Monday 26 September 2016 11:23, UK
Marcus Morrison gave Joe Gallagher plenty of time to prepare for the top-of-the-bill fight by blasting Matiouze Royer away inside the first round.
The Manchester middleweight made light work of the Frenchman, who had taken Jamie Cox the distance and went to the penultimate round with Vijender Singh in his previous two visits to these shores.
Morrison was on the offence from the start and soon a right upper-cut landed cleanly. Then midway through the opening round a left to the body had Royer wincing and about to go down only for 23-year-old prospect Morrison to finish him off with a right hook to his temple.
The knockout stood despite the visitors' complaints, moving Morrison to 13-0-KO10 and already looking for more rounds and sterner tests.
"I got in there and it was an early night again," he said.
"This kid is tough and went the distance with Jamie Cox and Christopher Rebrasse.
"I was going to get eight good rounds in but I got him out early so it looks even better. There are going to be stiffer tests but I'll be ready."
Isaac Lowe gave cousin Tyson Fury something to celebrate as he made it 14 fights without defeat, comfortably out-pointing Elvis Guillen over six rounds.
The reigning Commonwealth featherweight champion was due to face Tshifhiwa Munyai at the Manchester Arena on the card but took on a late replacement and dominated from start to finish.
Lyndon Arthur, another Manchester light-heavyweight, made an impressive professional debut, out-pointing Andy Neylon. He put him down in the last round with a right to the head then to the body showing he is bringing his power into the paid ranks.
The 175lb scene also saw Liam Conroy (11-3-1-KO3) dominate Baptiste Castegnaro over six rounds, while middleweight Mark Jeffers went to 2-0 with a points success over Ben Heap.
Nathan Wheatley remained unbeaten as he out-pointed the experienced Dan Blackwell, the brother of Nick.
The Warrington middleweight, known as 'The Wire', seemed to enjoy four fast and furious rounds and was certainly delighted to moved to 5-0-KO0 when he was given the 39-38 decision.
