Unbeaten Joe Hayden has shrugged off the postponement of his first-ever professional title fight and believes he will go on to win a belt in 2026.

Hayden had been due to fight George Faho Mensah on Friday, at the Doncaster Dome, with the vacant welterweight Commonwealth Silver title on the line.

But three days earlier, his opponent pulled out.

Visa issues affecting the Ghanaian were blamed.

Instead, the Conisbrough southpaw had to settle for a lower-profile six-rounder against journeyman Gomes de Oliveira on a White Rhino/LA Boxing promotion at the Dome and won every round.

Hayden, 26, said it was a matter of "job done... not the one we wanted but another win nonetheless, on to big fights in the New Year.”

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The victory was his 21st straight win.

He has only ever fought eight rounds or under, but appears in peak condition.

Hayden was on a card which saw Will Harrison, from York, controversially outpoint Lewis Booth, of Doncaster, to retain his Central Area Welterweight title.

Many observers thought Booth did enough over 10 rounds to have his hand lifted, but the judging went 97-94 against him.

Booth's team said: "After an absorbing battle of styles, both Men went home safely to their families.

"We were disappointed with the result (but) we were happy with Lewis' performance."

There were debut wins for two Sheffield fighters on the bill, Chris Mulunda and Sam Lightfoot.

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Sam, off the production line at Manor Boxing Academy, posted: "I said God has a plan for me and I stick by that. All glory to him. Here’s to the beginning of something special."

Sheffield Boxing Centre's Declan Cairns said his win came "after a testing time" in his life.

Results include:

Will Harrison, York, previously 7 0 2, beat Lewis Booth, Doncaster 17 2 0.
Joe Hayden, Conisbrough, 20 0 0 bt Gomes de Oliveira, Brazil, 6 35 0 welter
Declan Cairns, Sheffield Boxing Centre/Worksop 7 2 0 bt Jose Aguirre, Costa Rica, 2 19 0 super welter
Karl Sampson, Manor Boxing Academy Sheffield, 9 62 1 bt Liam Fitzmaurice, Lancashire, 0 9 0 super light
Calvin Moyo, Doncaster, 2 0 0 bt Josh Cook, Manchester, 1 56 3 middle
Jake Bray 3 37 2, Stainforth bt Kasra Zoughalian 0 4 0 Wakefield, light heavy
Taylor McLeish, Witter gym, Rotherham, debut bt Jordan Grannum, London, 13 174 6 middle
Chris Mulunda, Sheffield City ABC, debut bt Octavian Gratii, Moldova, 8 92 4 super welter
Henri Cooper 1 0 0, York, bt Sam Kirk, Doncaster, 0 20 2 super welter
Samantha Lightfoot, Manor Boxing Academy, debut bt vv Kira Carter, Leeds, 0 23 1 feather.

On the same night at Barnsley Metrodome, Sheffield's Bianca Johnson secured her fourth straight professional career win.

After her victory over Elaine Harrison, she posted that she was now ranked fourth in the country.

"Many said I wouldn’t stick at it, well look at me now climbing the rankings.

"A big 2026 coming from me, but now it’s time to rest and recover

Thanks to everybody that came to support."

Barnsley's Jake John Cleary, with Amer Khan and Callum Simpson in his corner, had a solid four-round win over Liam Macmillan.

Head coach Jamie Kennedy said Cleary was now preparing for a slot on the Simpson v Troy Williamson European showdown in Leeds on a Boxxer show next month.

Cory Sagar, also a winner on Friday's show, will join that bill.

Results include:

Bianca Johnson, Sheffield, previously 3 0 0 beat Elaine Harrison, Ireland, 1 0 0 super feather
Jake Jon Cleary, Wombwell, 3 0 0 bt Luke Thomas, Manchester, 1 5 0 welter
Cory Sagar, Barnsley, 3 0 0 bt Ivan Trofimovich, Spain, debut middle
Billy Jarmolinski, Doncaster 1 0 0 bt Sydney Chambers, Manchester, 0 1 0 bantam
Ellis Ward, Leeds, 4 0 0 stopped Lewis Varley, Birmingham, 0 7 0 welter
Adam Samad, Bradford, 1 0 0 bt Ryan Labourn, Bradford, 0 36 2 Box-pro cruiser
Joel Granger, York, 2 0 0 bt Carl Redmond, Liverpool, debut super welter
Andrea Cikalleshi, Wakefield, 6 0 1 bt Dale Arrowsmith, Stockport, 6 142 5 welter
Joe Garside, Halifax, 8 2 3 bt Ramiro Garcia Lopez, Mexico, 8 31 0 welter.

Meanwhile, Sheffield-based super lightweight Saqib Mehmood was victorious on his debut in Brighton.