Boxing: Southpaw Fury takes Irish title

Sunday 15 April 2012 20:05 BST

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The former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Tyson Fury beat the veteran Martin Rogan in five rounds on Saturday night in Belfast.

Fury, 23, who surprised onlookers by using a southpaw stance, knocked Rogan down with a left hook in the third round. A body shot in the fifth put the 40-year-old Belfast boxer down again and his trainer, Bernard Checa, insisted that the fight should be stopped.

Explaining his decision to box southpaw, Fury said: "I found it comfortable to go left-handed in that fight. I'm a world-class heavyweight and I'm going to try different things."

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