The Coventry boxing crowd will swear by Khurram Hussain.

The unbeaten Bradford light-middleweight chalked up the most impressive win of his fledgling career over another fighter who had never previously tasted defeat.

Dinner-show opponent Joe McCluskey ended up hurling abuse at Hussain after becoming completely tied up by his elusive skills.

Hussain said: "He was so frustrated, he was swearing at me in the middle of the ring. I did his head in because he couldn't lay a finger on me.

"He head-butted me in the fifth round but I just let him get on with it. He probably only landed five or six times in the whole fight."

McCluskey had won on three of his previous five outings, with two draws. One of those was against Darren Gethin, who had held Hussain over four rounds at Leeds Town Hall just a fortnight earlier.

But Hussain, who had taken the fight at only four days' notice, never gave him a sniff and won all six rounds to improve his professional record to 3-0-1.

"As the away fighters, everyone in our changing room had lost and I was the last one on," he said.

"Ernie Smith (seasoned journeyman) reckoned I would have to knock him out to get the decision. But my trainer Dominic Ingle said I would dance around him, pick him off with the jab and he wouldn't have a clue.

"That's exactly what happened and even the crowd, who were booing me at first, gave me a really good reception afterwards."

Hussain is not allowed to fight again for another 28 days while the cut from McCluskey's head-butt clears up - but he will remain in the gym and is eager to push on quickly.

He said: "My aim is to fit in as many fights as I can. They are obviously keen to move me forward and I would love to be able to fight for something like the British Masters title."

Manager John Ingle added: "When he moves around well, Khurram is very difficult to hit. Gethin, the other week, was made to look like he had never put gloves on before.

"Khurram was a bit concerned because the other kid was unbeaten but we told him 'so are you - and you're better' and he proved that."