 He then won the IBO world super middleweight title and defended it successfully eight times.He was then defeated in his attempt for the European title.In December 2008 he beat undefeated Scottish Stevie Maguire to win the British super middleweight title, and, after a 13-month break, returned to defeat Mads Larsen in a seven-round knockout in Aarhus, becoming European champion for the first time.