SATURDAY night finished in a mess and it’s a mess is going to take a bit of cleaning up. A cloud of mixed emotion hung over the SSE Arena. Disappointment, relief, frustration, anger, sadness, pride… Relief for the Lewis Crocker camp because their man somehow got out of there with a victory despite getting a boxing lesson from Paddy Donovan.

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In one of the most staggering finales to a fight in a British ring, Paddy Donovan was disqualified while opponent Lewis Crocker was on the canvas, writes Tris Dixon.

Paddy Donovan looked to be on his way to becoming the mandatory challenger for the IBF world welterweight title on Saturday night before being disqualified

Belfast's Lewis Crocker wins a dramatic IBF eliminator against Paddy Donovan after his opponent is disqualified for delivering a punch after the bell at the end of the eighth round.

Donovan thought he had defeated Crocker after knocking the hometown fighter down for the second time at the end of the eighth round, but referee Marcus McDonnell disqualified the Andy Lee-trained man for hitting Crocker after the bell had sounded.