Boxing: Derry's John Duddy moved a step closer to a world middleweight title shot with a ninth-round stoppage of American Anthony Bonsante at the Madison Square Garden Theatre.
Duddy made it 19 straight victories when the referee stopped their fight in the ninth round due to blood streaming from Bonsante's head, damage which had been caused by an accidental clash of heads in the second round.
Due to the accidental nature of the damage the decision went to the scorecards and the New York-based Derry man won a unanimous verdict and retained his IBA middleweight title before a sell-out crowd.