At the SSE Arena, Belfast, Ryan Burnett dominated reigning champion Lee Haskins to remain unbeaten and claim the IBF Bantamweight title. Burnett bagged a bizarre Split Decision (more on that below), taking the belt on two scores of 119-107, with Haskins taking a 118-108 tally. BB saw the action 119-107, Burnett.

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The official verdict was highly controversial, although it’s very plausible that judge Clark Sammartino actually tallied matters correctly, with his major blunder being that he simply “ticked the wrong box”, as promoter Eddie Hearn also suspected post fight. We can now sit back and wait for the good people of the Twitterverse to go nuts.

Ryan Burnett on June 10th, LIVE on AWE. June 2nd, 2017 - Comments Closed Bantamweight world champion Lee Haskins will attempt to protect his IBF title for a third fight, this time. Lee Haskins vs Ryan Burnett Fan scorecards. Round by round scores, judging, and ratings. By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten Ryan Burnett (17-0, 9 KOs) unseated International Boxing Federation World bantamweight champion Lee Haskins (34-4, 14 KOs) by a 12 round split decision on Saturday night. The fight was announced as a split decision, as two judges had Burnett winning 119-107 but a third, Clark Sammartino, had him Burnett losing 118-108 although Burnett was a clear winner. An IBF statement said there had been an 'error with the scorecards' and the decision should have been unanimous.

Following this career-defining win, Burnett jumps to 17 wins, 9 knockouts, while Haskins falls to 34 wins, 4 defeats, 14 knockouts.

Amidst numerous head clashes – more owed to a clash of styles than foul play – Burnett conclusively bossed the action, scoring two knockdowns, both from rocket right hands, in the 6th and 11th stanzas. The quicker, technically superior Burnett, however, was unable to stop a tough, valiant Haskins, who fought on gamely despite suffering a possible right shoulder injury in the 6th.

Ryan Burnett now enters a deep Bantamweight scene, filled with plenty of stern tests and the unbeaten elite, Shinsuke Yamanaka, who leads the Top 10.

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• Cruiserweight climber Luke Watkins (11-0, 7 KO) made quick work of challenger Ian Tims (13-4, 4 KO), bossing the action en route to a 4th round knockout.
• James Tennyson (19-2, 15 KO) continued his comeback with win number three, here retiring Ryan Doyle (14-2-1, 8 KO) in the 6th round. Tennyson, who was stopped by Ryan Walsh last April, continues on the Junior Lightweight trail.
• Lightweight startup Paul Hyland Jr (16-0, 6 KO) wasted no time against an overwhelmed Adam Dingsdale (16-4-1, 4 KO), ruthlessly wiping out his man in the opener to land the European belt.
• Mike Perez (22-2-1, 14 KO) ended a two-year layoff with a forgettable encounter against Viktor Biscak (10-1, 7 KO). Biscak retired himself from the Cruiserweight bout after being dropped shortly after the first bell. On the plus side, Perez, who was crushed by Alexander Povetkin in 2015, looks to be in fine shape physically, supposedly now rebuilt for what could be a promising run down at Cruiser.
• Feargal McCrory (6-0, 3 KO) added another win to his building Junior Lightweight campaign with a 2nd round stoppage of Paul Holt (6-5, 2 KO).
• Matthew Wilton (16-0, 3 KO) was unable to stop William Warburton (23-116-9, 4 KO), but had zero problems trumping the extremely well-travelled journeyman over six rounds. Scorecards for the Junior Middleweight encounter came in at 60-54.

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Ryan Burnett became Northern Ireland's first world bantamweight champion for 20 years after outclassing Lee Haskins Saturday, but he had to settle for a baffling split points decision.

It should have been a unanimous verdict, such was 25-year-old Burnett's domination as he won the IBF world bantamweight title in his 17th professional fight at the SSE Arena in his home city of Belfast.

Despite Burnett flooring Haskins twice and controlling the bout from start to finish, American judge Clark Sammartino incredibly contrived to return a score of 118-108 to Haskins, meaning Burnett had to be content with a split decision with the other judges both seeing it 119-107 and 119-107 in his favour.

But this was not a close contest and Robert Smith, the British Boxing Board of Control secretary, was scathing in his criticism of Sammartino after the fight.

'He [Clark Sammartino] will not be coming back to this country and I will be telling the IBF that on Monday,' said Robert Smith, the British Boxing Board of Control secretary after the fight.

'There was only one winner. It was a good fight and it kind of ruins it. It was the wrong decision.'

Both were cut from a clash of heads in the second round but Burnett (17-0, 9 KOs) kept his composure. The Belfast boxer was too quick and sharp for Haskins, who was floored in the sixth and 11th rounds by right hands.

Burnett is Northern Ireland's first world bantamweight champion since Wayne McCullough's two-year reign as WBC king ended in defeat to Daniel Zaragoza in January 1997.

'I promised my dad when I was 11 that I would be world champ and tonight I have done it,' said Burnett.

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It was an impressive showing from Burnett, who enjoyed the backing of a big, raucous crowd against 33-year-old Haskins (34-4, 14 KOs).

Burnett, who trains in London with coach Adam Booth, was boxing in Belfast for the first time since 2013 and for only the third time as a professional. He seemed inspired by the chance to show his home fans how he has developed and in the first round his feints and quick movements caused problems for Haskins from the opening bell.

Burnett's control was briefly interrupted by an accidental clash of heads early in the second round which left both boxers cut above the right eye. Burnett came off worse, with a long gash down his forehead and his face was reduced to a mask of blood for the rest of the round.

Burnett's corner stemmed the flow of blood and the Ulsterman then resumed his brisk work in the third round. Haskins, a switch hitter from Bristol in England, struggled to find any solutions to Burnett's fast attacks as well as his swift movements in avoiding shots on the counter.

Burnett dominated the fourth and Haskins ended the round looking disconsolate with a bloodied face. Worse was to come for the champion late in the sixth round when Haskins was caught by a right hook on the ropes and sank to a knee for a count.

Haskins recovered but injured his right arm shortly before being dropped and his hopes of retaining the title were becoming increasingly remote. Haskins admirably tried to trouble Burnett with some tidy shots, all from his left hand, but still ended the ninth round with his face covered in blood.

Haskins tumbled backwards to the canvas after being caught by another lead right hand in the 11th, by which time he was fighting a lost cause.

On the undercard, Ireland-based Cuban Mike Perez made a successful debut as a cruiserweight but it was a disappointingly short cameo performance against Viktor Biscak -- lasting all of 29 seconds.

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Perez (21-2-1, 13 KOs), 31, is based in Cork and is looking to kick start his career after defeats to Bryant Jennings and Alexander Povetkin dashed his hopes of a world heavyweight title shot.

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In his first fight in two years since being blasted out in 91 seconds by Povetkin, Perez looked impressively well cut and lean after losing at least 40 pounds to make cruiserweight. Slovakian Biscak (10-1, 7 KOs), 32, folded under the first punch Perez landed, a right hook to the temple.

'I still have the power I believe,' said Perez. 'It's been an interesting two years of my life and I decide to do something better.

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'My weight started going down and we decided to give cruiserweight a go. I want to keep active. I'm a heavyweight too. With the start of mind I have now, I believe I can win a title in any weight.'