By James Harte

Sheffield, England - Ahmet Patterson is the new English welterweight champion with a fifth round pummelling of popular local lad Chad Gaynor.

Recently returning from a training stint in LA, this was meant to be a showcase of Gaynor's skills on his promoter Dave Coldwell's "In The Line Of Fire" show at Sheffield Ice which was also the first show under Matchrooms Fight Pass, meaning that it was streamed live.

Gaynor enjoyed a fruitful first round when both of them were jabbing for control and trying to bait mistakes out of each other. Patterson was already whipping out a mean looking left hook that was struggling to find a home, while Gaynor was dipping to the body and it looked as though his attacks down there were having an effect on the Londoner.

Patterson seemed to be warming into the contest in the second and was beginning to put his punches together in combinations and it continued through into the third as he worked behind his classy jab and Gaynor was beginning to look a little sorry for himself.

Patterson enjoyed a big round in the fourth when Gaynor's nose began to leak and his right eye began to swell. The undefeated Londoner was making the most of his success and increased his output impressively. Things were looking ominous for the local lad in the fifth as his face resembled a bloody, swollen mask though he managed to survive an initial doctors inspection, he wasn't so lucky not too long after and after a second inspection of his shut eye the doctor called it off after 2 minutes 35 seconds of the round.

In a fight with very few highlights, Yorkshire's Maxi Hughes claimed the vacant International Masters title at lightweight with a 100-89 verdict over Georgian import Kakhabar Avetisian. Southpaw Hughes boxed nicely behind his jab, but perhaps could have committed more since Avetisian didn't really bring much in terms of ambition. He would regularly switch stances and plough forward with wild swinging shots, but for the most part the Yorkshireman had things much his own way and was even credited with a knockdown in the sixth when a body-shot seemed to hurt Avetisian before he dropped to all fours. He was up immediately complaining but it was to have little reflection in the overall score. Hughes improves to 13(2)-1-1 while Avetisian is now 35(17)-24-1.

In a much anticipated Sheffield derby, a fantastic rematch was ruined when Jerome Wilson was stretchered from the ring following a sickening sixth round knockout. What made it even worse was opponent Serge Ambomo's decision to lie on top of his fallen opponent and plant a kiss on his forehead while he was unconscious. It was a disgusting scene and a stupid thing to have done.

The fight itself had been tremendous, being a rematch from their previous thriller that Ambomo won on points. Wilson looked like he was looking to box more tonight and began on his toes and behind his jab. He was hurt in the second though and dropped by a big right hand moments before the bell rang.  Ambomo cuts an intimidating figure with his muscle bound physique, yet wasted a lot of time thoughtlessly pursuing Wilson instead of cutting the ring down. The fight settled into a pattern then as Wilson's boxing became more and more ragged and would have to stand his ground more to keep Ambomo off of him.

Then in the sixth and last round, they both seemed to sense that they may need the round and both began to trade. Once again, Wilson was caught, hurt and was backing up when the big right hand knocked him cold after 1 minute 16 seconds.

Ambomo is now 4(2)-0 while Wilson is 8(2)-3.

Lee Appleyard moved to 2-0 with a close 39-38 decision over Jamie Quinn, now 1-2 at light welterweight. Rotherham's Appleyard was busy but his work was lacking in effectiveness whereas while Quinn from Stockport was throwing less, he seemed to be landing the cleaner work. It was a quiet affair on the whole until the last when Appleyard really began chasing the fight down much to the delight of his fans.

Welterweight Ryan Fields gave his vocal crowd something to cheer for, slugging his way to victory over the previously unbeaten Ramon Levy-Vassie. Vassie, talented but lazy seemed to hurt Fields in the second when he made his legs wobble momentarily, yet Fields was back on top shortly after, chugging forward relentlessly while Vassie's work petered out. Fields is now 4(2)-2 while Vassie is now 1-1.

After losing to Lee Noble last time out, Dave Fidler was keen to get back to winning ways and did so with an impressive second round stoppage over Northern Ireland's Damian Taggart. Light middleweight southpaw Fidler looked sharp early on, rocking Taggart's head back with an assortment of jabs and uppercuts. It looked like a big ask for the Irishman to last the 6x3 distance it was scheduled for and after being caught with a volley of shots on the ropes the referee saved him for another day after 1 minute 40 seconds of the round. Fidler improves to 8(4)-1-2 while Taggart dips to 5(1)-5(3)

Newark light welterweight  Fergus Taylor displayed a cool and calculated approach in his 40-36 points win over Lance Sheehan though his boxing became a tad ragged in the last as he was trying to achieve his first inside the distance victory. Now 6-0-1, Taylor boxed behind a nice tight guard and jabbed for every opportunity - not wasting anything. As early as the first, Sheehan had a cut over his right eye which worsened round by round and Taylor seemed to smell blood as it ran down his opponents face. His Welsh opponent, now 5(1)-4 saw it through without too much hassle, though Taylor does look one to watch.

Doncaster's Jamie Hughes overcame the sporadic attacks of Welsh battler Nathan King and edged him out 39-38 to stretch his record to 6(1)-0. Southpaw Hughes looked good dishing out a boxing lesson behind his right lab and lead back hands though was guilty of dropping his hands when in range and King made him pay more than once. Soon though, King now 14-24 was boxing with welts under both eyes and was downed in the last by a low blow.

Dinnington light middlweight Marcus Weston opened his professional ledger with an impressive 40-35 decision over the durable Bheki Moyo. Moyo in his 71st contest was repeatedly hurt by the classy boxing prospect, dropped in a corner in the second and was looking to hold to see out the contest - even resorting to spitting out his gum shield in the last earning himself a telling off from referee Howard Foster. Weston has an impressive arsenal at his disposal, firing off an impressive salvo of hooks and uppercuts from behind his jab and will definitely be one to watch.