New Addington boxing star Gareth Gardner confirmed his status as the most dominant boxer in the history of the UK’s premier boxing league on Saturday night, with another emphatic victory.

Headlining the Queensbury Boxing League’s big night of championship action at the Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey, the 30-year-old won the vacant Queensbury middleweight title in dramatic fashion in front of a capacity crowd.

He stopped West Yorkshire’s former amateur champion Tommy “The Machine Gun” Marcon in the second round with a spiteful body shot that saw the Yorkshire man unable to beat the referee’s count.

The victory extended Gardner’s unbeaten run on the televised show to eight straight victories since joining the promotion in 2012, and cemented his reputation as the show's most prolific champion.

Gardner now holds the middleweight and light middleweight titles, having also held the super middleweight title. 

Gardner said: “Tommy was a tough strong fighter who caught me with a couple of hurtful shots in the fight, but I felt really good in there and caught him with a lovely body shot that finished it.

“Normally I like to give the fans their monies worth and put on a show, but the finish came early tonight so I am really happy to win another title and make history again.

“There are lots of fighters in the league and plenty more new ones coming in so the shows keep getting better and better, so we’ll wait to see what’s next for me, but I’ll be back out on November 22 defending one of my belts."

Gardner’s latest win will be broadcast on British Eurosport late October.