Nick Blackwell taken to hospital as Chris Eubank Jr claims middleweight title win

landed punches from the off and found it easy to evade Blackwell Credit: Reuters

Boxer Nick Blackwell has been taken to hospital following his match against Chris Eubank Jr to defend his Middleweight title.

The fight at Wembley Arena was stopped in the 10th round after the doctor decided Blackwell was unable to see sufficiently from his left eye.

Eubank Jr claimed victory to become the new British middleweight champion after easily dominating the match.

He landed punches from the off and found it easy to evade Blackwell, who as the fight went on looked more and more like he would need a knock-out to retain his belt.

But that never looked forthcoming.

Blackwell's eye had been closing for a few rounds and blood was coming out of his nose when the referee stopped the fight.

"I hit him with some big shots, maybe the referee should have stopped the fight earlier," Eubank Jr said.

Blackwell was taken from the ring on a stretcher.