Callum Simpson was proud he could pay tribute to his sister Lily-Rae with a stunning defence of his belts on Saturday night.

The Barnsley fighter successfully defended his British and Commonwealth super-middleweight crowns with a two-round demolition of Birmingham's Steed Woodall in Sheffield.

It was Simpson's first fight since the tragic loss of his younger sister in a quad bike accident in Greece last summer.

Simpson wore kit bearing her name in tribute to her.

He said: "Lily's not here but I've got another six brothers and sisters.

"They all got in the ring after and it was a special moment.

"At times you might feel helpless and that there is nothing that you can do, but the smallest thing I could do was try and pay tribute to her and keep going on in her memory and make her proud."

Some questioned whether the stoppage from referee Mark Bates had been premature.

Simpson scored a heavy knockdown and was well on top again when the end came.

He felt the referee made the right call.

He added: "The referee saved him, I think. The referee has the best view and I could see in his eyes that he was only one more shot away from going down again.

"I've trained really hard in the last six months and it showed.

"I was expecting a much harder fight. I am developing every fight and caught him with some good clean shots."

Another Oakwell showdown has been mooted for May/June with Sheffield's Liam Cameron seen as a potential opponent.