Johnny Coyle wins WBC Youth title on busy night at York Hall

Johnny Coyle picked up the WBC Youth International title on a busy night at York Hall that saw some of Britain's hottest prospects continue the learning process with some sensational action.

Coyle (11-0-1-KO2), who won Prizefighter last April, outpointed the brave AJ Faizy (6-2-1-KO4) after 10 entertaining rounds. His slick combinations and speed of foot saw him in control from beginning to end and he is now the WBC youth champion as well as the Southern Area title holder at light-welterweight.

It was the only belt on the line on Saturday night at the iconic venue in East London, but there was plenty to see from the young guns on a Matchroom show that had plenty of incident, as their new hopes went through the crucial and, at times, tough tests at the beginning of their professional careers.

The most experienced fighter in action was John Ryder, who at the grand old age of 27 even labelled himself the granddad of the night in the build-up.

Ryder moved to 21-2-KO12 by dominating Adam Jones over six rounds in what was his first fight since a shock loss to Nick Blackwell at the O2 on May 31, with the vacant British middleweight title up for grabs. The Gorilla is still looking for the chance to avenge the defeat and took control from the start but had to settle for a points win to shake off any ring-rust.

While Liam Smith was being crowned WBO light-middleweight champion up in Manchester, Ben Hall's first scheduled 10-rounder against unbeaten Ashton Jolly was arguably the best fight of the night, and was cut short but still saw him come through.

An accidental clash of heads in the sixth round opened a big gash on Hall's temple and the ringside doctor called it off, leaving the scorecard to settle a non-stop scrap that saw them both hit the canvas.

Hall, who was down in the first but responded by flooring the excellent Jolly later on, was given the technical decision 68-64. Jolly (7-1-1-KO0) was handed his first defeat, while the Essex boy moved to 7-0-1-KO1 and more importantly, will now fight for the English title.

Of the young guns on show, light-heavyweight hope Jake Ball took less than a round to move to 2-0-KO2 in explosive style. Three huge rights put Mitch Mitchell down on each occasion before the referee rightly stepped in, and at 6' 4" with speed and power, Ball has now blown both opponents away in the opening round.

He will now go and spar with James DeGale as he prepares for his first world title defence against Lucian Bute in Canada on November 28, live on Sky Sports.

Trainer Jim McDonnell's other fledgling fighter, Reece Belotti (4-0-KO3)showed his talent in abundance as he took the brave Faycal Messaoudene apart in three rounds. The Watford featherweight's combinations and timing set them apart as he moved to 4-0 with his third stoppage win already.

Craig 'Spider' Richards  won his second professional fight (2-0-KO1) but was taken all four rounds by Scott Douglas, while welterweight prospect Ted Cheeseman (2-0-KO1) was also taken the distance by Victor Edagha, who was deducted a point to make the win even wider.

Cruiserweight Isaac Chamberlain moved to 4-0-KO0 but was still looking for that first knockout despite dominating the experienced testing gauge Igoris Borucha, who has only been stopped twice in 33 defeats.

Lightweight Mickey O'Rourke moved to 5-0-KO1 by winning a cracking six-rounder with Danny Parsons on points. They both landed plenty of punches but O'Rourke, from Feltham, put on a show and displayed his ability and constant aggression in front of a large and loud local following.

Before that, Adam Salman (7-1-KO4), had plenty of support as well a small scare against well-known journeyman, William Warburton, in another ding-dong battle.

The Morden welterweight dominated the opening rounds and although a big right had him in trouble in the fifth, he smartly held on and eventually regained control to nick the decision 58-57.