By Nate Anderson: Undefeated light heavyweight prospect Tony Jeffries (2-0, 2 KOs) destroyed his German opponent Roy Meissner (2-10, 2 KOs) in the 2nd round on Saturday night at the Crowtree Leisure Centre, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. Jeffries, a bronze Medal winner for Britain in the 2008 Olympics, knocked Meissner, 37, down twice in the 1st round and then trapped him against the ropes and teed off on him in the 2nd until the referee stepped in and stopped the one-sided slaughter at 1:27 of the 2nd.

Actually, Jeffries knocked Meissner down three times in the fight, but the referee seemed to be confused (perhaps shielded from the action) and didn’t count the what should have been the 1st knockdown when Jeffries hit Meissner with two hard lefts to the body and a glancing blow to the head that sent Meissner down in a delayed reaction in the 1st round.

Jeffries, 24, looked incredibly powerful in the opening round, blasting Meissner around the ring with left hooks to the head and body. Seconds into the bout, the hard-hitting Jeffries landed a hard left hook that sent Meissner flying backwards. Jeffries then followed after him, hitting him with hard lefts to the body and thudding jabs to the head.

Again, Jeffries knocked Meissner off balance after hitting him with a hard left to the head. Still in the opening minute, Jeffries appeared to drop Meissner with a left to the body, but as I already mentioned, the referee waived it off for some reason. It didn’t matter, though, as Jeffries didn’t miss a beat and continued to land hard to the body with left hooks.

Meissner tried to get in close to Jeffries to get a brief rest. However, Jeffries used the opportunity to hammer Meissner with four short chopping right hands that drove Meissner into the canvas like he was a nail. Meissner got up and was met with two hard lefts to the head that staggered him.

Jeffries then landed a big right to the midsection that sent Meissner down for the 2nd time in the round. Meissner got to his feet and was immediately jumped on by Jeffries, and staggered by a big left hand to the head. Meissner continued to take huge body shots as Jeffries continued chasing him around the ring and loading up with huge body shots. Thankfully for Meissner’s sake, the round ended before Jeffries could finish him off.

In the 2nd round, Jeffries went after Meissner and pummeled him with a prolonged series of unanswered blows, beating him from one side of the ring to another as Meissner tried to escape from the rain of punches. It was no use as Jeffries finally trapped Meissner against the ropes and poured in one big shot after another until the referee finally stepped in and halted the slaughter at 1:27 of the 2nd. If the referee hadn’t stepped in when he did, I have no doubts that Meissner would have been battered to the canvas within another 10-15 seconds by the big shots from Jeffries.

Overall, Jeffries looked sensational, like a bigger, stronger, more athletic version of Carl Froch. Even at this early stage of Jeffries’ career, I could see him knocking Froch out without too many problems. He’s clearly better than Froch from what I can see.