Jeamie 'TKV' Tshikeva upset the odds to land the biggest victory of his career, beating Frazer Clarke by split decision to win the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles in a brutal encounter at Derby's Vaillant Live Arena.

Hours before the fight, TKV (9-2, 5 KOs) was as long as a 5-1 underdog to beat the experienced Clarke, who had a standout amateur career and won bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

However, the Tottenham man ripped up the script to stun fierce rival Clarke (9-2-1, 7 KOs) live on BBC Two in the first boxing event the national broadcaster has put on since Clinton Woods won the IBF light heavyweight title against Rico Hoye in March 2005. The scores read 115-113 TKV, 115-112 Clarke, 115-112 TKV.

"It feels amazing," TKV said in the ring afterwards. "I whooped that boy in his backyard. I knew he was gonna hold, he started blowing in the first 20 seconds. I knew when I hurt him it was my fight, I even had a point taken off and I still won.

"We can do a rematch in London, in Tottenham, may at Wembley. Anytime, anywhere."

The pair exchanged heated words all throughout fight week and it was Clarke who matched those words with actions in the first round, throwing thundering uppercuts and right hands for the entire three minutes.

TKV had some success in the second as he connected with a left hook of his own, but it was Clarke once again who would force the pressure and win the battle of strength on the inside and up against the ropes. TKV wouldn't be denied, however, landing a big right uppercut towards the end of the round.

The third round saw TKV's mouthpiece dislodged after the pair exchanged shots up close. Jabs and body shots came into effect for Clarke for the rest of the round and he landed a sizable left hook which caught TKV's attention, too. Things got worse for TKV at the end of the third as he was docked a point by referee John Latham for hitting below the belt.

TKV had his best success in the fourth, landing a cuffing overhand right which looked to have momentarily stumbled Clarke. As the Londoner tried to follow up on the ropes, he landed a right uppercut before being turned around and unloaded on by Clarke, who returned fire with more uppercuts of his own.

Both men took big shots in a fairly even fifth round. TKV opened up by connecting with another big uppercut but Clarke would also use the same shot to do damage to his man.

The sixth round was evenly-matched, too. TKV finished the round by landing a sharp left hook, and he had yet more success with the uppercut in the early stages of the round. Clarke also connected with more right uppercuts of his own in what was becoming a war of attrition.

The left hand-right uppercut came into play for TKV again at the start of the seventh, but he would receive another warning for hitting low moments later. He wouldn't be deterred, though, as his left hook would connect more and more, both to the body and head.

Clarke looked to change the momentum of the fight in the eighth and stepped in to land a big right hand inside the first minute. Up close, however, it was still TKV having success with short lefts and rights. Clarke had his best moments at range, particularly with his right, before coming in at close quarters to land the uppercut again. TKV again would fire right back with his patented left hook, perhaps his most vicious of the fight.

The fight slowed in the ninth round but Clarke was the man who got on the front foot and landed the more meaningful shots. As TKV looked to land his jab, Clarke was ready to duck and land with a right hand over the top, following up with the left uppercut immediately after.

The 10th round saw TKV land two more brutal left hooks to start things off but his mouthpiece again came off a Clarke jab. The two men began to tire and the sting looked to have come out of their up-close exchanges, which TKV looked to be getting the better off with more left hooks.

Both men may have been saving their energy for a big 11th round as Clarke came out and landed a right immediately before TKV responded with the same firepower. It became evident, though, that TKV was having trouble with a huge bump above his right eye. However, TKV would come back with more left hooks and right hands, visibly hurting Clarke who walked back to his corner on unsteady legs after the biggest onslaught of the fight from either man.

Clarke's trainer Angel Fernandez came within a second of pulling his man out of the fight before letting him out of the final stanza, which TKV looked desperate to finish before the final bell. Right hands, left hooks, uppercuts; you name it, TKV was landing it all. This time it was Clarke's mouthpiece who came out. Clarke could only fight on resilience and heart at this point, perhaps realising his British title dreams were again slipping away from his grasp. After 12 enthralling rounds, both men, perhaps deservedly so, reached the end of the fight.

In the co-main event, junior featherweight Francesca Hennessy was too good for Fabiana Bytyqi, winning every single round across 10 on all three cards.

Earlier in the night, Joel Kodua beat Bobby Dalton by unanimous decision to win the English welterweight title.

Jack Massey bounced back from a first-round knockdown to stop Ivan Gabriel Garcia in a cruiserweight six-rounder. Massey looked shaken after going down off a right hand in the opener and got cut later on in the fight but landed a well-timed short left hook to close the show in the fourth round.

Opening up on the broadcast, Bradley Goldsmith overcame Jordan Dujon in a middleweight contest, claiming a 79-73 victory on the referee's scorecard.