The pair continued to exchange looping and desperate blows, as any artistry was dispensed. Neither was willing to give ground. Or so it seemed. A left hook from Williamson stunned Dickinson, causing him to drop his hands, before a perfect right hand landed flush. Dickinson, 8-2 (2 KOs), collapsed heavily, regained his feet but was all at sea when Williamson, soon to be the new English titlist, was let loose again. The referee wisely stepped in quickly, at 1 minute, 51 seconds of the ninth.
