Up-and-coming boxing star Dennis 'The Menace' McCann joked he'd eaten "too many Haribo" after winning his first world title.

The 21-year-old Maidstone southpaw overcame tough competition in the shape of Charles Tondo, also 21, to lift the WBO Youth Super Bantamweight world title.

Tondo, fighting out of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, was outclassed for most of the eight-round contest at Wembley's OVO Arena.

But McCann, who walked out wearing a headband dedicated to his friend John Boy Cash who tragically died in a car crash last year, didn't have it all his own way.

Tondo, who turned pro at 15 and has a staggering 19 bouts, challenged in the fourth and fifth rounds, landing some big shots of his own.

McCann seemed to have stunned Tondo in the second and almost closed it out with a late flurry in the sixth but the contest went the distance with each judge giving it to him 79-73.

After the fight McCann, promoted by Frank Warren, said: "He was a tough cookie and difficult to crack. It was a good learning experience.

"I think I had one too many Haribo in training camp and was a bit fat."

But despite the quip about his weight McCann, now unbeaten in 12 fights, said he would move down to bantamweight for his next contest.

Fellow undefeated Maidstone fighter Sam 'Midge' Noakes defended his WBC International Silver lightweight title against Italian champion Vincenzo Finiello.

Finiello, 38, didn't threaten a dangerous Noakes and was counted out after being sent to the canvas in the fourth round.

Despite that a minute later he was able to parade around the ring with Noakes on his shoulders.

Noakes said: "If he's got the strength in his legs to do that at the end, he should have carried on."