Joe Cordina thrilled his hometown fans by violently knocking out Kenichi Ogawa in round two to win the IBF Junior Lightweight title at The Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales.

In Round two, Cordina landed a perfect right to the jaw that splattered Ogawa on the canvas, and the fight was stopped.

Cordina, 129.6 lbs of Cardiff, WAL is now 15-0 with nine knockouts. Ogawa, 129.4 lbs of Tokyo, JAP is now 26-2-1.

Barrett Decisions Kourbanov

Zelfa Barrett won a 12-round unanimous decision over Faroukh Kourbanov in a junior lightweight bout.

Barrett Mancherster, ENG is 28-1. Kourbanov of Dison, BEL is 19-4.

Dalton Smith stops Perouene after six

Dalton Smith remained undefeated by stopping Mauro Peroune after round six of their 10-round super lightweight fight.

In round six, Smith dropped Perouene with a right hand. After round six, the fight was stopped.

Smith, 138.5 lbs of Sheffield, ENG is 11-0 with nine knockouts. Perouene, 139.4 lns of Santa Rosa, ARG is 14-6-1.

Nicolson Decisions Bouvier

Skye Nicolson remained undefeated with an eight-round decision over Gabriela Bouvier in a featherweight fight.

Nicolson, 127.3 lbs of Queensland, Australia won by an 80-72 score is now 4-0. Bouvier, 127.2 lbs of Maldonado, URA is 15-11-1.

Yafai Stops Cairns in 4

Gamal Yafai stopped Sean Cairns in round four of their eight-round super bantamweight fight.

In round four, Yafai dropped Cairns with a hard left hook to the jaw and the bout was stopped at 1:55.

Yafai, 124 lbs of Birmingham, ENG is 19-2 with 11 knockouts. Cairns 124.3 lbs of Liverpool, ENG is 8-3.

Callum French won an eight-round decision over Gadatamen Taylor in a super lightweight contest.

French, 137.25 lbs of Gateshead, ENG won by a 79-73 score and is now 3-0. Taylor, 137.5 lbs of Palma de Mallorco, SPA is 4-10-1.

Kyran Jones remained undefeated with a four-round decision over Vasif Mamedov in a middleweight fight.

In round two, Jones dropped Mamedov with a straight left.

Jones, 163.5 lbs of Hengoad, WAL won by a 40-35 score and is now 4-0. Mamedov., 164.1 lbs of Perm, RUS is 2-18-3.

Joe Morgan remained undefeated with a four-round decision over Rustem Fatkhullin in a super lightweight bout.

Morgan, 143.4 lbs of Aberdare, WAL won by a 40-35 score and is now 4-0. Fatkhullin, 144.2 lbs of UFA, RUS is 8-33.

Ben Crocker remained undefeated with a dour-round decision over Evgeni Vazem in a welterweight fight.

Cocker, 149.5 lbs of Swansea, WAL won by a 40-36 score and is now 4-0. Vazem, 151.6 lbs of Serov, RUS is 9-30

Ester Konecna spoiled the pro debut of Monique Bux by winning a four-round decision in a super middleweight bout.

Konecna, 160.3 lbs of Ostrava, CZE won by a 39-37 score and is now 2-15-1. Bux, 167.1 lbs of Cardiff, WAL is 0-1.

Conor Benn scored an explosive 4th round stoppage over former world champion Chris Algieri in a scheduled 12-round welterweight bout at the Liverpool Arena in Liverpool, England.

In round two, Benn landed a left hook that sent Algieri tumbling into the ropes. In round four, Benn landed a crushing 1-2 with the right hand landing flush on the jaw that saw a motionless Algieri crashing to the canvas, and the fight was immediately called off at 2:58.

Benn, 146.5 lbs of Brentwood, ENG is 20-0 with 13 knockouts. Algieri, 146 lbs of New York is 26-4.

Taylor defends Undisputed Lightweight Title with Decision over Sharipova

Katie Taylor defended the undisputed lightweight title with a 10-round unanimous decision over Firuz Sharipova.

Taylor, 134.6 lbs of Bray, IRE won by scores of 98-92, 97-92 and 96-93 and is now 20-0.. Sharipova, 143.25 lbs of Taraz, KAZ.

Agyarko Stops Larios in 9

Caoimhin Agyarko stopped Noe Larios jr. in round nine of their scheduled 10-round middleweight bout.

In round nine, Agyarko landed a hard left hook that hurt Larios. Agyarko landed a hard combination on the ropes, and the fight was stopped at 2:08.

