Nikki Bascome needed just 2min 33sec to ruthlessly demolish Mexican Pilo Reyes in a total mismatch at The Fairmont Southampton on Saturday night.

The Bermudian was simply too fast, too powerful and too athletic for his overmatched rival, who wore the look of a condemned man on his way to the “sporting gallows” for the entirety of the one-sided battering.

Boxing for the first time since his stoppage win over American Claudele Duprier in July, Bascome sensed blood shortly after the opening bell when a left-right combination sent Reyes careering across the ring.

A desperate-looking Reyes tried to close the distance and apply pressure, but his predictable punches were easily parried by Bascome, who countered with a firm left hook to the temple.

With Reyes offering no real threat, Bascome quickly pounced on his opponent, peppering him with vicious and accurate shots, and from then on it was a matter of when, not if, Bascome would seal his fourth professional win.

The decisive blow came from a thudding overhead right that bludgeoned Reyes to the canvas, with referee Oscar Lightbourne swiftly calling a halt, much to the elation of the lively crowd of about 1,300 spectators.

“I don’t think he could have held up to my power for much longer,” Bascome said.

“You could just sense that immediately. I’ve been sparring with lots of bigger guys and I felt more solid.

“I pushed him back with a hook and I could see he was stunned, so I just jumped on him.”

Still very much in the embryonic stages of his professional career, Bascome knows there will be far tougher examinations ahead than that posed by Reyes.

He admits that he needs to get more rounds under his belt and hopes to return to the ring for his fifth welterweight bout early next year.

“I’ve still got to go back to the drawing board and work on things,” the 25-year-old said. “I could have used my jab better in a fight like this.

“I need to be more active, that’s the plan right now. I want to take this as far as it can go.”

Allan “Forty” Rego, Bascome’s trainer, believes his protégé is now ready to move to the next stage of his boxing education.

“He’s almost there and he’s starting to read things a lot better now,” Rego said. “He’s coming along pretty good. I was quite pleased with his performance tonight.”

Rego admitted he was disappointed that Reyes, who is primarily a Muay Thai fighter, was unable to offer a greater challenge.

“I was expecting the competition to have been a little more, but, hey, you have to work with what you’ve got,” Rego said.

“I don’t think the boy expected Nikki to be that strong. Nikki is strong and punches really well. You don’t have to be big to punch hard; you just need to stand right.”

Bascome will now take a short break from the gym before deciding his next move, with Rego revealing that there had been contact with overseas matchmakers.

“Right now, I want Nikki to relax because you’d be surprised at the emotional strain that comes with the training,” Rego said.

“I just want him to get his mind back together and then we’ll work on something.

“We’ve had a couple of proposals from abroad, but we will have to see how they pan out.”