Skelton's a man in a hurry

Matt Skelton is a heavyweight in a hurry after becoming British and Commonwealth champion by halting Michael Sprott in the final round of only his 13th fight as a boxer at Reading on Saturday.

Skelton, the one-time martial arts exponent who switched to boxing after campaigning in K-1 in Japan, has lifted the Lonsdale belt in quicker time that recently-retired world champion Lennox Lewis who won it in his 15th paid fight when he stopped Gary Mason in seven rounds at Wembley back in March 1991.