In Bird’s last bout, the talented leisure centre attendant was awarded the Corsican Cup after seeing off French champion Dylan Salvador on the Corsican Island.

Ringsiders named him the little emperor after Corsica’s most famous son, Napoleon.

Meanwhile, WKN European Champion Stuart Jess is delighted to announce that he is now ‘The Daddy’. Baby Jess, (Mum and Dad are still arguing over what his name will be) weighed in at a cool 7lb 13oz.

Stuart said he didn't feel a thing. "He is pure class and it is such a feeling to be a daddy. We fighters think that we get it tough when we step into the ring but boy, I wouldn't change a thing.

"I'd rather fight ten people at once, than go through what a woman has to go through. Credit to all women who have gone through childbirth, they are surely tougher than us feeble men."

Stuart will be back in the ring after his celebration with the traditional wetting of the baby's head with a non alcoholic beverage as the middleweight will take on Hugh White in Scotland this weekend on a Gary Langford promotion in Motherwell.

Also on the card will be Mark's younger brother David in his second kickboxing bout.

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