Agyarko, 159.3 lbs of Belfast, NI is 10-0 woth seven knockouts. Larios, 160 lbs of California 14-1.

In a battle of 13-0 super featherweights, Joe Cordina took a 10-round unanimous decision over Miko Khatchatryan super featherweight bout.

Cordina, 129.9 lbs of Cardiff, WAL won by scores of 100-90 and 98-92 and is now 14-0. Khatchatryan, 129.75 lbs of Liege, BEL is 13-1.

Peter McGrail stopped Engel Gomez at 2:18 in round two of their six-round super bantamweight fight.

McGrail dropped Gomez with a hard 1-2 and the fight was stopped.

McGrail, 123.25 lbs of Liverpool, ENG is 2-0 with one knockout.

Paddy Lacey remained undefeated with a four-round decision over Vasif Mamedov on a super welterweight fight.

Lacey, 157.1 lbs of Chester, ENG won by a 40-36 score and is now 3-0, Mamedov, 160.3 lbs of Perm, RUS is 2-8-2.

Jordan Gill and Alan Isaias Liques Castillo battled to a no-contest after an accidental headbutt caused a bad cut on the forehead of Gill at the end of round three.

Gill, 128.6 lbs of Chatteris, ENG is 26-1-1. Castillo, 127 lbs of Cordoba, ARG is 27-11-1.

Callum French made a successful pro debut with a six-round decision win over Rustem Fatkhullin in a super lightweight contest.

French, 140.4 lbs of Gatheshead, ENG won by a 60-54 score and is 1-0. Fatkhullin, 140.75 lbs of UFA, RUS is 8-17.

Joe McGrail made a successful pro debut with a 2nd round stoppage over Francisco Rodriguez in a super bantamweight clash.

In round two, McGrail dropped Rodriguez with a right hand. The fight was stopped after the 2nd round.

McGrail, 121 1/4 lbs of Liverpool, ENG is 1-0 with one knockout. Rodriguez, 117.7 lbs is 0-4.

Lewis Crocker stopped Artem Haroyan in round seven of their scheduled 10-round welterweight bout at Ulster Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Crocker dropped Haroyan once in round sic and again in round seven, and the bout was stopped at 47 seconds.

Crocker, 146 1/4 lbs of Belfast, NI is 14-0 with eight knockouts. Haroyan, 146 1/4 lbs of Spain is 17-3-1.

Paddy McCrory stopped Celso Neves in round two of a scheduled 10-round super middleweight bout.

In round two, McCrory landed a wicked left hook on the inside that dropped Neves and the fight was over at 35 seconds.

McCrory, 168 lbs of Belfast, IRE who is 13-0 with seven knockouts. Neves, 167.2 lbs of Portugal is 8-2-1/

Sean McComb won a decision over Ronnie Clark in an eight-round super lightweight bout.

McComb, 137 1/2 lbs won by a 79-74 score and is now 13-1. Clark is 21-6-2.

James McGivern remained undefeated with a six-round decision over Rustem Fatkullin in a super lightweight bout.

In round six, McGivern was marked up a little bit around the left eye.

McGivern, 136.1 lbs of Belfast, NI won by a score 60-54 and is 4-0. Fatullin, 143 lbs of Russia is 8-11.

Paul Ryan made quick work of David Esquisabel with an opening round stoppage in a scheduled four-round middleweight bout.

In round one, Ryan landed a combination to the head that dropped Esquisabel. Ryan finished the fight with a hard uppercut to the body that sent Esquisabel down again and the fight was stopped at 47 seconds.

Ryan, 155 lbs of Dublin, IRE is 2-0 with one knockout. Esquisabel, 156.2 lbs of Spain is 4-7.

Daniel Keating remained undefeated with a four-round decision over Jack Dempsey Eubank.

In round one, Keating dropped Eubank with a left hook.

Keating, 152.5 lbs of Cork, IRE won by a 40-35 score and is now 5-0. Dempsey, 152.3 lbs of Ashford, ENG is 4-2.

Despite being dropped twice in the opening round, Cain Lewis and Juan Lewis battled to a draw in a super featherweight fight.

In round one, Yin dropped Lewis with a hard left hand. Moments later it was another left hook that put Lewis on the deck. Lewis was able to win the final three rounds and salvage a draw by 37-37 scores on all cards.

Lewis, 126 1/4 lbs of Ireland is 1-0-1. Yin, 125 1/4 lbs of Madrid, SPA is 4-0-1.