KEIGHLEY'S Muhammad Ali has won his first national senior title after winning the 52kg crown in the England Boxing Elite Championships.

The 18-year-old, who is a graduate from Bradford College's elite boxing programme, beat Blane Hyland of Salisbury on a unanimous points decision in today's final at the Liverpool Echo Arena.

The Bury Amateur Boxing Club member lived up to his No 1 seeding, having beaten Louis Lynn in the semi-final, also by a unanimous verdict.