Eamon O'Kane had intended to retire after the disappointment of failing to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games. But a change of heart, and a change of club, ended with the 24-year-old engineer securing a fifth straight middleweight crown.
But it couldn't have been closer in a clash of champions as O'Kane fought from behind to beat Thomas Hamill 16-15.
"I felt I was unjustly beaten at the Commonwealth Games. That is why I came back - unfinished business," said O'Kane.