LEE APPLEYARD secured an English title shot at a second weight with a points win on Ryan Rhodes and Stefy Bull’s joint promotion at the Metrodome. Rotherham’s Appleyard was a clear enough 98-92 winner in Howard Foster’s eyes over Birmingham’s Ben Fields.
Fields seemed to empty most of his tank with a huge burst in the fourth but ex-English lightweight champion Appleyard had most of the contest his own way and looked fresher in the final stages.