"I LOVE it when a plan comes together."

Fans of the hit 1980s TV show The A-team will no doubt remember John " Hannibal" Smith's favourite catchphrase, and it certainly rang true for Swindon boxer Jamie Cox on Saturday night.

Cox may have been fighting a journeyman with 25 consecutive losses to his name, but some careful planning and perfect execution ensured there would be no upset at the Cardiff International Arena.

Fighting out of what was affectionately dubbed Calzaghe corner' for the night, Cox proved he too is a southpaw to be reckoned with as he clinically dispatched veteran David Kehoe inside two minutes of the first round.

Cox's schooldays may now be a thing of the past, but the former Greendown pupil revealed it was a bit of extra homework that helped him stretch his unbeaten professional record to five fights.

"One of the boys from my gym had fought him (Kehoe) before, so I thought I could learn off him and bring that experience to the ring," said Cox.

"I thought I might get an early stoppage and that's what happened, although I didn't predict it.

"We were worried about him being dirty, but we took it to the ring and the hard work paid off in the end.

"I was trying to set him up and throw a couple of hard shots to let him know I meant business.

"I caught him with an uppercut and that rattled him early, and he didn't recover from that."

Cox spoke before the fight about the need to guard against his rugged opponent's dirty tactics, but he needn't have feared.

It was clear from the opening bell that Kehoe had neither the speed nor skill to trouble the Swindon star, and Cox soon settled into his rhythm.

The Commonwealth Games gold medallist landed a neat combination to the body in the opening seconds as he looked to assert his authority on the fight.

Kehoe appeared every bit the fighter with 46 career losses to his name, and within seconds he looked like he wanted to be anywhere but Cardiff.

But Cox was determined to make his mark in this his 100th career contest, and he circled his startled opponent looking for the best angle of attack.

He found it in the shape of a right hook, followed by a stinging left uppercut that had Kehoe gasping for air.

It took the Northampton man eight seconds to re-fill his lungs, the referee apparently satisfied he was fit to continue.

But Kehoe was never going to last the round, and it took Cox just 18 seconds more to put him out of his misery - another clinically timed uppercut finding its mark.

Afterwards, coach Lenny Woodhall, father of trainer Richie, gave Cox another ringing endorsement.

Woodhall has a touch of A-Team actor George Peppard about him, and he too was thrilled that the pre-fight plan fell nicely into place.

He said: "That's exactly how we planned it in the gym and Jamie executed it perfectly.

"He was very economical tonight. Every shot counted. Every shot hit the target. It was clinical.

"He looked more professional tonight than I have ever seen him."

Joe Calzaghe's appearance to support stablemate Gavin Rees' doomed title defence may have got the vociferous Welsh crowd buzzing, but the world super middleweight champion was not the only southpaw to attract attention.

Cox graduates to six-round bouts in early May when he fights on the undercard of the Joan Guzman v Alex Arthur bill in Edinburgh. Watch out Scotland!