Ciaran Duffy-trained 'Razor Ali' earns 'statement' win in London

A boxer trained by Mullaghduff native Ciaran Duffy won the IBO Continental super-bantamweight title on Friday night.

'Razor Ali', Alireza Ghadiri, stopped Lennox Lythgoe in the third round at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London.

Ghadiri is now 10-0, 2KOs after an impressive over the previously undefeated Lythgoe, whose record falls to 9-1.

Ghadiri put Lythgoe to the canvas twice in the third round. A vicious left by the 26-year-old London-based Iranian saw Marcus McDonnell, the referee, step in after one minute and 36 seconds of the third to call a halt.

Ghadiri trains out of the Duffy Boxing Elite Training Centre at Olympic Park in Hackney Wick, London.

“It was a real statement performance,” Duffy told Donegal Live. “This puts him in the mix for really big fights. This one was a real crossroads fight.”

Duffy boxed as a pro himself and banked a 10-2-1 record between 2001 and 2010. In December, he was in the corner when Daniel Dubois stopped Jarrell Miller in Saudi Arabia.