Olympic champion Galal Yafai put on a masterclass to beat long-term rival Sunny Edwards and win the interim WBC flyweight title.
Yafai dominated for six rounds before the referee stepped in to halt the action at BP Pulse Live in Birmingham.
Edwards, who reigned as IBF flyweight champion between 2021 and 2023, announced his retirement post-fight.
The victory extends Yafai’s unblemished record to nine victories, with seven of those wins coming inside the distance – and it puts him in line for a shot at WBC champion Kenshiro Teraji in 2025.
“It means everything to me,” Yafai told DAZN.
“I think people underrate me. I won Olympic gold. It was my night tonight.
“Winning gold in the Olympics was the best achievement I could ever do but beating Sunny tonight was a better feeling that standing on that podium.”
Edwards beat Yafai when they met as amateurs in 2015 but was unable to match the intensity of his opponent in the Midlands.
The Londoner retires with 21 wins and two defeats on his record.
“Win, lose or draw I was always going into the sunset,” Edwards told BBC.
“This was the last thing I wanted to do, fight Galal, but I left a few clues with my posts on social media ‘the last dance’.
“My body is falling apart, I’ve got bad ankles, wrists, shoulders, back, everything is bad about me. It has been a hard career with the wear and tear on my body.”