On this day in 2006: Jamie Moore knocks out Matthew Macklin in Manchester

The British super welterweight title was on the line when Moore finished his cross-city rival in the 10th of 12 scheduled rounds.

Twenty years ago today, Jamie Moore stopped Matthew Macklin at the George H Carnall Leisure Centre in Manchester and left the ring as British super welterweight champion. The knockout came 1:29 into the 10th of 12 scheduled rounds.

It was the most high-profile fight of Moore's professional career, and the rivalry had a local edge. Macklin, a former Irish middleweight titleholder, was training at Billy Graham's gym across the city from Moore's gym, which fed the rivalry before the fight.

Moore, born on 4 November 1978, boxed professionally from 1999 to 2010. He held the British and Commonwealth super welterweight titles twice between 2003 and 2007 and won the European title at the weight in 2009. He now works as a trainer.

The two men were linked again in 2014, four years after Moore retired. On 3 August that year he was shot twice, in the hip and the leg, in Marbella. Moore, then working as a pundit for Sky Sports, was in Spain to train Macklin, who owned a gym in the Costa del Sol resort.

Macklin said afterwards: "Just to let everyone know Jamie Moore is still in hospital but he's OK. He was shot in his legs but the doctors have said there shouldn't be any serious or permanent damage done."

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