Overview
- Garner defeated Italy’s Michael Magnesi by unanimous decision to claim the WBC interim super-featherweight belt, with judges scoring the 12-round bout 116-112, 118-110 and 119-109.
- The fight was a gritty, close-quarters contest fought largely in the pocket and described as a 12-round 'phone booth' war that tested both men’s durability.
- Garner improved his record to 20-0 with 10 knockouts and won the title in front of more than 10,000 home fans at St Mary’s Stadium on Saturday, fulfilling a long‑held hometown ambition.
- Holding the interim belt makes Garner the de facto No.1 challenger to full WBC champion O’Shaquie Foster, but the WBC’s formal ordering and commercial matchmaking will determine if and when a world-title shot happens.
- Promoter Frank Warren and DAZN/Queensberry have floated next opponents including Anthony Cacace and Emanuel Navarrete, and the card also boosted local fighters such as Bradley Goldsmith, who won the IBF International middleweight belt.