By Chris Williamson

Hull, Ice Arena - Local favourite Tommy Coyle (22-4) stopped late replacement Rakeem Noble (11-1) in the third round to bounce back from a competitive loss for the British title in July. Coyle is 27 and this is a huge win for him in a crossroads fight.

Londoner Noble started well using his longer reach to keep Coyle in the end of his jab, until Coyle responded with a huge right on the ropes in the second and followed up to leave Noble tottering to his corner to end the round.

The crowd went crazy as a huge Coyle right hand dropped Noble heavily at the start of the third. Noble rose bravely but unsteadily and the referee wisely called an end to the fight at 0.28 of the third. 

Belfast's British Bantamweight champ Ryan Burnett (15-0) had a useful first outing since winning the title in Liverpool with a points win here over Spain based Mexican Joseafat Reyes (6-7-1) over eight. Reyes' face was marked up as early as he second and Burdett repeatedly punished the Mexican to the body.

A four punch combination at the end of the third hurt Reyes badly, but he responded with a long, spirited attack of his own with Burnett stuck in a neutral corner for much of the fifth stanza. Burnett displayed some good variety as he switched stances and continued to punish the Mexican.

The southpaw Reyes still seems seems to have ambition but has now lost six of his last seven, albeit has still never been stopped. The referee scored it 79-73 for Burnett.

Heavyweight Dave Allen (now 10-2-1) returned from two tough back to back assignments (and first losses) against Dillian Whyte and Luis Ortiz with an easy win against Hungarian Lukasz Rusiewicz (22-29) in 31 seconds of the first round. Allen hurt him with the very first right hand and followed up until the referee stepped in.

The Pole usually fights at cruiserweight and although Allen is only 24 years old and needn't be in a rush to return to the top level, this level of competition is unacceptable.

Liverpool's delighted lightweight James "Bam Bam" Carney (now 4-1-2) beat Hull's Carl Chadwick (4-2) over four rounds in another lively, sporting contest. Carney started as the wilder of the pair with a number of huge swings missing the target, but soon settled into his boxing. A bloodied Chadwick rallied back in front of an already raucous local crowd as Carney tired, but it wasn't quite enough. The terrific little swing bout was scored 39-38 for Carney.

In another upset popular Connor Seymour (now 7-1- 2) was heavily dropped by a powerful right hand by William Warburton (now 23-107-9) in the second of a scheduled six rounder at 11 stone. Warbuton followed up on a shaky Seymour with a two handed assault before the referee stepped in.

American Jacob Wooley (now 8-1) was handed his first defeat by a busy Jordan Ellison (now 7-9) in a lively and entertaining six round contest at super-feather.

This was Wooley's first bout outside the US and Ellison was busy throughout, catching Wooley with a number of sharp right hands, buckling him at the end of the fourth.

Wooley returned some hurtful shots, in particular to the body and he has some promise but certainly needs to tighten his defence. The referee scored it 58-57 for Ellison.