Kyle Williams proves a knockout in bout three

Williams got the job done early as opponent Patrik Bartos was counted out in the dying embers of their four-round clash, writes Craig Birch.

The second session had just eight seconds left when Messer called for the finish on Errol Johnson's Black Country Boxing show at the Venue in Edgbaston, Birmingham.

Bartos had gone down heavily earlier in the round from a left uppercut to the head, after a left hook to the body hurt him and brought down his defences.

Williams returned with another left hook to the body that there was no getting up from, to settle their contest in the super bantamweight division.

The Black Country fighter was elated with the result ahead of a planned drop down to super flyweight and a change to Johnson's management.

The 24-year-old, from Whitmore Reans, scored his first stoppage in this third pro contest to follow on from points wins over Anwar Alfadli and Iain Halsall.

Natural rivalries with prospects Louis Norman, Matt Windle and Brad Foster make sense lower down, with English champion Don Broadhurst another attractive proposition.

Williams said: "I'm coming to super fly, because I know I'll be big and strong at the weight. I believe I can hit harder than any of those names that have been mentioned.

"It was my opponent's 20th contest and he's been in with some good company, so I've got to be pleased with that result. I'm growing in confidence and I always believe in myself.

"I don't think the obvious matches at super fly will trouble me and I've sparred with some of them. I've done rounds with Matt, Louis and Don.

"To be honest, Don was the hardest hitter of them, but it didn't faze me. Louis is a talent who I rate, as I do Matt and Brad, but these are all great fights for me."

Williams' grit is becoming apparent after he flipped his car in a crash 10 days prior to fight night and boxed on, after escaping injury.

He was also sliced open in round two of his pro debut against Alfadli from a punch, but battled to still secure victory on the cards.

The former world kickboxing champion still works as an instructor at Fran Zuccala's Eclipse Kickboxing & Gracie Jiu Jitsu Academy, on Tempest Street in Wolverhampton city centre, and now does basic boxing training there.

The second dan black belt teaches children, teenagers and adults at the same venue where he first learned his own skills since the age of six.

He won the ICU featherweight title and challenged for the ISKA European crown. Foster has followed the same path, coming into pugilism after winning world kickboxing honours.

Williams said: "I get the feeling they are keeping me and Brad apart, it's such a great fight potentially with our kickboxing backgrounds.

"It will have it's own little story behind it as we go on and neither of us are in a rush, as we are still learning as boxers, but it seems obvious it will happen one day."