On the same night, former super middleweight champion Callum Smith (28-1, 20 KOs) made a successful debut at light heavyweight. The 31-year-old Briton knocked out Lenin Castillo (21-4-1, 16 KOs) very hard in the second round. Castillo was on the floor in a deep knockout, his legs were shaking terribly and he was out for several minutes. Castillo was carried out on a stretcher. Candidate for one of the best knockouts of the year.
Lightweight Campbell Hatton (4-0, 0 KOs), son of Ricky Hatton, won a very controversial decision against Sonny Martinez (2-5). British referee Marcus McDonnell somehow counted it 58-57 in Hatton's favor.
"Albanian King" Florian Marku (9-0-1, 6 KOs) ousted IBF welterweight champion Maxim Prodan (19-1-1, 15 KOs) by split decision of the judges after ten rounds. Judges' scorecards: 97-93, 96-94 to Marku and 99-91 to Prodan. The latter score is most likely an error. Marku confidently won this fight.
Undefeated middleweight Christopher Owsley (13-0, 9 KOs) defeated Khasan Baysangurov (21-2, 11 KOs) by majority decision in a bout for the WBA intercontinental world title. The score of the judges' notes: 95-95, 97-94, 97-94.
In the first bout of the evening, Daniel Lapin (5-0) defeated Pavel Martynyuk (4-8, 4 KOs) on points in six rounds.