On the undercard, British heavyweight Delicious Orie started his professional career with victory over Milos Veletic.

Orie, 27, won 40-36 on points in the four-round bout, showing glimpses of his promise at times but proving unable to land a telling blow on his opponent from Bosnia and Herzegovina to secure a knockout.

Orie won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and represented Great Britain in last year’s Olympics in Paris.

Elsewhere, David Adeleye claimed the British heavyweight title with a controversial stoppage of Jeamie Tshikeva.

Adeleye dropped Tshikeva – known as TKV – twice in the sixth round, with the second resulting in referee Ron Kearney calling off the fight.

But replays appeared to show Adeleye dropped TKV for the first time moments after Kearney called on the fighters to break after a clinch.

“The referee said ‘break’ and he got me,” said Tshikeva. “It is what it is. I was boxing well, it was going well.”

Adeleye pointed out something similar happened to him in a defeat by Fabio Wardley in 2023, adding: “You know what they say, swings and roundabouts.”