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Aggressive work from Kelly in the first round saw Forest pushed on to his back foot and up against the ropes. The second round was more of the same, with Kelly pushing forward to an inevitable stoppage after 1 minute 3 seconds.

Aggressive work from Kelly in the first round saw Forest pushed on to his back foot and up against the ropes. The second round was more of the same, with Kelly pushing forward to an inevitable stoppage after 1 minute 3 seconds.

An army of supporters turned up for Ian Ritchie as he faced Brian ‘Bionic’ Warwick. Warwick opened the attack aggressively, pushing Ritchie onto his back foot. An impressive right hook from Ritchie in round one seemed to stun Warwick but he recovered quickly and retaliated with a barrage of hooks at the start of the second round. Both fighters seemed to tire in the third round but Ritchie, thriving on the massive support of his home crowd battled on to a victory on points after the third round.

Ross started the contest brightly in round one – controlling the action at long range and catching Freeman on the way in. Freeman worked the body effectively to take round two and leave the fight in the balance going into the final round. McIntosh started the round well but Freeman soon found his range and his higher work rate earned him a points win.

Bout nine saw a match up between two high energy fighters both known for their high work rate and aggression, James ‘The Jab’ Jensen and Martin ‘The Tank’ Green. A confident Green measured up his opponent at the start of the first round as Jensen came out swinging.

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