By CompuBox

Josh Warrington retains his IBF featherweight title with a series of tornado-like surges that rattled Carl Frampton and kept him off-balance as well as with excellent body punching as he led 95-46 in body connects.

Those surges helped Warrington build final leads of 243-170 overall and 205-137 power as well as accuracy gaps of 34%-28% overall and 39%-32% power.

But Warrington's victory wasn't just a triumph of physical force; he also out-jabbed Frampton 38-33 in terms of connects and held a 20%-19% lead in accuracy. A complete victory. Scoring: 116-112 (2x), 116-113 for Warrington.

Josh Warrington kept hold of his world title with a sensational display.

The Leeds man, who clinched the crown by beating Lee Selby at Elland Road back in May, was in against Carl Frampton.

Warrington, 28, outpointed the former two-weight world champion in front of a near-capacity crowd at Manchester Arena.

The fight, exclusively live on BT Sport Box Office, on Saturday was a serious contender for fight of the year between two fighters who gave everything from the beginning until the end.

The decision was unanimous, with Frampton refusing to commit to a next move following defeat, as Warrington was awarded tallies of 116-113, 116-112 and 116-112.

Warrington, who Frampton said was better than him in every department, now has a major shout for British fighter of the year on the back of the win.