Harrow Weald boxer Mitchell Smith captured the WBO European super-featherweight title and extended his winning record to ten fights after he recorded a points victory over Zoltan Kovacs on Saturday.

The former Bushey Boxing Club fighter, pictured, who celebrated his 22nd birthday last week, was confident of a stoppage victory prior to the fight against Hungarian champion Kovacs, who had only once failed to go the full distance.

The bout was originally set to begin at 7.40pm but the opening bell didn’t ring until two hours later.

Smith said that in itself was a learning curve and admitted he burnt energy by pacing around the changing room and walking around corridors before the fight.

When the contest did get underway Smith, who is trained by former WBU champion Jason Rowland, made a fast start to the bout, which was held at the ExCel Arena.

Left-hand shots proved effective early on and Smith looked impressive. He knocked his opponent to the floor in the second round but 22-year-old Kovacs was up before the ten count.

‘The Baby Faced Assassin’ sustained a hand injury in the third round which meant he was unable to secure the stoppage he was hoping for.

The contest went the full ten-round distance but Smith was a comfortable winner (97-92, 97-92, 100-89) when the judges scores were announced.