Undefeated 23-year-old super welterweight prospect Charles Conwell continued the impressive start to his career by scoring a ninth-round KO over tough challenger Wendy Toussaint in a special Wednesday night edition of ShoBox: The New Generation, the first since March, from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.

Cleveland’s Conwell (13-0, 10 KOs) methodically wore down the Haitian Toussaint (12-1, 5 KOs) before landing the fierce uppercut that broke Toussaint’s nose and forced him to take a knee at which point, he was counted out at 2:42 of the ninth round. 

It was a grinding, workmanlike performance from Conwell, who landed 28 body shots among his 78 landed punches against the capable Toussaint, who works as a school bus driver and a volunteer fireman in Huntington, N.Y.

Conwell was out-landing Toussaint 59-39 in power punches and was ahead on all three judges’ scorecards at the time of the knockout. Toussaint became the 193rd fighter on ShoBox series to lose his undefeated record.

“I think this was a good fight for my first fight back, getting the ring rust off, but at the end of the day we got the job done,” said Conwell, a 2016 U.S. Olympian. “The game plan going in was to break him down round by round, go to the body until we got him to where we wanted him. I give my performance a C-plus, there were a lot of things I could have done better. I’m going to get back in the gym and continue to work hard to become the champion I know I can be. I’ll fight anybody next, but I really want an ex-world champion or ex-title challenger so I can get the championship rounds under my belt. Then it’s on to a world title.”