Skeet, Morgan and Buglioni taken the distance on York Hall undercard

It would be fair to say their wasn't too much to get excited about on Friday's Kevin Mitchell v Felix Lora undercard, which was made up of standard prospect/journeyman matchups with most fights confirmed in the last few days.

Penge prospect Bradley Skeete (7-0) was expected to have a slightly sterner test over eight rounds for his seventh fight against experienced Hungarian Laszlo Komjathi (43-37-2), who has been in with some big names.

Among these, losses to former WBA light welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnyk, former British welterweight champion Michael Jennings, and a quadrilogy of defeats to former EBU light welterweight champion Giuseppe Lauri (who, incidentally, is scheduled to fight Manchester southpaw David Barnes on February 24th in Bolton, as Barnes continues his comeback). Komjathi was stopped in all but the last of his meetings with Lauri, when he managed the six round distance back in May last year.

Skeet's rangey jab did the job early on as Komjathi (10st 13lbs) bobbed and weaved towards him. The Hungarian did get through with a few at the end of the round to surprise Skeete, but was kept under control for the first. A solid looking looking right hand found Komjathi in the second, but he wasn't being put off just yet and continued to walk towards Skeet, who was much taller, and used his reach to dictate the fight.

Komjathi managed to catch Skeete with a right in round three that interrupted his rhythm, and caused some swelling to appear on his right cheek, but the response from Skeete saw him plant a right that made Komjathi stagger and touch down to take a count. He managed to tie up Skeete to see out the round.

From then on, Skeete was coasting, and mixed his punches up nicely for the remainder of the fight. He was content to box at range, and pretty much every time he threw the jab, he landed. Komjathi went over from a push in the eighth, but saw the round out and was quick to applaud Skeete's skills as the deserved winner. Referee Richie Williams scored the fight 80-71 for Skeete.

Skeete's corner, and indeed the commentary team, were understandably pining for a knockout. Personally, I enjoyed watching Skeete's controlled, steady pace in what was a solid performance in his first eight rounder. He looked as if he could step it up whenever he needed to, and Komjathi couldn't really get near him.

Fancied amateur Bradley Saunders made his pro debut against Birmingham's 150-plus fight veteran Jason Nesbitt. Unusually for a debut, this was over six threes. From the start, it was easy to see why Saunders (10st 3lbs 12oz) is rated highly. Ten seconds in, he put Nesbitt (10st 7lbs 8oz) off balance with a straight right and followed it up before Nesbitt got his bearings and adopted his usual tight guard.

Saunders, from Sedgefield, County Durham, threw a full repetoire of powerful looking punches in the first and second rounds, including a regimental left, right, left right that kept Nesbitt fully covered up.

In the third, Saunders continued with stiff full on uppercuts and energy sapping body shots, but it got a little scrappy in the middle of the round as Nesbitt tried to draw Saunders closer to him. When Saunders found his distance again and started to land, referee Robert Williams waded in to stop the fight at 2.57, prematurely for me.

Nesbitt did take a few punches across the ring, and was never going to win the fight, but didn't deserve his first stoppage in over sixty outings. Former super featherweight champion Gary Sykes was the last man to stop him back in 2008. Understandably, he wasn't happy.

Canning Town lightweight Billy Morgan (6-0) got off to a good start against southpaw Dan Naylor (1-8) from Gants Hill, Essex. Apart from a pretty looking double jab, Naylor did nothing much to suggest an upset and looked in trouble for the last ten seconds of the first, when Morgan landed with a powerful right hand and sustained the attack until the bell.

Morgan (9st 11lbs 12oz) continued in full control for the second, catching Naylor (9st 9lbs 8oz) with some hard, accurate punches, but Naylor's chin stood up to it, if his own responses were lacking in power and frequency. Morgan does look a little vulnerable when he follows up his jab, and had a quieter third round, but still taking it comfortably. His pace came back in the fourth, cranking up the pressure in the final twenty seconds to make doubly sure of the round.

Morgan was looking tired as he came out for the fifth, and switched to the back foot for most of the round which was much closer as the roles reversed. Naylor looked well up for it coming out an exciting final round, with close range action coming from both fighters, and Morgan suffering a cut above the right eye.

Richie Davies scored the fight 60-55 for Morgan. I had it 59-56, scoring the fifth round even and the last to Naylor. Despite telling Steve Bunce it was all part of the plan, Morgan shot his bolt a little for me, and maybe forgot it was a six rounder.

Enfield super middleweight Frank Buglioni (3-0) was looking to make it three KOs in three fights against Lincolnshire journeyman Ryan Clark (2-50-4), who doesn't make a habit of getting stopped. Tonight was business as usual for Clark.

Buglioni started at full speed, and delivered some damaging hooks to Clark's body early on. Insisting that he wasnt being hurt by Buglioni's work, Clark played to the crowd throughout, and he seemed to be enjoying himself, taunting Buglioni and smiling as he walked back to his corner at the end of the second.

Buglioni's first two outings ended in the first round, and his pace and concentration dipped considerably in the third, with Clark soaking up Buglioni's work and still smiling. He went down from a glancing blow, ruled a slip by referee Robert Williams, and came right back with a right to Buglionio's temple which gave him food for thought.

Coming out for the final round, Buglioni looked tired but knew he had to better the previous rounds effort.  Clark's corner urged him to go for the win, and right hand counter caught Buglioni again in the final minute, but the response from Buglioni was good and he took the final round. Robert Williams, thankfully for Clarke, couldn't find a reason to stop this one. He scored it 40-36 to Buglioni.  I had Clark edging the third. A good performance from Navenby's Clark, who gave Buglioni his first test, and didn't seem too bothered by any of his punches.

Other results
In his second pro fight, Dagenham's Ediz Hussein, son of former Commonwealth lightweight champion Mo Hussein, outpointed his Barking neighbour Marc Callaghan (19-28-1) over four rounds. Paddington welterweight Gary Corcoran (2-0) scored a TKO win over Scottish journeyman Matt Seawright (3-54-2).