Nottingham Arena, Nottingham – IBO lightweight champion Maxi Hughes (26-5-2, 5 KOs) scored the biggest victory of his career with a twelve-round majority decision over former world champion Kid Galahad (28-3, 17 KO’s). (photos by Mark Robinson)
The scores were 114-114, 114-113 and 116-111. A point deduction in the tenth round, for Galahad using his head, was a big difference in scoring.
Galahad, who was moving up two weight divisions, was coming off a knockout loss to Kiko Martinez at featherweight.