Michael Alldis says Ben Jones is ready to win the English title after his fighter blew away Richard Szebeledi inside four rounds.

Jones, from Redhill, sent his Hungarian opponent crashing to the canvas three times before referee Ian John Lewis showed mercy by bringing the contest to an end.

And Alldis, who promoted Saturday's K2 show, is trying to line up a fight with Esham Pickering for the vacant English title in either late April or early May.

"Ben is the complete fighter now," said Alldis.

"The learning process now is basically over. It's getting tough to get him fights with British fighters as they know how good he is, which is why I had to go foreign"

"He is more than knocking on the door for the British title. I'm thinking April or May for the English title then we'll get a shot at the British by the end of the year. But he is ready, he's got it all now."

Newark's Pickering has a wealth of experience having previously been the European Bantamweight champion, but his best days are behind him having lost three of his last four fights.

Nevertheless, his name would still represent a feather in his cap for Jones as he tries to build his reputation on the national stage.

"He is a top class fighter, but he was coming through when I was about so he has more than seen his day now," added Alldis.

"I'm looking for a big scalp, a name for Ben to get under his belt and I've been thinking of this fight for about three or four months now."

Jones certainly looked ready to make the step up in class on Saturday night. Having seen the proposed defence of his International Masters Title fall through, Jones faced the relative journeyman but highly durable Szebeledi over eight rounds.

And while the 23-year-old was never seriously expected to cause Jones problems, the manner that the former Crawley ABC star disposed of his opponent will certainly raise a few eyebrows in the featherweight division.

Jones dominated from the start, counter punching with ease as he picked off the game but limited Szebeledi with ease.

The Hungarian was down in the second after walking onto a big left hook before a powerful straight right rocked him again just before the bell.

It was now a question of when and not if the fight would finish and Jones had him man down again in the third, landing a right hook to the body that took the wind out of Szebeledi.

It was all over in the fourth after a crunching right from Jones pole axed the Eastern European, and referee John Lewis waved the fight off before any more damage could be inflicted to the delight of the large Crawley crowd.

After the fight Jones paid tribute to his opponent, claiming he was better than the display had made him appear.

"I watched videos of him and he fought a lad called Stuart Hall who is very much an up and coming fighter, and he gave him a real tough fight. I thought I was going to be in for a tough night and he had a lot of heart, but I hit him with some good shots."

It was the second knockout from Jones in a row, who takes his professional record to 10 wins from his 12 fights, with one loss.

Jones added: "As you step up the rounds you worry if you can do them or not so you hold back on your shots a little. But now I know I can do them, I'm easily fit enough, I can throw more shots and hit a bit harder."

Alldis added: "All we've worked on over the last six months is work on getting him to transfer his natural power into his punches. Ben used to throw a million punches a round, but he was substituting power for speed. Now we are looking to pick the shots with power and he has stopped his last two fighters in a row. Now it is time for the big ones."