JAMIE Cox says that he wants to take on the cream of the middleweight division after wiping out Alistair Warren with the punch of his career.

The 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medallist swept Warren aside in just 150 seconds at the Wolverhampton Civic in his first fight in more than 20 months.

The Swindon southpaw had Warren on the canvas within 17 seconds as he caught him flush with an over-the-top right.

Cox continued to dominate his opponent, who went three rounds with Chris Eubank Jr 12 months ago, before a right to the body followed by a crushing left hook to the head left Warren on the floor and referee Robert Chalmers abandoning the 10 count.

The win over Warren improved the former Walcot amateur’s record to 18 wins in as many fights and now Cox is going after the cream of the middleweight division – including Eubank Jr, who fights for the WBA interim world middleweight title on February 28.

“I want any of the middleweights out there,” Cox told the Advertiser. “I just want to get those big fights and quickly.

“They keep throwing Chris Eubank’s name at me, I don’t know if that is a fight they’d want but I’d happily take it.

“Swindon also has a new middleweight in Eamonn O’Kane – he’s trained by Paddy (Fitzpatrick) – that is another fight that would be good.”

Despite blowing Warren away, Cox says a short fight was never in the plans and that he was ready for the long haul.

“Before a fight I look over to the opposite corner and feed off them,” the former Commonwealth light-middleweight champion said.

“You could see that Alistair was really up for it. But I listened to what (my trainer) John (Costello) said.

“Alistair is a tough kiddy, I saw his fights with Chris Eubank and Tommy Langford.

“I thought that it was going to last a lot longer but I’m really pleased with the result.

“That was probably the best punch that I have thrown in my career.”

Cox’s return had been long-awaited, his last fight prior to Saturday was a six-rounder against Matiouze Royer in June 2013, and he spent several months in the gym before stepping back into the ring.

Now he says that he will only take a couple of days off before returning to the gym.

“I’m 28 now so I need to stay in the lane doing 100 mph,” he said. “I need to get the big fights.

“I’ll sit down with my team and we will see where we go from this.”