Anderson stutters to second win

Kenny Anderson was in his second professional fight

Scotland's Kenny Anderson made a successful second professional outing by knocking out Jorge Gomez in Cardiff.

Edinburgh's Commonwealth Games gold medallist extended his unbeaten professional record after a scrappy super-middleweight contest.

But he finished it in dramatic style with a sweeping right cross that dumped his opponent for the full count.

Anderson said: "I couldn't have wished for a much better start to my professional career."

Gomez was also in his second pro fight, the Peterborough-based fighter having accepted the contest at less than 48-hours notice.

Anderson was originally due to face Welshman Mark Phillips, then Worksop's Simeon Cover pulled out of Saturday's bout at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, citing illness.

And the 24-year-old Scot struggled to get into his stride against Gomez, soaking up a good right hook in the opening moments.

But he responded with a fine left and ended the first round by wrestling his opponent to the deck.

Both men went over together in the penultimate round of the scheduled four-round contest at the Millennium Stadium before Anderson landed the blow that dumped a clearly dazed Gomez to the deck.

"I started a bit scrappy because I was too eager to get stuck in, but I started to work the body and, when he dropped his hands, the shot came easily," said Anderson.

"It's going exactly how I wanted it to go.

"The ball is rolling and I am fit and free from injury."