At Matchroom's Fight Camp in Brentwood, Alen Babic blasted aside Shawndell Winters in the second round as the Croatian heavyweight extended an explosive start to his professional career.
Babic, nicknamed 'The Savage', is yet to progress into the third round in four professional bouts and he dropped Winters twice before the fight was waved off.
Winters wobbled through the remainder of the first round, but had to withstand more spiteful work in the second and the American contender soon wilted. Babic was hunting another early finish and the referee stepped in after another barrage dumped Winters down by the ropes.
"That was 'The Savage', be afraid of him," said Babic.
"That's my alter-ego, when I go into that mental state I can do damage. I will fight these giants. Give me the biggest one you have. I knew it in the locker room. I know when I land. Every coach told me I have bombs in my hands. It is natural. This is my approach. One or two rounds. My fights won't go past three rounds. I am different. I have a guy in mind, he's from my country. Filip Hrgovic! He was calling me out. I don't like him. I want to fight him.
"I'm a different breed of fighter. Old school, I don't care about touching. I go in there and I finish people. I finished him in the second round. Parker took five rounds, I don't need that. They say I'm small. I'm bigger than Jack Dempsey, and Jack Dempsey was a killer! Nobody can box like me. I had almost 60 knockouts in the amateurs, that's rare. I go all in. I'm bringing something new. I'm going to go in there and I'm going to get it finished as quickly as I can.
"I just want people to love me. I don't care about money. I was working as a doorman for nothing, for scraps. I've broken my hands thousands of times. Fighting on the big stage means everything to me. Hrgovic insulted me, he really insulted me. I'll never forget that. That's a fight I definitely want in the future and I will win."