Tommy McCarthy secures WBC international cruiserweight title

Tommy McCarthy bagged the biggest win of his career with a superb victory over Fabio Turchi in Italy.
McCarthy, who was stopped in four rounds by Richard Riakporhe in March, obtained his livelihood back on course by yanking Turchi his initial defeat to claim the WBC cruiserweight title via a split decision following having a terrific tear-up in Trento.
The house fighter maintained McCarthy on the rear foot at a cagey opening round and attempted to up the strain but was captured by a right hand.
McCarthy started to let his hands move after finding his range against the southpaw that was and ventured forward in the fourth.
A scrappy fifth saw Turchi get a ticking off before a cut was opened by an accidental clash of heads in the on the left cheekbone of the champion and the pair exchanged leather.
The Belfast boxer grew in confidence in the eighth since the fighter from Florence started to tire, and after an even ninth, the scores affirmed the competition was about a knife-edge.
Turchi was struggling to see during the 10th and the referee twice called for the opinion of the doctor by his swollen left eye.
The Stone Crusher came out for the penultimate around swinging wildly and blindly in an attempt to secure a stoppage victory but the strain awakened.
The pair exchanged shots at a toe-to-toe final round – and after a nervous wait – McCarthy maintained the win via scores of 116-112, 115-113 and 112-116.
Francesco Grandelli secured a thrilling split-decision over Reece Bellotti to win the WBC silver featherweight title.
Grandelli obtained a number of punches from all angles to claim victory via scores of 96-94 and 96-95 with a single estimate and used his movement to keep out of trouble.
Watford fighter Bellotti enjoyed victory however Grandelli turned on the style in the fourth, stringing together combinations and switching stances.
Bellotti targeted at the entire body in a bid to slow Grandelli down as the fight wore on and continued to march ahead, however, the Italian kept on his feet and was able to avoid the shots.
In the disbelief of the audience, when the scores were announced before the ninth round, Bellotti was leading by a couple of points, Grandelli responded by releasing a barrage of strikes.
Grandelli pushed Bellotti to the foot although the group continued to trade in a frantic final round and the scorecards flipped to his favour.
Matteo Signani conquered Gevorg Khatchikian to win the EBU European middleweight title.
After securing a narrow split decision within his rival, the Italian maintained the title on home soil in his third effort.