By Elliot Foster

Jay Harris claimed his first professional title with an impressive victory as he moved into double figures.

The Swansea flyweight improved to 10-0 with six early endings, exclusively live on BoxNation, as he claimed the Commonwealth title at York Hall.

Harris ended the reign of Sunderland-based Cameroonian Thomas Essomba at the end of 12-round scrap worthy of high accolade.

The three scoring judges at ringside ensured the belt changed hands after handing in tallies of 112-117, 113-116, 114-115.

It was entertaining, with both men having spells of success during the contest, but the defending champion –– along with the new champion –– will have learned a lot from the showdown.

Harris will now hope that this can be used as a springboard to bigger and better things and, at 26, is in no rush whatsoever to be pushed on quickly.

“It was proper tough, he caught me with some really good shots,” victorious Harris told BoxNation afterwards.

“I knew he was going to come for me, but I did enough to win, even though it was a really tough fight.

"I need to get used to the 12-round distance but maybe down the line we will have it off again.”

In defeat, Essomba slipped to 7-3 with two early.

In the chief supporting contest, Boy Jones Jr. succumbed his Southern Area super-featherweight title to Craig Poxton in a simply scintillating small-hall classic.

Both fighters deserve sensational credit and Boy Jones Jr. was on the back foot from the start, but as the latter stages of the fight began, the youngster unravelled and was knocked down twice in the final round before his trainer Lenny Butcher threw in the towel.

Earlier in the card, DP Carr maintained his undefeated record with a good points victory over Lewis Jones.

Jones, who was floored in the opener by a sweet right hand by Carr, wasn’t given a round on the referee’s scorecard but was far more competitive in the fight than the eventual 60-54 scorecard suggested.

Lerrone Richards ensured his next fight would be on May 6 with a clear victory.

‘Sniper The Boss’ will box on the undercard of Bradley Skeete’s British welterweight title defence against Shayne Singleton at London’s Copper Box Arena after a routine 60-54 points win over Attila Tibor Nagy.

Zak Chelli made a good start to his career in the paid code as he scored a technical decision against Jacob Lucas.

The latter, who was floored by the former earlier in the contest, suffered a cut above the eye in the final of four rounds, forcing the referee to call off the contest and awarding it to Chelli, the Fulham super-middleweight, by 30 points 26 after three rounds had been completed.

And Naylor Ball got his professional career off to a flyer, flooring Oleg Lopajevs three times before the referee dived in to stop the contest.

Other results included impressive stoppage wins for Sanjeev Sahota and Archie Sharp.