Campbell Hatton kept the train rolling as he added yet another win to his record.
The 22-year-old was in action on Saturday night in what will more than likely be his final fight of the calendar year.
Hatton boxed Jamie Sampson over eight rounds at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, exclusively live on DAZN’s Before The Bell.
And the son of former world champion Ricky Hatton moved to 14-0 with five quick finishes after Sampson was deducted two points for excessive holding.
The referee, after taking a point in round five and another in round six from Sampson, adjudged the fight in Hatton’s favour by a margin of 80 points to 70.
Or so it looked, until the referee Mark Lyson disqualified Sampson at one minute and seven seconds of the final round.
Paddy Lacey moved into double figures with the best win of his career to date.
The former footballer, who is a serial ticket seller whenever he fights, boxed for the second time in less than a month.
Lacey was in against Owen Kirk and he didn’t fail to deliver in front of a plethora of his adoring faithful.
‘Power’ returned from a five-month hiatus just four weeks ago as he won a points decision against Fernando Valencia at Grand Central Hall in his home city.
And after warming up over six, the 30-year-old stepped up to the eight-round distance against Owen Kirk, as part of the supporting cast to Jack Catterall’s clash against Jorge Linares for the former’s WBA Inter-Continental super-lightweight title, and took just 100 seconds before getting back to the changing rooms.
A dominant start culminated in Lacey backing Kirk up in his own corner and unleashing a vicious left hand to the body, leaving the Lancashire middleweight on the canvas as he failed to beat the count from referee Steve Gray.
Meanwhile, Muhammad Ali went the six-round distance for the first time in his career as he added to his burgeoning ledger.
The Leicester man, who turned 19 on Friday and is trained by Dave Coldwell, made his debut earlier this year and stepped up against a previously-undefeated foe in the shape of Giulio Commerso.
Ali has boxed four times since making his bow in the paid code back in March and, while his promoter Eddie Hearn is keen for him to sit the rest of the year out, has already made appearances in Newcastle, London and Birmingham before showing his maturity on Merseyside.
And William Crolla kicked the show off with a blistering performance in his second paid outing.
The younger brother of former WBA lightweight world champion Anthony Crolla turned over back in May and made his debut in his home city of Manchester.
But after winning on points on the undercard of the rematch between Leigh Wood and Mauricio Lara, at the AO Arena, Crolla was back with a bang as he dispatched of Martin Shaw in just 56 seconds.
The referee Steve Gray had seen enough after Shaw was pinned against the ropes, being teed off on, and saved the visitor from further punishment.
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