Six-hit Bradley vows there's more to come

Cambridge News12th July, 2010

BRADLEY Evans lived up to his Buzzsaw nickname by cutting Jason Carr down to size to extend his unbeaten record at a show in London.

The Royston lightweight put in arguably his most intelligent performance since turning professional to claim a comfortable 40-36 win on points at York Hall and make it six bouts without defeat.

It was just a shame there were not a few more people there to see it with the bout going on after the main event - Lenny Daws' successful British light-welterweight title defence against Steve Williams - due to television scheduling.

The sight of Sky putting away their cameras and cables while the bout was going on was faintly depressing.

Despite many punters heading off to catch last orders after the headline act, Evans' hardcore of followers ensured there was still plenty of noise in the largely deserted hall.

And the former Senior ABA champion ensured it was worth the wait as he quickly took the bout to the Sheffield boxer, who came in with a mixed record of one win, two draws and three defeats.

Evans, 21, prevented the gangly Carr from using his height and reach advantage from the start by getting inside and rattling off quickfire blows before stepping out of range.

He never let the heavily tattooed Carr, 23, settle into the contest and gradually wore him down over the course of the four-rounder.

Carr barely laid a glove on Evans during the bout, but not for the want of trying.

Evans simply looked sharper and livelier than he did during his return three weeks ago in a rematch with Karl Taylor, and got his tactics just right against Carr.

He felt it was his most convincing win, but believed there was plenty left in the tank.

Evans, who fights again on September 10, said: "I'm happy enough with it, but I feel I could have done a bit more, although it was difficult with the heat.

"I feel like I hurt him a few times when his legs went a bit, but I just didn't do enough to finish him off.

"If it had been six rounds like my last fight, I could have got him out of there, but it was the fourth round by the time he got tired.

"I was a bit worried about him before the bout because he hasn't got a particularly bad record - the people he has lost to have all been good kids and every time it was only by one round - but it was a half-decent performance and I know there's more to come."