And he did just that again on Sunday, achieving his first stoppage to maintain his perfect record as a professional boxer.

After two points wins since turning pro, the 26-year-old blitzed Welshman Simon Morgan at Colne Municipal Hall in just one minute and nine seconds of the second round, in a six two-minute round contest.

But afterwards, he admitted that the gods were smiling on him, despite bludgeoning his opponent to a debut defeat.

He said: "He cut my eye towards the end of the first round and it was deep, and John (Duckworth) was saying he may have to pull me out of the fight.

"I heard his corner tell him to target the eye, but it was a case of now or never.

"I knew the fight wouldn't go six rounds because the cut was that bad, but the crowd got behind me and they were immense.

"It could have quite easily gone the other way, if I hadn't have done what I did in the second round it could have quite easily been the referee jumping in on me.

"But as it was, I had the luck, you need those little rubs of the green in boxing and I do feel I got that."

O'Brien received a half-inch thick cut above his right eye towards the end of the first round of the welterweight bout.

And feeling it wouldn't go the distance, in his opponent's favour, he turned the tables in ferocious style with a barrage of punches that ultimately saw the referee intervene.

Morgan came out of the traps fast, but once O'Brien settled, he produced a fantastic right-left combination to take the opening round.

And after catching him with a left hook off the jab in the second round to knock him back into his own corner, a barrage of jabs saw the fight stopped.

And despite the cut, he added: "I thought it couldn't have gone any better to be fair.

"I was nervous because he was making his debut, and I remember how I felt in that situation six months ago.

"Thinking back to my debut, I was so fired up because you know if you get beat you are tarred with a brush.

"But I wanted a stoppage after two points wins – the fans were tremendous again, and the atmosphere in that venue is fantastic."

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That was not the end of the afternoon's entertainment, as Stuart McFadyen also thrilled the home crowd as he secured a 40-36 points win.

A change of opponent the night before, with Delroy Spencer replacing Shaun Walker had seen the fight cut from six three-minute rounds to four.

But McFadyen did more than enough to seal his third successive victory: "I enjoyed it, he was a bit of an awkward customer but it was enjoyable.

"I felt my body punching was a lot better – I was still a bit nervous on my feet but, I relaxed as it went on.

"I enjoyed three-minute rounds a lot better – hopefully my next fight will be six three's so I'm just looking to make that step up.

"But at the moment I'm just learning from every fight I have."

The 25-year-old took a tentative opening round with a solid right body shot, and added the second round with some right-left hook combinations.

More good combinations to the head took the third, and Spencer continued to be knocked back on his heels in the fourth as McFadyen took the win, and he added: "He was a tricky customer, it was a competitive fight and I felt I did what was needed.

"I didn't have to adjust my own style, I already knew what I was going to do and I stuck to it.

"But I enjoyed it, the crowd seemed to enjoy it and I got the win, which was what mattered."

>> Click here to view a slideshow of Stuart McFadyen's fight

The Municipal Hall crowd was also treated to a second round stoppage from former British Super Featherweight Champion Michael Gomez, who overcame Chris Brophy in a welterweight contest.

In what was his first return to the ring since defeat to Amir Khan at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham in June, he had his opponent on the canvas inside the first minute of the opening round, before finishing the job in the second.