Unbeaten Bevan ready for 'step up' against Bulacio
Unbeaten Welsh boxer Taylor Bevan has won all seven of his professional fights by knockout.
Taylor Bevan (left) won his sixth professional fight against Lukas Ferneza by knockout in the fifth round [Getty Images] Unbeaten Welsh boxer Taylor Bevan believes he is ready for the "step up" when he faces the experienced Martin Bulacio on Saturday. Bevan, 25, has won all seven of his professional fights to date, and all of them by knockout. But the 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medallist expects Saturday's super middleweight bout against 36-year-old Bulacio to go the distance.
"I don't go into any fight anticipating to knock them out, I just want to put on good performances," Bevan told BBC Sport Wales. "If a knockout comes, it comes, that's a bonus. But especially this fight, Bulacio is very experienced.
"I think I'll have to show a bit of skill and strategy to get him out of there, it won't come from a one-off flash punch because he's been in with some top people and they've gone the distance with him. "So I could see it going the full eight rounds. " Bulacio, from Cordoba, Argentina, has won 15 of his 25 professional fights, with 10 ending by knockout.
And Bevan - who has already beaten two 15-win fighters in his career - expects a sterner test from his previous time in the ring. "He's been in with some top operators, the people he's lost to are all very respectable opponents," said Bevan. Bournemouth, boxing and brotherhood: Meet the Bevan boys Boxing schedule and results 2026 Watch every Born to Brawl episode "The one thing that stood out is how tough he is and his durability.