BREAKING: Moses Itauma DESTROYS Dillian Whyte in first round of heavyweight fight
Whyte forced Itauma to wait in the ring for almost six minutes as he delayed his walk too the square circle - much to the annoyance of the young man's trainer Ben Davison. But if Itauma had been irked, he did not show it as he started quickly and finished with aplomb.
On the undercard, Nick Ball retained his featherweight world title after a thrilling clash with Sam Goodman. The Liverpudlian, Britain's only male world champion, dug deep in the latter stages to overcome Goodman who had produced a composed display in his first world title fight.
David Adeleye was beaten by Filip Hrgovic in a heavyweight thriller which saw the Croatian recover from suffering a horrible cut above his right eye. He dropped the Brit in the eighth round but Adeleye bounced back up to almost stop Hrgovic with a stunning response. Ultimately, Hrgovic was given the nod as he continued his comeback from his defeat by Daniel Dubois last summer.
Former featherweight world champion Raymond Ford continued his unbeaten stint at super-featherweight with a points win over Abraham Nova while Saudi's own Mohammed Alakel stopped Yumnam Santosh Singh in the opening round. Finally, Hayato Tsutsumi stopped Qais Ashfa in the third round to remain unbeaten after eight professional fights.
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