Sean McComb produced an impressive boxing display to defend his WBO European title in Birmingham on Saturday night.
The Belfast super-lightweight earned an unanimous points win over Kaisee Benjamin at the Resorts World Arena.
All three judges scored the bout differently, 97-94, 97-93 and 96-95, but crucially all were in favour of the 'Public Nuisance'.
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McComb said: "It is a new platform for me at Sky Sports and I just took the opportunity with both hands.
"I have to give a massive thanks to my support who flew in from Belfast, and the hospitality has been fantastic.
"Hopefully there are more nights with Sky Sports ahead for me."
Both men found some success during a competitive opening round, McComb using his jab to good effect.
The Belfast southpaw started to find his rhythm in the second, landing some combinations that earned the praise of coach Pete Taylor in the corner.
McComb used his range in the third, sending out some stinging jabs to keep Benjamin at distance. The Birmingham fighter was struggling to close the ground and make his mark on the fight.
Things started to heat up in the fourth as Benjamin started to press forward, landing a couple of decent right hands.
The contrasting styles were contributing to an entertaining fight, but it was McComb who looked comfortable as we reached the halfway stage, landing some clean shots on the inside as Benjamin tried to exert some pressure.
The action started to heat up as Benjamin pressed on the gas, the challenger landing some good shots up close in the seventh which forced McComb temporarily onto the back foot.
The eighth unfolded into a stand-off as Benjamin pushed forward, aware that he was behind on the cards, landing some piercing body shots that appeared to trouble McComb.
The Belfast man hit back with some combinations of his own in arguably the best round of the fight so far.
It was phone box action in the ninth as McComb abandoned his stand-off style to trade with Benjamin on the inside, both men landing solid body shots up close.
Benjamin laid it on McComb in the 10th and final round and appeared to rock the Belfast man with a right, but McComb finished strongly as the final bell sounded the end of an entertaining fight.
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