By Elliot Foster

Josh Taylor got yet another stoppage as he continued unbeaten.

The Edinburgh super-lightweight enhanced his reputation with a sixth-round ending of Warren Joubert.

Taylor, who is now 9-0 with eight early, was cut in the opening round, but thanks to the excellent corner work of Shane McGuigan and Jimmy Tibbs, it didn’t faze the Commonwealth Games gold medallist whatsoever as he retained his professional Commonwealth crown at the Meadowbank Arena in his home city, exclusively live on Spike TV.

It was the class that showed in the end as the referee Victor Loughlin called a halt to the action after one minute and 27 seconds of the sixth.

However, credit must go to ‘Warrior’ Joubert (now 26-5-5, 11 KOs), from South Africa, who made ‘Tartan Tornado’ Taylor work and kept him hones throughout, before a peach of a left hand signalled the end.

“I felt calm in there,” Taylor, who had immense success with the right hook in the fight, said afterwards. “I only saw a bit of him in the build-up and I couldn’t really take much from it.

“I saw what shots could work but sort of improvised as I went along.”

Barry McGuigan, of Cyclone Promotions, said his man was “fantastic”, while also saying that a big all-Scottish showdown with WBA ruler Ricky Burns –– who fights on April 15 against IBF and IBO champion Julius Indongo of Namibia at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow –– is high on the wanted list for the not-too-distant future.

Earlier in the card, Jason Easton stopped Zoltan Szabo inside two rounds after two heavy knockdowns.

In a terrific victory, the 25-year-old super-lightweight was almost punch perfect against the former WBA Continental title challenger in a scheduled 10-round showdown.

The referee Kenny Pringle saw that Szabo was offering nothing in return and was left with no option but to halt the contest after just two minutes and 20 seconds of the second stanza.

Easton advances to 9-0 with five early, while Szabo slips to 15-5 with six stoppages.

And Iain Trotter added to his sole successful pro start with a first-round stoppage. The Billy Nelson-trained Scot, 23, ended the challenge of Sandor Jozsa inside the opening three minutes.