Martin Murray beat Gabriel Rosado on a controversial majority points decision to claim the WBA inter-continental middleweight title in Liverpool.
Murray (pictured) was awarded the victory on a split decision, with one judge scoring it 119-109 in the St Helens fighter's favour.
That incensed New Yorker Rosado, who berated the judges after the fight and had to be pulled away from Murray as the two men squared up.
Murray was perhaps the better boxer throughout, but had to withstand a late barrage as Rosado tried to get the knockout in the final couple of rounds, but Murray withstood more spiteful shots to earn victory on two of the scorecards.
On the same bill, Rocky Fielding claimed the British super-middleweight title after a split decision victory over John Ryder.
The Liverpudlian edged out Ryder in a hard-fought encounter to earn the vacant Lonsdale belt with tallies of 116-113 and 115-114, while the other judge scored it 115-114 for the Islington man.
A scrappy opening round set the tone, with Fielding struggling to impose his superior size on Ryder, although he did land a clean hook in the closing seconds.
Ryder was content to fight at close quarters and landed a crisp straight left in the second round, while he ripped punches into Fielding's ribs in the fourth. But the Merseysider unloaded a couple of jolting uppercuts to stop Ryder in his tracks and seemed to dictate the fight from range in the middle rounds.
There was a determined response from Ryder in the ninth, forcing Fielding back with a flurry of punches, and both fighters traded hooks in the corner.
Ryder stepped up his assault in the 10th and hurt Fielding with a big right hand, but the Londoner's urgency was too late as he could not close the gap on two of the scorecards in the closing rounds.
