Justin Huni knocked out his compatriot Troy Pilcher in two rounds.
The 36-year-old Pilcher produced a spirited effort but could not resist Huni’s power when he started to land.
Huni fought with greater aggression after successive fights in first Mexico, then, in Saudi Arabia, he targeted Pilcher’s body before finishing to the head.
Huni, 25, remains undefeated in 10 fights as he targets a shot at a world title by 2026, the Mail reported.
The Tongan Brisbane-based said before the fight that he had no intention to go the full 10 rounds.
Pilcher, who was previously undefeated in 10 fights, came out fast and furious but Huni was too quick and too powerful, landing body shots with his left and right.
The boxer known as ‘the wonder from down under’ was in wondrous form
Huni opened with a powerhouse combination of lefts and rights to the body with one left hook rocking his opponent.
Pilcher took the fight to Huni from the opening bell, pushing the 25-year-old prospect towards the ropes.
Huni seemed to struggle to keep his bigger opponent off, and at first attempted to counter while on the back foot.
The early pressure from Pilcher didn’t last, however, and Huni finished the opening round by landing with authority to the body.
Huni had said he had ‘bad intentions’ for Pilcher after studying the methodology of Mike Tyson in the lead up to the showdown.
It was Huni’s first fight on home soil in almost two years since he accounted for New Zealander Kiki Leutele in a unanimous points decision.
Huni said he now had bigger fish to fry as he targets his dream of a world title.
”These belts don’t mean that much to me. It is the big belts that I want,’ he said.
