Cruiserweight prospect Craig Kennedy brushed aside the challenge of Wadi Camacho to boost his hopes of a title shot in Newport on Friday night.

The 29-year-old from Cardiff improved to 11-0 (6KOs) after stopping Camacho in the seventh round to banish the memory of their controversial first meeting back in October.

That night London-based Spaniard Camacho (12-5 8KOs) was disqualified in the second round for apparently biting the shoulder of Kennedy, although the decision could not be proved by the British Board of Control.

Kennedy went into Friday's fight feeling he had a point to prove and he certainly made a statement, controlling the contest with his rangy jab and accurate right hands.

Camacho was already cut in three places on his face when he was dropped with a crunching left hook as he was about to unload himself. He gamely beat the count but then a left uppercut and right hook to the body dropped him again and this time the contest was waved off.

Chief support saw a cracking contest between Swansea's Chris Ware and Cardiff's Frankie Borg for the Welsh Area middleweight title.

Champion Borg was the much more experienced of the two but found himself on the canvas in the first round after a chopping right hand from Ware, who had never been beyond four rounds in his six previous career contests.

Ware continued his fast start and a right hook in the third forced Borg to touch down, while he was dropped for a third time by a similar shot in the fourth round.

Borg then started to get himself back into the fight with fast combinations appearing to slow Ware down and a cut under his left eye looked to be a turning point.

But the challenger found his second wind in the seventh and a right hook put Borg down again, this time it was a heavy landing and there was no way he was going to beat the count.

The vastly experienced Barrie Jones took the Welsh light-middleweight title off Jerome Samuels with a third-round stoppage.