ST JOSEPH'S Mitchell Buckland carried on his family’s fighting name by becoming a two-weight Celtic champion at the Newport Centre on Saturday, writes Dewi Powell.

Buckland added the belt to his trophy cabinet after impressing three judges with a wide 10-round points victory against Scotland’s Ally Black in the headline attraction for Warrior Promotions’ ‘Enter The Dragon’ show.

The 22-year-old’s elder brother Gary Buckland, a former British champion, recently retired but was supporting from ringside and he awaits his British Boxing Board of Control license to go in the corner as part of the training team.

Buckland scored a fourth round stoppage against Black in July when they met in Bournemouth, courtesy of a severe nose injury. The Welshman again made his mark by inflicting the same injury and a badly bruised eye with solid southpaw straight punches, leaving the game visitor more red than Black at the final bell.

It was a competitive clash throughout but Buckland’s edge in speed and accuracy meant he was always a step ahead and he’s targeting an all-Welsh fight against Swansea’s Chris Jenkins if he wins the British title on November 7.

Buckland was cornered by his manager Brian Powell as head coach Tony Borg was in Manchester with Blackwood’s Craig Evans, who was the beneficiary of a disputed draw against ex-Team GB Olympic captain Tom Stalker for the WBO European title.

Afterwards, former Team Calzaghe member Enzo Maccarinelli recorded his 40th win by chopping down the Czech Republic’s usually durable journeyman, Jiri Svacina.

The former Welsh world champion rarely ventured out of first gear and he soon found the range for several spiteful left hooks and right crosses, eventually ending it when he put his foot on the gas in the fifth round.

As early as the third round, Svacina started a series of signals to referee Reece Carter that he didn’t want to continue. However, it wasn’t halted and Maccarinelli continued his assault, soon sending Svacina to the canvas three times.

On Svacina’s final trip to the floor, which was courtesy of a crippling body punch, the official called it off and Maccarinelli celebrated with his trainer, Cwmbran’s Gary Lockett.

It’s expected that Maccarinelli will now have a November date with American legend Roy Jones Jnr in Russia and a WBA version of the cruiserweight world title will be on the line.

Earlier on, Newbridge’s veteran Bradley Pryce had a hard night’s work against Dan Blackwell, brother of British middleweight champion Nick. Pryce, a former domestic belt-holder himself, won every round of the blood soaked six round battle and wants to compete for another strap before his 16-year career ends.

Zack Davies looked faster than ever as he out-fought the unambitious Fonz Alexander. The lightweight and former Team Wales representative in the 2014 Commonwealth Games is unbeaten in four bouts so far and yet to lose a round in 20 professional sessions.

It was good news for Maerdy’s middleweight and fellow Lockett’s Gym stablemate Alex ‘Bad News’ Hughes, who secured his sixth professional win with a steady workout against Kieron Gray.

Starting the show, Swansea’s James Todd shred the ring-rust after a 27 month lay off with a hard fought four round distance win against game journeyman Micky Mills.

Also on Saturday, St Joseph's star Joe Cordina lost his quarter-final at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Doha to Robson Conceicao from Brazil.