Briton Chris Billam-Smith retained his WBO cruiserweight title with a dominant points win over compatriot Richard Riakporhe at Selhurst Park.
The Bournemouth fighter set the pace and edged the scoring in a scrappy affair which on occasions came alive towards the latter rounds.
Billam-Smith has enjoyed great success fighting in front of his Bournemouth faithful, but was competing on away soil for the first time in five bouts and had to endure jeers as he marched to the middle. Billam-Smith connected with a right hook in the fourth and was edging the rounds with his tidier work.
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