Callum Smith won the WBA Super Middleweight title as well as the World Boxing Super Series titles with a 7th round stoppage over George Groves in Saudi Arabia.
Smith buckled Groves with a hard right in round three. Smith had some swelling under his right eye in round four.
In round seven, Smith landed a wicked left hook that hurt Groves, who then retreated into the corner. Smith was all over Groves with lefts and rights and put Groves down with a body shot for the ten count at 2:04.
Smith of Liverpool, England is now 25-0 with 18 knockouts. Groves of London is 28-4.
Former world title challenger Chris Eubank, Jr stopped JJ McDonagh after round three of their scheduled ten-round super middleweight bout
In round one, Eubank dropped McDonagh with a left hook to the head. Eubank continued to dominate the bout, and McDonagh did not answer the bell to start round four from what looked like a shoulder injury.
Eubank, 167.9 lbs of Brighton, UK is 27-2 with 21 knockouts. McDonagh, 165.1 lbs of Ireland is 16-5.
Darren Surtees stopped Kane Baker in rouns two of their eight-round super lightweight bout.
Surtees scored two knockdowns, and the fight was stoped.
Surtees, 141.3 lbs of Durham, UK is 9-0 with six knockouts. Baker, 143 lbs of Birmingham, UK is 8-5.
Zuhayr Al Qatani remained undefeated with a four-round unanimous decision over Mohammad Mahmoud in a super lightweight bout.
Al Qatani, 139.6 lbs of Saudi Arabia won all cards 39-37. Mahmoud, 141.5 lbs of Plymouth, UK is 0-6.
Mikael Lawal stopped Tommas Kozma in round three of a scheduled eight-round cruiserweight bout.
Lawal dropped Kozma with a right to the top of the head, and the bout was stopped at 2:19.
Lawal, 198.4 lbs of London is 8-0 with six knockouts. Kozma, 188.7 lbs of Hungary is 6-7-3.
Kem Ljungquist stopped Murad Omar after round two of their scheduled eight-round heavyweight bout.
Ljungquist hurt Omar badly in round three, and the bout was stopped.
Ljungquist, 229 lbs of Denmark is 5-0 with three knockouts. Omar, 256.6 lbs of Cairo, EGY is 4-2.
