Joe McGrail scored a vicious KO victory over Aaron Hayden, dropping and stopping him after the latter’s horror cut.McGrail was looking to capture the first title of his career as he took on Hayden for the Central Area title.Hayden was brutally stopped by a devastating body shot from McGrailGettyIt was a big stage for the British prospect who came out on the bill at his home city on the Ben Whittaker undercard.The Everton came out with a soundtrack of ‘Z-Cars’ blaring ahead of Everton’s Premier League clash with Liverpool tomorrow night.And McGrail put on a brilliant display in an enthralling contest to dethrone Hayden.It was the fifth round when the breakthrough moment came as a nasty cut to the right eye of Hayden opened up.A grimace was on the face of Hayden as blood poured down his face, but he tried to survive.It was from a clash of heads but McGrail sensed his moment to make a real statement.A huge right hand glanced the head of Hayden before a perfectly timed whipping left hook crashed into the stomach of his rival.The sickening blow took the wind out of the champion as he doubled over and collapsed to the canvas.He was unable to recover despite recovering his breath, and with the cut and nasty body shot proving too much, he couldn’t climb to his feet.Hayden failed to beat the count and the referee waved off the contest.View Tweet: https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhittakerSuarez?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwThe Liverpudlian scored a fantastic victory on the night, and captured the first belt of his career, a Central Area crown.McGrail on his performanceOn his brilliant display, McGrail said: “It is special, I said at the presser to Eddie, I wanted my first belt on Derby weekend in my home city.“I felt like the whole fight, I had him on the back foot and was breaking him down with hard shots.“But after I cut him, I felt the fight go from him, and that pushed me on and I started nailing him.“I wasn’t even sure if it was a body shot or a backhand, but yeah I was looking to make a statement to everyone and that is what I did.“I had a very tough year last year with injuries, so to be back in the ring and doing this is unbelievable.Boxing scheduleFor all the upcoming fights and results this year, check out talkSPORT.com’s boxing schedule.“I knew I’d put in a performance and I did and on to big things now.”Promoter Eddie Hearn added: “Joe McGrail sold a lot of tickets, and we needed the quality and we got it.“I thought that was a great performance, Joe is a tough dark horse in the pro game, he is a rough diamond.“That was a big night for him, and now he can build in 2026 and will be in some exciting nights.”