Louis Greene knocked out home favourite Dean Sutherland to claim the vacant Commonwealth super-welterweight title.

Scotsman Sutherland went into Saturday’s fight undefeated in 14 bouts and was looking to put on a show infront of his own fans in Aberdeen in his biggest fight yet - only for the ‘Medway Mauler’ to ruin his night.

Greene became the first man to stop Sutherland, winning the contest with an uppercut in the fifth, flooring his opponent and with it claiming the prestigious title.

A sell-out crowd were at the Beach Ballroom in the 'Granite City' with most there to see their man Sutherland, hoping for a big win to elevate him to bigger and better things. Having had big-time training with Freddie Roach in America and some top sparring, the home fighter was confident of extending his winning run.

But Strood’s Greene had other ideas, heading into the weekend clash after stopping previously unbeaten Tomasz Nowicki from the away corner out in Poland. That gave him a lift after losing out to Harry Scarff for the English welterweight title in March.

Fighting at a more natural weight this time around, Greene was confident of an upset against his 23-year-old opponent, unfazed by a noisy home crowd.

Greene caught Sutherland with some good early shots before the Scottish opponent made more of an impact in rounds three and four. But less than a minute into round five and with the Aberdeen man on the ropes, the Strood boxer landed an uppercut to end the contest.

“I’m completely over the moon,” declared the Medway man post-fight, who had revelled in the hostile atmosphere.

“The environment was immense - it was unbelievable to fight infront of that crowd. It was hostile but the respect they showed me afterwards was nice.”

Sutherland declared afterwards that he would “be back better for sure” and offered his congratulations to the winning fighter.

With a rematch clause in the contract, Sutherland could look to take Greene on again, or let the Medway man seek out other big challenges that are sure to come his way.

It proved to be a good weekend for Kent fighters, with Maidstone pair Sam Noakes and Dennis McCann also winning Commonwealth titles, clinching their belts at the 02 Arena in London.