Aaron McKenna impresses in Liverpool and calls out Chris Eubank Jnr

Aaron McKenna earned a sixth-round stoppage victory against Mickey Ellison in the first defence of his WBC International Middleweight title on Saturday night - and immediately set his sights on a showdown with Chris Eubank Jnr.

The 24-year-old - performing on the undercard of the Natasha Jonas-Mikaela Mayer welterweight world title bout - moved to 18-0 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool.

McKenna has ben slated to take on Linus Udofia, but he pulled out of the bout citing illness.

Up stepped 33-year-old Ellison, who had a record of 14-6 before tonight. However he proved no match for 'The Silencer', Ellison's corner throwing in the towel towards the end of the sixth with their fighter taking heavy punishment.

Afterwards, Monaghan native McKenna told Sky Sports: "It's very hard for me to get matched so I think I need to get the top fights now. I think I'm the most avoided middleweight in the world, and a fighter who's avoided as he says, Chris Eubank Jnr, if he's struggling to get a fight I'll step up.

"I'll skip straight to the world level and repeat history. His father went over to Ireland and got beaten by an Irishman. Let's recreate history."