WELSHMAN Liam Williams added the British title to his Commonwealth super-welterweight crown with a second-round knockout of Kris Carslaw on Saturday but Blackwood’s Craig Evans had to settle for a second draw against Thomas Stalker.

Church Village fighter Williams, trained by Cwmbran’s Gary Lockett, put in a dazzling display at the Manchester Arena on the undercard of Billy Joe Saunders' win over Andy Lee for the WBO world middleweight title.

The 23-year-old dominated the bout from the opening bell and dropped his opponent in the first round with an impressive four-punch combination.

Carslaw came out with intent in the second but was once again floored by a solid jab.

Referee Michael Alexander stopped the contest without a count to hand Williams the vacant British super-welterweight title alongside his Commonwealth belt.

But there was frustration for St Joseph’s star Evans in his WBO European lightweight title fight against London 2012 Team GB boxing captain Stalker.

It was 31-year-old Stalker who started the stronger of the two but Evans, aged 26, grew into the fight and dominated the later rounds.

One judged scored it 96-94 in favour of Evans but two scores of 95-95 resulted in a majority draw.

The first meeting between the pair also ended in a draw in October and the two Frank Warren fighters look destined for a third bout.

On the same card Paul Butler stopped Silvio Olteanu to claim the vacant WBO European super-flyweight title.

Butler, nicknamed the 'Baby Faced Assassin', dominated his 34-year-old Romanian opponent from start to finish and was awarded a correct stoppage decision 2 minutes 45 seconds into round six of the fight.

"I hit him with almost everything and he just kept standing and I was thinking 'what have I got to do to get him out of here?'," said the 27 year-old, whose record now reads 20-1-KO11.

"We knew he'd never been stopped before and we knew he was going to be tough.

“The plan was the keep breaking him up - we knew how old he was, we knew the legs were going to heavy. The plan was to up it and I think that plan worked perfect."