Tommy Langford Puts Away Laine, in Line For Chris Eubank Jr.

By Elliot Foster

Tommy Langford scored a second stoppage in his past three fights and is now looking to move towards global honours.

The Birmingham middleweight moved to 17-0 (6 KOs) with a seven-round finish over Timo Laine at the Ice Arena in Cardiff.

Langford, who is now mandatory for Chris Eubank Jr.’s British title, produced a dominant display against his late replacement opponent, exclusively live on BoxNation, to retain the WBO Inter-Continental title.

Laine, who came in as a stand-in for Germany’s Ronny Gabel, has now slipped to 15-7 (4 KOs) and barely threw a shot throughout the whole fight.

For Langford, it’s a step in the right direction and his promoter Frank Warren has said, much like his welterweight stablemate Bradley Skeete, that he is looking to move him into a position to fight for a world title in the next 12 to 18 months.

The end came after 88 seconds of round seven and for the watching crowd at ringside probably not a moment too soon.

Meanwhile, Tyrone McKenna made a successful step down to super-lightweight earlier in the card.

The MGM Marbella-managed puncher, from Belfast, took all six rounds against the game Chris Adaway, winning by 60 points to 54.

He is now 10-0-1 (3 KOs) but Adaway drops to 4-17-2.

And Gary Sweeney claimed his second stoppage victory from two outings in the paid code, ending the challenge of the winless Marek Gabor in the third of four scheduled rounds after multiple knockdowns.