Warrington eyes title shot after 9th round stoppage over Hyland.

Popular Leeds featherweight Josh Warrington outworked tough Patrick Hyland (31/2) before stopping the Irishman in the 9th round In front of huge local support at the First Direct Arena, moving to 24-0 in the process.
The 25-year-old already had Hyland down in the eighth from two big right hands. Warrington dropped the weary Hyland earlier in the round before the stoppage.
Warrington, a former British, European and Commonwealth champion, retained his WBC International featherweight strap and must now be looking at getting his hands on the full version of the title in the near future.
With current WBC champ Gary Russell Jr likely to move up in weight, number one ranked Warrington looks an almost certainty to box for the vacant title, with a domestic money spinner with IBF holder Lee Selby a tempting option.
The International belt was only available to Warrington on this occasion as Hyland came in two pounds overweight at Friday's weigh-in, the struggle to make weight was evident in the fight..
Warrington was too fast and accurate,  landing clean punches throughout the fight, while Hyland laboured behind the jab. A stiff left jab knocked Hyland down early in the ninth, before a follow up combination signalled the end, the referee waving it off...