Saturday 19 December 2015 20:57, UK
Liam Williams added the British title to his Commonwealth super-welterweight crown with a second-round knockout of Kris Carslaw on Saturday.
Williams, 23, dominated the bout from the opening bell and dropped his opponent in the first round with an impressive four-punch combination.
Carslaw came out with intent in the second but was once again floored by a solid jab. Referee Michael Alexander stopped the contest without a count to hand Williams the vacant British super-welterweight title alongside his Commonwealth belt.
On the same card, Paul Butler stopped Silvio Olteanu to claim the vacant WBO European super-flyweight title.
Butler, nicknamed the 'Baby Faced Assassin', dominated his 34-year-old Romanian opponent from start to finish and was awarded a correct stoppage decision 2 minutes 45 seconds into round six of the fight.
"I hit him with almost everything and he just kept standing and I was thinking 'what have I got to do to get him out of here?'," said the 27 year-old, whose record now reads 20-1-KO11.
"We knew he'd never been stopped before and we knew he was going to be tough. The plan was the keep breaking him up - we knew how old he was, we knew the legs were going to heavy. The plan was to up it and I think that plan worked perfect."
Craig Evans and Thomas Stalker once again had to settle for a draw in their WBO European lightweight title fight. The first meeting between the pair also ended in a draw in October.
Stalker, 31, started the stronger of the two but Evans, 26, grew into the fight and dominated the later rounds, leading to one score of 96-94 in favour of Evans, and two scores of 95-95, resulting in a majority draw. The two fighters are yet to confirm a third bout.
Tommy Langford retained his WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title with a fifth-round stoppage win over Robert Sweirzbinski.
The Bideford fighter had his opponent down twice in the fourth round and the fight was waived off early in the fifth with the referee deciding Sweirzbinski was in no position to continue after taking a series of crunching body shots.
All four fights were on the undercard of Billy Joe Saunders' and Andy Lee's WBO middleweight title fight at the Manchester Arena.
