Rendall Munroe (right) in action against Fabrizio Trotta on Thursday

Leicester boxer Rendall Munroe wants to hold his next title defence in his home town after beating Italian Fabrizio Trotta in Dublin on Thursday.

It was the 28-year-old bin man's third defence of his European super bantamweight title and he is now set to fight again on 27 February.

Trainer Jason Shinfield told BBC Radio Leicester: "The fight went absolutely to plan.

"We are now looking for a big venue somewhere in Leicester."

Trotta was unable to continue after spraining his wrist throwing a punch halfway through the fifth round.

Shinfield added: "Rendall was really ripping the body shots in and [Trotta] was looking for a way out then."

Munroe's next opponent will be announced shortly but is rumoured to be Spain's Kiko Martinez.

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