Nick Ball ground down TJ Doheny to secure victory after 10 rounds in a second defence of his WBA world featherweight title Saturday.

Nick Ball retained his WBA featherweight title in front of a buoyant home crowd in Liverpool but his stoppage of TJ Doheny after 10 bruising rounds was not without controversy.

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FEATHERWEIGHT world champion Nick Ball will be putting his belt on the line as he faces former champion TJ Doheny TONIGHT. Ball, 27, will be defending his featherweight title for the third time in

Nick Ball retained his WBA featherweight title with an ugly win against TJ Doheny in Liverpool late on Saturday night.

Nick Ball makes the second defence of his WBA featherweight title in Liverpool this evening. Standing in the opposite corner is former super-bantamweight world champion TJ Doheny. TNT Sports will broadcast live coverage of the main card from 6.30pm.

Nick Ball returns to his home city of Liverpool for the second defence of his WBA featherweight title.  He will be going up against Ireland's

Nick Ball makes the second defence of his WBA featherweight title against veteran Irish southpaw TJ Doheny, who is looking to upset a partisan crowd at Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena.

Nick Ball (21-0-1, 12 KOs) and TJ Doheny (26-5, 20 KOs) will soon clash for featherweight gold. Their bout headlines a Queensberry Promotions card at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England.