By Elliot Foster

Paul Hyland Jr. blitzed Adam Dingsdale inside a round to win a fringe belt.

The Belfast lightweight, who was last in action back in March, dropped his man twice, exclusively live on Sky Sports.

Hyland Jr., 26, is now 16-0 with six early after unleashing two barrages of shots which rocked the former Derry Mathews foe, as part of the undercard to Lee Haskins attempt to retain the IBF bantamweight title against Ryan Burnett.

Dingsdale came in at short notice at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and he –– to his credit –– tried to hold on.

But it took just one minute and 49 seconds for ‘Hylo’ to pick up the vacant IBF European title and he will now be looking to push on to bigger and better things, eyeing the likes of the British and Commonwealth crowns which are held by Robbie Barrett and Sean Dodd respectively.

In defeat, Dingsdale slips to 16-4-1 with four early.

Meanwhile, Sean McGoldrick extended his undefeated ledger with a scrappy six-round victory over Ricky Starkey, who was deducted two points during the fight, by 59 points to 54.

He is expected to return to the ring at some point in September in Wales.