Croydon's World light-middleweight champion Wayne Alexander was spot on in his prediction in last week's Croydon Guardian after he knocked out Christian Bladt in the fifth round of his non-title fight on Saturday night.

The 31-year-old fighter said that Bladt would not last five rounds and he carried out his prediction in clinical fashion, knocking out the Danish fighter with a right-handed punch to the head in the fifth round.

Alexander said: "If I was a betting man I would have won a few quid! But he Bladt was a big boxer, with a good jab. My trainer John Breen told me to slip his left jab and throw a right hand over the jab and that's what I did. I knew he definitely wouldn't get up from that."

The victory will only intensify the need for Alexander's promoter Frank Warren to set up another world-title fight for the Croydon fighter, as he's now notched two comprehensive non-title victories since he claimed his only world title belt by beating bitter rival Takaloo last September.

Alexander said: "That's got to be the main plan, a big title fight. I'm going to get hold of him Warren over the next week or so and talk about a big fight so I can get the opportunity to become a major world champion."

Alexander was second on the bill in what was a big night for British boxing at the MEN Arena in Manchester, with Danny Williams and Scott Harrison also featuring on the undercard of the main event which saw Ricky Hatton defeat Kostya Tszyu to claim the World IBF title.

But it was a good workout for Alexander as the Danish fighter proved his pedigree and gave the dad-of-three a good battle, despite hitting the canvas in the first round.

Alexander said: "He was better than I thought. I was a bit surprised. He's got good skills, quite powerful but he's a former European champion so I knew he would be a test.

"I put him down in the first round and he looked to be gone but he got up. I won the second quite convincingly, but after that, three and four was quite even and my eye was really swelling up after he caught me."

But Alexander was always in control and dealt well with Blaht's mini-revival. The knock-out blow came in the fifth and despite getting up after eight counts, referee Keith Garner decided Bladt was unfit to carry on and awarded the win to Croydon's world champion.

Alexander's inspiration: page 59