DARREN Tetley believes referee Michael Alexander made the right call in waving off his English title fight and has suggested a move down to super lightweight could be next.

The Holme Wood boxer was controversially stopped in the sixth round by the powerful Londoner Samuel Antwi in Bolton.

Although Tetley was not hurt from the bout-ending blow, he thinks it was the accumulation of shots to head and body, including two brutal knockdowns, which caused the stoppage.

"I was hurt after being caught with some heavy shots," 'TNT' explained.

"I would have kept going until I got put to sleep but the referee didn’t feel the need for me to take any more. He wanted to make sure nothing serious happened to me so I can only have respect for Michael Alexander.

"(After the fight) It took me 20-30 seconds to remember what day it was and I could not for the life of me remember what month it was. It was only in the medic room when I remembered that.

"I said to the referee in the ring 'you made the right call'. Watching it back it does look like a bad stoppage but I knew how I felt.

"If the right hand doesn’t stop the fight and he comes back with a lunging left hook and knocks me spark out, everyone would have said 'it should have been stopped after the second knockdown'. The referee cannot win.

"I think it all stems from the (Josh) Warrington fight (where many thought the referee should have intervened after the first knockdown), they didn’t stop that so why stop mine.

"Do the fans want everyone to not know where they are, like Warrington? My wife and my mum would not want that."

When reflecting on his second professional defeat, the welterweight added: "I can’t moan and get down about it, I just have to learn and move on.

"He had an awkward style that was hard to read. We knew he was going to be strong but I didn’t anticipate him to be as strong as he was.

"I am sure my shots were having an effect on him but he carried that confidence in knowing he could hurt me.

"It was partly my fault because I want to be involved in fights. I guess I picked the wrong person to stand in front of. I was hurt very early and could not recover.

"The mistake I made was having felt his power in the first round, even before the knockdown, I shouldn’t have tried to win the early rounds. I would have been best just moving and then putting it on him towards the second half."

The 27-year-old is now eyeing a potential move down to 10 stone.

"If I can make 140lbs, super lightweight is the best idea.

"Antwi was just a bit of a machine, if you look at Liam Taylor and a few of the other welters, I am not much smaller than them.

"We have spoke about implementing some wrestling and some strength drills into the training. If I can’t make super lightweight then I will build myself up and make myself a real strong welter.

"What we have been working on since (Liam) Taylor, fighting when I want to and not when I have to, was never going to be all shown in one fight. It is just about making sure it is in the next few fights, so then it becomes second nature.

"Next I don't want a journeyman, I want a testing 60/40 fight, one I should be coming through. Get the confidence back up then go from there.

"Bradford City don’t win every single football match. The way I look at it is am I going to lose again in my career? Yeah probably. It is about improving and going again."