By Miguel Assuncao
SSE Arena,Wembley - Andrew Selby (6-0-0, 4KOs) continues his rapid rise through the professional ranks with a seventh round technical stoppage over Jake Bornea (11-1-0, 5KOs).
The former amateur star’s speed and movement allowed him to land on his Filipino opponent at will - with the referee putting a stop to the punishment 2 minutes 54 seconds into round seven.
In what occasionally felt like a glorified sparring session, Selby used his low guard to bait his opponent and landed a thundering right over the top in round three.
The Barry flyweight seemed intent on putting on a boxing masterclass and had Bornea in trouble again with a four punch combination at the end of round five.
Selby stepped up his intent in the seventh landing a number of flush body shots, and with the Filipino in damage limitation-mode, the referee decided to bring proceedings to a halt.
Selby's win brings with it a top 15 ranking with the IBF.
Surrey heavyweight Nick Webb (8-0-0, 7KOs) extends his stoppage record as Ivica Perkovic (22-32-0, 17KOs) retires after the second round.
At 6ft 5, Webb used his superior reach to pump jabs into the Croatian challengers chest before looking for a overhand right upstairs.
The Chertsey man sent his opponent to the canvas with just that shot in the second before following up with a barrage of unanswered shots on the ropes.
Perkovic - who was knocked out in two rounds by David Price in October - was allowed to continue by the referee but pulled out seconds later citing a hand injury in the corner.
Reading's Tamuka Mucha (15-0-0, 4KOs) puts himself in contention for a British welterweight title shot with an entertaining majority decision over Belfast's Paddy Gallagher (10-2-0, 6KOs). Mucha edged the scorecards 97-94, 97-94, 95-95.
The man from Northern Ireland had started positively, pressing forward to work on the inside and was rewarded when he staggered Mucha in the third with a piercing right uppercut.
Zimbabwe-born Mucha recovered quickly and looked to create angles to work the body to slow his opponent's march forward and had success with two stiff left hands to the body in the fourth.
Gallagher - whose two losses came courtesy of a Prizefighter tournament - found himself in trouble in round seven as Mucha unleashed a barrage of punches that pushed Gallagher onto the ropes as the Reading man's superior quality started to show.
Mucha was temporarily stunned by a short left hand in the ninth but again responded with crisp work of his own to the delight of coach Chris Sanigar at ringside.
Gallagher came out looking for the stoppage in the last round, but Mucha used his sharp footwork to stay out of trouble and claim the biggest win of his career on the cards.
Germany's Ronny Mittag (28-2-1, 14KOs) beats Conrad Cummings (10-0-1, 4KOs) by split decision to claim the IBF inter-continental middleweight title. The visitor edged the score cards 96-94, 94-96, 96-94.
'Dynamite' Cummings, 25, started positively behind a high guard, feinting his way inside the visitors' jab and landed two pinpoint overhand right counters in the opening round.
Cummings' early success made Mittag tentative with his right hand at mid range, with the German instead having success with wide hooks at the end of exchanges on the inside.
The Coalisland man powered forward looking to land more telling shots in the mid rounds but was stopped in his tracks by a short left hook in the seventh before being caught by a sharp straight to left hook combination later in the round
Undeterred, Cummings continued to force the pace, pushing his experience opponent back in the eighth with a series of sharp one-twos but was guilty of taking punishment on his way out of range, notably with a looping left hand in the ninth.
With Mittag's right eye heavily swollen, Cummings upped his work rate in the final rounds was unable to convince the judges he had done enough and lost out on the scorecards to muted surprise at ringside.
The undercard action is underway at the SSE Arena, Wembley.
Peckham's Johnny Garton (18-1-1, 6KOs) ticks over with a six round points win over late stand-in Geiboord Omier (3-10-1, 2KOs). The referee scored the contest 59-55.
‘The Pexican’, 29, was cut heavily under his left eye early in the second round but responded well, staggering his Barcelona-based opponent with a meaty straight right before a crisp left hand downstairs had Omier backtracking in the third.
With Omier visibly struggling with the home fighters workrate, Garton pressed in search of the stoppage in the fourth, landing a number of right hands while occasionally smothering his own work.
Nicaragua-born Omier had temporary success in the fifth but was unable to stop the current English welterweight champion? winning comfortably on points.
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