By Miguel Assuncao

Bristol’s Lee Haskins (33-3-0, 14KOs) defends his IBF world bantamweight title with a points win over bitter rival Stuart Hall (20-4-2, 7KOs). The scores were 115-113, 117-111, 116-112.

During the build up, Hall had claimed Haskins had been 'given' his IBF title after Randy Caballero failed to make weight for their schedule Las Vegas bout last November, but he had no answer for the slick Avon southpaw's speed and precision.

Haskins, 32, was happy to fight off the back foot trying to counter as Hall tried to get inside, baiting his opponent with a low guard but found himself on the end of stiff jabs in the opening rounds.

At 37, 'Stuey' Hall – himself a former world champion – proved he has plenty left in the tank as he aggressively walked forward, feinting to set up his favoured right cross although he was often caught by check hooks from the champion.

The drama of the pre-fight face off where both men had to be separated did not translate to action in the ring, as a number of hard to score rounds failed to ignite the interest of the London crowd.

Haskins used his championship experience to confidently dealt with Hall’s wholehearted - if erratic - forays forward in the closing round although the champion was forced onto the ropes in the eleventh and had to weather the storm in the twelth.

Callum Smith (20-0-0, 15KOs) maintains his position as mandatory challenger for Badou Jack's WBC super middleweight title with a comfortable win over Norbert Nemesapati (21-3-0, 16KOs), who retired before the start of round seven.

'Mundo' used his considerable size advantage over his Hungarian opponent from the off, landing a crisp uppercut in the opening round that had the Eastern European man backing off which proved to set the tone for the fight.

Despite boasting an impressive resume, Nemesapati had been defeated in all three of his bouts outside of his homeland and he was largely in defensive mode as he looked to evade Smith's powerful right hand.

After several quiet rounds, Smith, 26, upped the pace in round six, landing a crisp left to the body before going upstairs to force the challenger to take a knee.

Nemesapati eventually rose to his feet to be allowed to continue but was retired by his corner before the start of round seven.

Smith will now await the outcome of unification negotiations between Badou Jack and fellow Brit James DeGale before plotting his next move.