Nottingham's former IBO super-flyweight champion Jason Booth made a successful first defence of his British super-bantamweight crown with a landslide points verdict over Thetford's Rocky Dean.
The 31-year-old East Midlander, who also won British and Commonwealth title honours at flyweight, dominated throughout, despite being sliced open in the opening three minutes, and won 119-109 for both Ian John-Lewis and Mark Green, and a even more comprehensive 120-108 shut-out for Dave Parris.
The reigning Commonwealth bantamweight boss, who stepped up a weight and won this title on less than two weeks notice against undefeated Mark Moran in April, got stuck in traffic on his way to the York Hall and didn't arrive until 30 minutes before he was set to fight. It didn't affect his performance one bit.
Slick movement and trademark tremendous workrate bothered crowdpleasing Rocky, 31 and a former Southern Area featherweight champion, who couldn't find a foothold during the 36 minutes of entertaining action. He never stopped trying to find the punches to swing matter in his favour but he was in with a vintage Booth.
And the champion, now 33-5 (13) and looking at a shot at the European title - if his friend and champion, Leicester's Rendall Munroe, moves on to a world title fight - told Sky Sports after the 12-rounder: "I couldn't - and i cracked him with some hard punches - break him down.
"I thought 'I'm not going to win the fight inside, I've just got to keep moving all night'. I didn't throw every power shot but he had a good game plan. He's a tough kid and anyone who fights him knows that they've been in with him."
Dean, who dropped to 14-11-2 (4) and has now lost back-to-back British super-bantamweight title fights, was gracious in defeat: "He was too good for me, too good in every department."
The 31-year-old East Midlander, who also won British and Commonwealth title honours at flyweight, dominated throughout, despite being sliced open in the opening three minutes, and won 119-109 for both Ian John-Lewis and Mark Green, and a even more comprehensive 120-108 shut-out for Dave Parris.
The reigning Commonwealth bantamweight boss, who stepped up a weight and won this title on less than two weeks notice against undefeated Mark Moran in April, got stuck in traffic on his way to the York Hall and didn't arrive until 30 minutes before he was set to fight. It didn't affect his performance one bit.
Slick movement and trademark tremendous workrate bothered crowdpleasing Rocky, 31 and a former Southern Area featherweight champion, who couldn't find a foothold during the 36 minutes of entertaining action. He never stopped trying to find the punches to swing matter in his favour but he was in with a vintage Booth.
And the champion, now 33-5 (13) and looking at a shot at the European title - if his friend and champion, Leicester's Rendall Munroe, moves on to a world title fight - told Sky Sports after the 12-rounder: "I couldn't - and i cracked him with some hard punches - break him down.
"I thought 'I'm not going to win the fight inside, I've just got to keep moving all night'. I didn't throw every power shot but he had a good game plan. He's a tough kid and anyone who fights him knows that they've been in with him."
Dean, who dropped to 14-11-2 (4) and has now lost back-to-back British super-bantamweight title fights, was gracious in defeat: "He was too good for me, too good in every department."
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