Andoni Gago vs Gavin McDonnell ends in technical decision draw

Spain's Andoni Gago retained his EBU European featherweight title when his first defence ended in a technical decision draw. His challenger, Britain's Gavin McDonnell sustained a bad cut above his left eye by an unintentional headbutt in the 1st round and the fight went to the scorecards after referee Jose Lazaro Carrasco Jr deemed the cut too bad to continue at the start of the fifth round.

British judge Mark Lyson had the fight 40-36 for McDonnell but the other two ringside official's had it 38-38.

Scores at the time of the stoppage: Jose Lazaro Carrasco 38-38 | Ventsislav Nikolov 38-38 | Mark Lyson 40-36.