Lawrence Okolie has defended his WBO cruiserweight title with a scrappy points victory over Michal Cieslak at the O2 Arena.
The British fighter had been hoping to make a statement on Sunday night ahead of potential unification fights or before a step up to heavyweight.
However, despite flooring his opponent in the fifth round, Okolie did not come close to the stoppage in a contest which was dominated by holding and punches behind the head.
Although Okolie was reckless at times, he still managed to prevail comfortably on the scorecards by margins of 117-110, 116-111 and 115-112 respectively.
Elsewhere on the card, Jordan Gill stole the show with a highlight-reel stoppage of Karim Guerfi, getting off the canvas and spending two rounds absorbing pressure in the corner before knocking out the European champion with a second remaining of the ninth round.
Olympic gold medallist Galal Yafai marked his professional debut with a fifth-round stoppage of Carlos Bautista, while Anthony Fowler bounced back from defeat to Liam Smith last year by posting a points win over Lukasz Maciec. body check tags ::
