Britain's Kell Brook said he wanted a fight against rival world champion Danny Garcia after making short work of his International Boxing Federation welterweight title defence with a second-round stoppage of Canada's Kevin Bizier on Saturday.

Victory in front of his home crowd in Sheffield, northern England, saw Brook extend his perfect professional record to 36 wins from 36 bouts with 25 knockouts.

But the speed with which Brook stopped his game, if outclassed, opponent was sure to raise questions about how the IBF managed to select Bizier as a mandatory challenger for the title.

This was Brook's first fight since May last year after he suffered a broken rib following a straightforward win over compatriot Frankie Gavin.

Brook stunned Shawn Porter of the United States to win the title in August 2014, but was out of action for more than a year following injuries sustained in a stabbing incident in Tenerife.

A routine victory over Romanian Jo Jo Dan followed before the defeat of Gavin.

Bizier entered the ring having won 25 of his 27 professional bouts but, significantly, his record included two defeats by Dan, both via split decisions, in 2013 and 2014.

Right from the opening bell he demonstrated an alarming lack of head movement, with Brook landing some solid punches and causing a cut above his opponent's eye.

By the early stages of the second round, blood was pouring from Bizier's nose and it was not long before Brook rocked him with a powerful head shot and then sent the 31-year-old to the canvas with a flurry of punches.

Bizier, never previously knocked out in his career, got back up only for Brook to floor him again moments later.

Midway through the second count, the referee stopped the contest with 45 seconds of the round remaining and Bizier in no position to continue.

Brook's trainer, Dominic Ingle, said his boxer is even better than Naseem Hamed, who Ingle worked with.

“If I’m being really, really honest - and I’m not just saying this because he’s sat here - he’s probably the best out of the lot,” Ingle said.

“Naz was good and I spent a bit of time working with Naz. But I think Kell is a better boxer. He’s got a better variety of shots than Naz.

“Kell has been in the gym a long, long time and I’ve seen him develop from a 10-year-old kid into a world champion.

“He’s coming up to 30 now and only hitting his peak. He’s got another two to three years where he needs to get in the big fights.”