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On the undercard, British heavyweight Delicious Orie started his professional career with victory over Milos Veletic.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Orie won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and represented Great Britain in last year’s Olympics in Paris.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, David Adeleye claimed the British heavyweight title with a controversial stoppage of Jeamie Tshikeva.<\/p>\n
Adeleye dropped Tshikeva – known as TKV – twice in the sixth round, with the second resulting in referee Ron Kearney calling off the fight.<\/p>\n
But replays appeared to show Adeleye dropped TKV for the first time moments after Kearney called on the fighters to break after a clinch.<\/p>\n
“The referee said ‘break’ and he got me,” said Tshikeva. “It is what it is. I was boxing well, it was going well.”<\/p>\n
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.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n