Salford's Jamie Moore suffered a shock third-round stoppage at the hands of
Ossie Duran at the King's Hall in Belfast on Saturday.
Moore had the Commonwealth light-middleweight title ripped from his grasp by
hard-hitting Duran, who uncorked a sweeping right hand which had Moore out on
his feet.
Referee Richie Davies immediately stepped in at one minute six seconds as
Duran drove forward and attempted to tag Moore with another right hand as he
sagged against the ropes.
Duran's upset victory leaves Moore's future European and world title ambitions
in tatters.
There was no hint of such a shock in an opening quiet round, though in the
second Moore found himself being caught by Duran's clubbing blows and seemed to
suffer a twisted ankle as he stumbled over midway through the round.
Duran entered the ring as the Commonwealth welterweight champion but is now
expected to campaign at light-middleweight.
It later transpired that Moore had suffered a freak hip injury which curtailed
his movement, leaving him open to Duran's assault's.
Afterwards Duran said: "I want Takaloo now or one of the really big names
like Vernon Forrest or Shane Mosley."
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