Nick Ball looks like the world's leading 126 pounds boxer after he battered Ronny Rios in 10 rounds of a first defense of his WBA world featherweight title Saturday.

Ronny Rios is considering retirement after his defeat by the WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball. Rios, 34, was fighting for a world title for the third time after previously losses to Rey Vargas and Murodjon Akhmadaliev at super bantamweight.

Nick Ball called for a rematch with WBC champion, Rey Vargas after retaining his WBA featherweight crown with a 10th round win over Ronny Rios

Recently crowned WBA featherweight champion Nick Ball will have a “homecoming fight” in Liverpool on Saturday night, and Ball and his team sure haven't picked

BBC Sport gathers predictions from the boxing world for Nick Ball's WBA title defence against Ronny Rios on Saturday.

British pressure fighter Nick Ball makes the maiden defense of his WBA featherweight title against American Ronny Rios at home in Liverpool. The Sporting News will provide undercard results and a full report on the main event.

Ball (20-0-1, 11 KO) has had a breakout sort of year, fighting Rey Vargas to a scrappy draw in a WBC title fight in March, then turning around less than three months later to take the WBA title from Raymond Ford in another very close bout,