any meaningful jabs which allowed Holt to come forward and get at him.

With three rounds down, Holt was putting in the smarter work and he caught Fielding with a powerful overhead left.

Fielding's replies were clumsy swinging hooks, which regularly missed their target. Holt enjoyed a massive fifth, which was to be the beginning of the end.

He came inside with stinging shots to the body, before switching his punches upstairs to land flush with combinations.

In the sixth, a right hook to the body from Holt was followed by one to the head, which rocked his opponent to his boots.

Southpaw Holt then pounced with a flurry of punches in the corner to send a hurt Fielding crashing to the floor.

'Flash' recovered and got back to his feet, but more punishment from Holt opened up Fielding's nose which was pouring with blood.

'The Incredible' went for the kill and, moments later, under a flurry of uppercuts and power punches, Fielding was sent down again for the final time.

Man in the middle Messer, from Dudley, subsequently stopped the contest with Fielding on the floor and unable to defend himself.

Super featherweight Manny Zaber, from Old Hill, got the better of veteran Kristian Laight with a 40-36 points decision.

'Pac Man' struggled to break down Laight, the most experienced professional in the country who was competing in his 249th paid fight.

'Mr Reliable' slipped well and reduced Zaber to mostly scuffing punches, but Laight didn't throw enough back to have a say in a one-sided contest for Zaber.

Similarly, Wolverhampton's Joshua Burke failed to breakthrough Rolandos Cesna's solid defence, as he laboured to the same points verdict over the Lithuanian.

Most of the 30-year-old cruiserweight's shots were blocked, but Burke received little back as he did just enough to get the win.

West Bromwich's Tommy Loach got off to the perfect start to his career, if not the perfect performance, with a debut win.

The welterweight turned over in front of a raucous crowd in the opening bout of the night. He defeated Ali Wyatt 39-37 on points, but will be hoping to improve on his head movement.

Birmingham's Luke Heron cruised to a fourth successive win of his promising career with the performance of the night.

The 23-year-old middleweight was too fast for Mark Till, as he landed silky three-punch combinations to the head and body.

Heron was equally competent in defence as he ducked and dodged and span off the ropes to counter and punish his opponent. He won by points landslide, 40-36.

Chad Sugden also impressed as he recorded the first stoppage victory of his career when he brushed aside Kieron Gray by third round TKO in a super middleweight contest set for six.

The man from Newark in the East Midlands, known as '2 Slick,' launched a vicious attack to the body round which put Gray on his knee on the canvas.

The Telford pugilist failed to return to his feet and was counted out, which gave the 22-year-old his fourth professional win.