Luke Campbell v Jairo Lopez: Easy win for Campbell

The former Olympic gold medallist was a class above Lopez, who was rescued by the referee after being floored heavily in the second, as Campbell successfully defended his WBC silver lightweight title.

From the opening bell, Campbell could barely miss with his straight left hand, and the Mexican slumped to his knees after taking a succession of flush punches.

Lopez clambered to his feet and into another stream of left hands from the Hull man, who was hunting an early stoppage, but his badly hurt opponent somehow managed to last the round.

This clinical attack from Campbell resumed in the second and he would end the fight with a classy uppercut that sent Lopez crashing back to the canvas.

Lopez rose to his feet again, but the referee had seen enough and signalled an impressive early win for Campbell.

Campbell linked up with new trainer Jorge Rubio after defeat to Yvan Mendy and expressed his desire to avenge that 2015 points loss to the Frenchman.

"Mendy has done the worst thing possible in beating me," Campbell told Sky Sports. "He had me on the worst night possible and it is never going to happen again.

"In a way I have to thank him for that night, because he made me make some big changes in my career.

"But I'm going to make him suffer. I want that fight badly."

Tommy Coyle kept alive his hopes of another British title shot with an explosive third round knockout victory over Rakeem Noble.

The Hull man unloaded a big right hand to stop Nurse and make a winning return following his points defeat to British super-lightweight champion Tyrone Nurse last July.

Noble was drafted in as a replacement opponent, following the withdrawal of Kofi Yates, and made a confident start in the first round, stabbing out a busy jab, although Coyle gave a glimpse of his threat when he landed his potent right hand.

Coyle nearly ended the fight in the next as a left hook sent shockwaves through Noble's legs and the Londoner was spared by the bell, with the hometown man poised to pounce on his injured foe.

There would be no reprieve in the third round for Noble, who was dumped heavily on the canvas by Coyle's short right hand, and the referee waved it off when he rose on unsteady legs.

David Allen needed just 31 seconds to gain a stoppage victory over Lukasz Rusiewicz as the heavyweight prospect put his career back on track.

The Doncaster man suffered brave defeats to Dillian Whyte and Luis Ortiz last year, but returned to the ring with a confidence-boosting first-round stoppage win over his Polish opponent at Hull Ice Arena.

Only a few seconds after the first bell, Allen unloaded a short overhand right hand that unravelled the defences of Rusiewicz, who was left on unsteady legs.

As Rusiewicz stumbled backwards, 'The White Rhino' charged forward and unloaded two more right hands, which left his dazed opponent sagging over the ropes, and a big left hook forced the referee to call a halt.

Allen was delighted with his swift victory over Rusiewicz, who had previously gone the distance with the big-hitting duo of Ola Afolabi and Herbie Hide.

"He's not the greatest fighter in the world, but he's very tough," Allen told Sky Sports. "No-one has done that to him.

"It was nice to not get hit. That was a good start.

"You know I'll fight anybody, but now I'm going to do it properly. Eddie [Hearn] has got belief in me, I'm a new man."

Earlier in the night, bantamweight Ryan Burnett cruised to his 16th straight victory against Mexican Joseafat Reyes.

After a couple of feeling out rounds, Burnett started to find a home for head and body shots in the third.

Reyes came on strong in the fourth, pinning Burnett in a neutral corner for much of the round, although the classy Belfast man was never in real trouble and seemed content to sit on the ropes, dipping and rolling off with his own quality shots.

The Mexican southpaw was bleeding heavily from the nose by the sixth and Burnett closed out a comfortable 79-73 points victory from referee Michael Alexander.

Lightweights James Carney and Carl Chadwick served up a terrific action-packed four-rounder on the busy undercard.

Carney got the nod over the Hull man with a narrow 39-38 points verdict after a hard-fought scrap, which saw the come-forward Chadwick cut on the left eye in the third as the better-schooled Carney picked him off on the way in.

Chadwick showed great determination from the first bell, but was outclassed throughout by the Liverpudlian.