Best man won, says Curtis

And he admitted: “The best man won on the night.”

Woodhouse was stopped in the fifth round by Alfreton’s hard-hitting Dale Miles and is currently recovering from the fracture.

“I gave it my all,” he admitted. “We both took some huge shots and the best man won—but I’ll now have a rest and then make a come back.”

In a terrific fight in front of over 1,000 fans, Woodhouse was second best throughout in the British Light Welterweight championship eliminator.

Good news was the Rotherham’s Nav Mansouri made an explosive comeback to beat Natham Graham in a sixth round stoppage, Chad Gaynor overcame Dee Mitchell and Karl Bell beat Andy Mitchell on points.