London heavyweight hope David Adeleye produced a solid display of heavy hitting as he stopped Dominik Musil, of the Czech Republic, to go 8-0 on Queensberry’s Prospects show at York Hall in East London. 

Musil was retired on his stool at the end of the fourth round, but he seemed destined for a more violent defeat had he been allowed to continue. Musil had a slight size advantage on Adeleye, but was totally outgunned. 

Things have not been completely smooth for Adeleye in his professional career. Adeleye has plenty of power, but has plenty to work on as was shown when he got something of a gift of a decision against Kamil Sokolowski in April.  

Musil had won six of his nine fights, although, notably, all three defeats had occurred whenever he boxed outside his homeland. He had a solid enough amateur background behind him and was good enough to be sent to the World Amateur Championships in 2011, where he was disqualified in his opening contest. 

For the first round, as Adeleye seemed content to eye his opponent up, Musil looked like he might provide some sturdy opposition, as he landed with his jab. But from early in the second, Adeleye started landing rights and they seldom missed. 

The fourth was a tough round for Musil who kept getting caught by big right hands and, just before the bell, a right hook counter by Adeleye sent Musil sprawling into the ropes to be counted by referee Lee Every. He staggered back to his corner but he was not allowed off his stool at the start of the fifth. 

“I’m making progress, I’m still learning, I’m young in the game,” Adeleye said. “It’s one thing doing it in the gym or the amateurs, it’s another thing doing it on fight night, that is what I am getting used to. 

“It’s not about blasting them all out, it’s about learning. At times I was not throwing as many shots as I should have. I should have looked for more openings, but I got him out of there in the end. I was going to step it up more as the rounds went on, but we never got there. 

“I’m only 24, I’ve got another ten years in this game.” 

Cruiserweight Ellis Zorro knocked down Tomislav Rudan, of Croatia, three times inside two rounds as he extended his winning record to ten fights. A right to the body put Rudan down for the first time and he was on the floor for a second time in the first round from a right uppercut. A short right put him over again in the second and while Rudan got up, referee Mark Bates waved it off at 2:17 of round two. 

Henry Turner was too quick and slippery for Ghana’s Benjamin Lamptey, who looked happy to see out the six rounds in their super-lightweight fight. Turner won a 60-54 verdict from referee Chas Coakley to move to 6-0. 

Aloys Junior, 18, went in deep on his debut, which he took at 24 hours’ notice, but was edged out by unbeaten Polish cruiserweight Michal Soczynski in a real tear-up. 

Junior was down in the first 30 seconds from a left jab, which proved to be decisive. Junior didn’t take a backwards step as he stood toe-to-toe with Soczynski 

Referee Mark Bates scored it 39-38 to Soczynski. 

Bradley Strand needed just 147 seconds of a scheduled featherweight six-rounder to stop Poland’s Piotr Gudel. Two rights, one landing high on the temple, put Gudel down for the first time and referee Chas Coakley waved it off after a second knockdown. Strand moved to 6-0. 

Levi Frankham, a 20-year-old super-welterweight, moved to 3-0, knocking down Craig Sumner in the first on the way to taking a 40-35 decision from referee Lee Emery. 

Quick featherweight prospect Adan Mohamed moved to 4-0 winning all four rounds against Engel Gomes, of Nicaragua, without ever really threatening to stop him. Referee Mark Bates scored it 40-36. 

Ron Lewis is a senior writer for BoxingScene. He was Boxing Correspondent for The Times, where he worked from 2001-2019 - covering four Olympic Games and numerous world title fights across the globe. He has written about boxing for a wide variety of publications worldwide since the 1980s.