Tokyo Olympian Harry Garside beats Manuer Matet to claim Australian lightweight title in second professional fight

Olympic bronze medallist Harry Garside has underlined his professional credentials by dominating Manuer Matet over ten rounds to win the Australian lightweight title in just his second professional fight.

Garside showed off his supreme boxing talent with a wonderful exhibition of skill, clearly catching the eyes of the ringside judges, who scored the fight 98-2, 99-91, 98-92.

Many observers felt Garside won every round with an impeccable display of boxing skill to move to 2-0 in his fledgling professional career, yet the man himself was not thrilled with his performance.

«I'm always a massive critic,» he said.

«That was a terrible performance and I'm always looking to grow, always looking to be the best version of myself.

»I'm going to go back to the gym, watch that fight back and there's always room for improvement."

Whether those comments were tongue-in-cheek or not, nobody watching would have failed to be impressed with Garside's performance at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion.

Garside was clearly the better fighter from the opening exchanges of the first round, landing cleanly to both head and body throughout the fight, matching impeccable timing with some solid defensive manoeuvring thanks to his balletic footwork.

Garside's movement was supreme, his impeccable amateur pedigree on full show as he slipped in and out of range, landing crisp shots at will as he danced around every inch of the ring.

Matet carried a four-centimetre reach advantage over Garside, but his increasingly wild swinging efforts only served to highlight the precision inherent in Garside's work.

His accuracy and pace was impressive, but it was his elusiveness that served to make Matet appear totally outclassed.

Both men showed impeccable conditioning, with Garside