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Josh Warrington stops Kiko Martinez to regain featherweight world title

Josh Warrington erased 15 months of misery with a stunning performance to stop Kiko Martinez and win back his featherweight world title.

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The home favourite began like a man possessed and refused to hit the brakes on another electric night in front of his army of fans in Leeds.

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Warrington dropped the champion in the opening round and continued to dominate until the fight was stopped in the seventh session.

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Warrington, 31, had beaten the Spaniard five years ago before their career paths took very different directions.

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The Leeds man first won the same title in 2018 via a split decision against Lee Selby and vacated the belt 14 months ago after a unification fight against then WBA champion Xu Can fell through.

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He was then knocked out by Mauricio Lara in a stunning upset behind closed doors before their rematch was cut short when Lara was cut over his eye in the second round.

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Warrington in the challenger’s home city for his first defence of the belt he surprisingly won by knocking out Sheffield’s Kid Galahad last November.

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