Dale Robinson will not be lobbying for a rematch with British bantamweight champion Martin Power and will drop straight back down to flyweight for his next contest.

The Huddersfield fighter's first attempt to win the Lonsdale belt ended in a controversial 116-113 defeat at the hands of Londoner Power at the Elephant & Castle Leisure Centre on Friday.

Robinson's trainer Chris Aston had harsh words for

referee Paul Thomas, claiming the fight should have been stopped after Robinson suffered a bad cut following what he claimed was a deliberate use of the head in the second round.

"He was fouled early on," said Aston, "and the referee never even stopped to have a look at the cut, despite blood pouring into Dale's eye.

"But being a true sportsman was his downfall. Dale was too honourable.

"He could have sat on the floor and forced the ref to look at the state of the eye. Then the doctor would have been called over and the bout would probably have been stopped."

But despite being left to rue what might have been, Aston said there was no chance of getting it on with Power for a second time.

"There will be no rematch. The fight only came along by chance and it would have been silly to turn down the chance of a shot at the British title, which is what Dale has always wanted.

"What the fight showed is that Dale can mix it with anyone. Look at the guy's record, he is 17 and none and is a good fighter.

"But I've always maintained Dale is a flyweight, and Dale has been in touch this week and agreed.

"He will be back in the gym next week and we will be working towards a fight for the British flyweight title.

"Chris Sanigar has a fighter doing well at the moment in Lee Haskins and he has been nominated for the British title.

"Dale remains unbeaten at flyweight and we will give him one warm-up fight and then look to set up a meeting with Haskins for the British title this side of Christmas."

There was more bad news on Friday as Bradford light-middleweight Danny Parkinson lost his second pro fight, knocked out in the third round by unbeaten Kent prospect Gary Woolcombe.

"Danny got a bit nervous," said Aston. "All the razzmatazz involving the Sky cameras affected him. I told him it was not being shown live and would be taped, but a lot of the younger fighters show nerves when the cameras are there as they are used to fighting on small-hall shows like Bradford.

"But Danny will bounce back. Woolcombe was also unbeaten record and the area title is still out there for grabs."

l Cruiserweight Nathan Jospeh will fight for the British Masters title against up-and-coming prospect Carl Wright in Coventry on June 18.