 Takaloo came down from light-middleweight for the fight |
Eamonn Magee's comeback came to an end as Takaloo won a majority decision to take the WBU welterweight title at Belfast's King's Hall on Saturday. Margate-based Takaloo got a 116-112 115-113 114-114 verdict after a negative performance from Magee in front of his home crowd.
Underdog Takaloo also took a cautious approach and at times there were frustrated boos from the Belfast crowd.
Significant blows were rare and it was Takaloo's pace that won the day.
 |  They said it was all over but my future is definitely bright |
"I proved tonight that you cannot write me off because I keep coming back and in there tonight against a good fighter I felt stronger than ever," he said.
"I wish I had moved up to welterweight years ago because it feels so good and now I am convinced you will see the better of me and I will go on to win a major world title.
"Magee did not come to fight in there and it was just a case of trying to hunt him down but I managed to do it and I am so happy.
"They said it was all over but my future is definitely bright."
Magee, 34, last fought 14 months ago, stopping Dane Allan Vester.
A year earlier, his boxing career appeared to be over after he was the victim of a violent street attack in Belfast.
The incident left him with multiple injuries, including a punctured lung and fractured knee.
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