As is customary for British title fights at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, a venue situated in the heart of London’s East End and steeped in fight history, Kieron Conway and George Liddard offered a compelling fight for those who gathered, and the handful of customers DAZN hasn’t yet ostracised. 

Champion Conway entered the ring as the tried and trusted, Liddard as the upstart in a rush. That was how the fight was characterised. Conway appeared the bigger man, at 29 and having matured in to the classic Middleweight division. His young challenger, still just 23 and reckoned to be the youngest ever champion was he to succeed, sported a D’Artagnan moustache and a Jack Nicholson grin.