Dennis Hogan relinquished his IBO Super-welterweight to the slick JJ Metcalf at the 3Arena on Saturday evening.
The 34-year-old from Liverpool landed the heavier punches throughout, hurting Hogan on a number of occasions and leaving the Kildare native battered and bloodied.
Metcalf made his way to the ring to the sound of the Irish Rover.' It certainly got the crowd going, but that support didn't last long as the 3Arena was firmly in the corner of the man from Kildare, with chants of Hogan' echoing around the point within two minutes.
