The WBC belt now belongs to Willy Hutchinson after his victory over Joshua Buatsi, and the Scot wasted no time in issuing an open challenge to the winner of Dmitry Bivol's fight with Callum Smith. At 175lb, Hutchinson relied on unorthodox angles and constant changes of style, a display that underlined the size of his ambitions.

"We'll go for undisputed, isn't it? I want to beat the best, be the best, beat the best. And I'm one of the best now. Got one of the belts," Hutchinson said after the win. Yet experts warn that such a freewheeling, style-switching approach could end in defeat against a technician of Bivol's calibre.