Hughes pulls out of Belfast fight with knee injury

Paul Hughes was beaten on points by Usman Nurmagomedov in October [Getty Images] Paul Hughes has withdrawn from next month's headline fight against Jay-Jay Wilson because of a knee injury. The County Derry man's lightweight contest with Wilson was set to top the bill in the Professional Fighters League's second Belfast show on 16 April. Hughes, who will have knee surgery, said on Wednesday that he was "absolutely crushed".

Donegal's Darragh Kelly will step in as his replacement at the SSE Arena. Kelly has won all nine of his professional bouts and now looks forward to the biggest fight of his career against the New Zealander.