On June 20, the 28-year-old from Coventry burst onto the scene with an impressively one-sided decision win over Brad Pauls, but he had to deal with a crisis this time around.

The two have been regular sparring partners over the years, and it was immediately obvious that Goldsmith (17-1, 11 KO) learned the most from the experience. Abubaker (11-2, 8 KOs) couldn’t get his feet close enough to pressure Goldsmith and was too slow to catch the elusive 28-year-old with single shots.

Goldsmith appeared far too accurate and clever for Abubaker, and he quickly opened up a cut over his left eye and dropped him with a well timed straight left in the fourth.

The shock woke Abubaker up a little, and he tried to take the initiative a little more, but he was still coming off second best until a huge counter right hand shook Goldsmith to his boots in the sixth. Somehow Goldmsith stayed upright and survived the round.

Goldsmith made the most of the minute break between rounds. He came out for the seventh and retook the center of the ring. He put together an outstanding combination and dropped Abubaker with a beautiful left hand. He got up but was quickly back on the canvas courtesy of another combination.

Abubaker was allowed to continue, but Goldsmith brought matters to a brutal finish with a clean left hand.

Gerome Warburton ruined Nathan Heaney’s retirement party by outpointing the popular Stoke middleweight.

Warburton (18-2-2, 2 KOs) edged a close, competitive rematch by unanimous decision. The scores were 96-95, 97-93 and 97-93.

Heaney (19-3-1, 6 KOs) leaves the sport on a loss but remains as popular as ever with his army of fans.

On March 28, it looked as if Warburton had brought Heaney’s career to an end when he soundly outpointed him over 10 rounds at Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena. Not wanting to leave the sport he has dedicated his life to on a defeat, Heaney sought out a rematch and committed himself to one final training camp and one final fight.

Once the last notes of the Tom Jones classic “Delilah” died down, and Heaney’s final trademark ring walk came to an end, the 37-year-old managed to separate himself from the occasion and focused on evening the score with Warburton.

Although he won clearly first time around, Warburton was cast in a supporting role in Heaney’s farewell, and he started the fight in the same vein.

The Welshman started slowly, and Heaney’s straight punches and nicely timed looping left earned him the opening couple of rounds.

Slowly but surely, Warburton began to get his southpaw jab working and a chopping right hook knocked Heaney’s mouthpiece out in the third, but he was allowing the taller Heaney to operate at a safe distance the majority of the time.

The tide began to turn in the fourth. Warburton’s movement and activity began to cause Heaney issues and his jab became an increasingly potent weapon.

As Warburton found his rhythm, it looked Heaney’s tank had started to run dry. He started to lose his shape, and Warburton took over the second half of the fight with his movement, shorter punches and speed.

Roared on by his loyal fans, a tired Heaney answered the final bell of his career. There was to be no great crescendo, but Heaney put everything he had into the last three minutes.

Heaney can be exceptionally proud of his career. He made the absolute most of his talent, and the entertaining ring walk that made him a popular local attraction caught on with the boxing public and made him a regular on the type of shows he would have once dreamed of appearing on.

An outstanding win over current WBO middleweight champion, Denzel Bentley, continues to age extremely well, and he is one of the proudest British champions to ever hold the famous Lonsdale Belt.

Warburton still has plenty of time left to achieve his goals and will look to gate crash the competitive British middleweight scene.

RICHARDSON GETS BACK TO ACTION WITH A WIN Lewis Richardson (3-0) returned from injury with a routine six-round decision over Spain’s Ivan Trofimovich (1-4-1, 1 KO) at middleweight.

Fully recovered from the biceps injury that has kept him out of the ring since August 2025, the 2024 Olympic bronze medalist controlled the fight from the opening bell.

Trofimovich wasn’t remotely good enough to trouble Richardson, but instead of taking any unnecessary risks and getting the job done quickly, the 29-year-old from Ipswich poked with his southpaw jab, stepped in and out of range and fired in the left hand.

It wasn’t exciting but Richardson relaxed as the rounds passed and will be relieved to be back in the ring and back in the winners column.

The live portion of the show got underway with a fight for the vacant British junior welterweight title.

Luke McCormack (6-0, 4 KOs) dominated Kay Prospere (16-3-1, 7 KOs) for every second before stopping him in 10 rounds.

An excellent amateur who represented Great Britain at the 2020 Olympic Games, McCormack has endured a desperately slow start to his career but with medical issues behind him and the prized British title under his belt, the 31-year-old from Sunderland can begin to push on.

McCormack calmly pressed forward from the start and targeted the body as Prospere calmly moved around the ring, hands held high.

The 42-year-old from Luton has had to wait an eternity for his own shot at the British title. He started to become a bit more adventurous in the third but apart from a well-timed right hand in the sixth, he couldn’t find anything to put any doubt in McCormack’s mind.

It was a show of controlled aggression from McCormack, and he put an exclamation mark on the show with a picture perfect right uppercut in the 10th round. Prospere never looked as if he could beat the count.

Nelson Birchall (12-0, 9 KOs) Lewis Morris (11-5-1, 1 KO) TKO 3 – junior lightweight

Lasha Guruli (5-0, 1 KO) def Hughie Wilson (11-3, 2 KOs) PTS 8 – junior welterweights

Reese Lynch (5-0, 2 KOs) def Joe Hardy (5-51-1) PTS 6 v junior middleweights

Mikael Hussain (5-0, 2 KOs) def Nabil Ahmed (3-57-4) PTS 4 – featherweights

John Tom Varey (3-0) def Jake Pollard (1-120-1) PTS 4 – junior featherweights