Nick Ball ground down TJ Doheny to secure victory after 10 rounds in a second defence of his WBA world featherweight title Saturday. Ball (22-0-1, 13 KOs) increased the pressure as the fight progressed,

Nick Ball retained his WBA featherweight title in front of a buoyant home crowd in Liverpool but his stoppage of TJ Doheny after 10 bruising rounds was not without controversy.

After four rounds, Ball and Doheny were separated by 2 landed punches. From the fifth round on, Ball out-landed Dohiney 154 - 57. Rounds seven through ten were particularly lopsided, as Ball landed 101 punches while Doheny only landed 23.