Michael Alldis produced a champion's performance to sink Salem Bouita at Crawley Leisure Centre last night.

The 32-year-old Crawley fighter showed a killer touch to stop the tough Frenchman in front of a sell-out 1,500 home town crowd. In doing so, Alldis showed how far he has come since winning the British Super-bantamweight crown 14 months ago.

This may have been a non-title fight, but Alldis showed he was ready to defend his crown on March 3 against either Tommy Waite or Kevin Gerowski.

The contest ended in the sixth and final rounds when an off-guard Bouita was flawed by a terrific left-hand from Alldis.

Following an accidental clash of heads, Bouita appealed for time but experienced referee Larry O'Connell told both men to carry on fighting and Alldis stepped in to knock his opponent over.

Alldis said: "I had stopped myself but the referee said carry on boxing. That was my cue. It was the best shot I had landed all night.

"He had come up complaining, trying to buy some time but the referee was having none of it and I took full advantage."

Alldis's trainer Alex Gower said: "Michael is a professional and he is British champion. It is not about being sporting. The other boy was not sporting, he was feining injury.

"You have got to be ready at all times. That is the first rule of boxing and the other boy wasn't ready."

The fight ended just over a minute into the final round but Alldis had already done enough to take the verdict on points.

Roared on by a noisy Crawley crowd, which included the town's former world champion Alan Minter, Alldis took a couple of rounds to get into the fight.

Bouita, who lost on points while challenging for the French Super bantamweight title last month, proved to be a tough opponent.

Alldis stepped up a gear in the third round, but Bouita was equal to the challenge, although it was the Crawley man who was landing the scoring shots.

By the fifth round Bouita was tiring. He was swinging and missing while Alldis looked calm and composed.

The end was not far off and when it came Alldis's young son, Tommy, paraded his Lonsdale belt around the ring with his proud father.

Alldis said: "I am not worried about which opponents are put in front of me.

"It was difficult for me to get up for it as it was a non-title fight. I am a title fighter, a 12 round fighter so I get up for title fights. It is hard to adjust myself for these type of fights against an unknown quantity.

"I am fighting again in four and a half weeks and it is no good peaking now. I needed to take this in my stride and use it as preparation for my title fight."

Gower added: "Michael has got to defend his title once more and he has got the Londsdale belt to keep. After that who knows what is out there for him - European titles, world titles.

"The difference over the last year or two is there for everyone to see. Michael acts like a champion. He walks in, trains and walks out again like a champion."

Fellow Crawley fighter Alan Gilbert failed in his challenge for the southern area light middleweight title. Gilbert was stopped in the third rounds by Brixton's Delroy Mellis who looked the classier fighter throughout.

Richard 'Secret' Williams is not a secret any more. The talented light-middleweight from South London produced a brilliant performance to claim the Commonwealth crown in the main event on the Crawley bill.

Williams, nicknamed because of his quiet but effective rise in the 11-stone division, stopped Canada's defending champion Tony Badea after 47 seconds of round three.

He produced a faultless performance and will now be looking to the bigger light-middle names such as British champions Wayne Alexander and Anthony Farnell.

A delighted Williams said: "I still can't believe it, I've now got my foot on the ladder and I've still got a lot of potential waiting to come out.

"I've never been beyond four rounds before, so Badea probably thought that I was worried about going the full 12."

The thought of going the distance clearly never entered Williams' mind as he went about his work in such clinical, accurate and hurtful fashion.

Badea, born in Romania, had never previously been stopped in 28 bouts, but immediately began to feel the effect of the new champion's stinging jabs in the opening round.

Williams landed solid body shots in the second, and a right to the head shook the Canadian before the end of that session.

Williams had seen the signs - and roared out from his corner in the third to flaw Badea with a left hook, the first punch of round three.

There was clearly no way back for Badea and after climbing from the first count, was put down again by a right uppercut and referee Richie Davies immediately called a halt.