By Miguel Assuncao

O2 Arena, London - Dillian Whyte (17-1-0, 14KOs) makes his return from injury with a laboured technical knockout win over Ivica Bacurin (25-9-1, 15KOs). The fight was waved off at 2.06 of round 6.

The Brixton 'Body Snatcher' underwent shoulder surgery following his defeat to Anthony Joshua in December, but didn't show any ill affects as he controlled the pace from the opening bell, doubling up his jab to set up meaty right hooks to the body.

Bacurin was a late notice opponent after Danny Batchelder pulled out and the Croat looked to be struggling with the pace in the third round as Whyte caught him with a series of jabs through the guard.

Whyte stunned Bacurin with a left hook in the fourth but the Brixton man was occasionally guilty of telegraphing his overhand right in search of an early finish in his short bursts of work.

Whyte upped his workrate in the sixth and landed a crushing right to the body before connecting upstairs to send Bacurin to the canvas from where he was unable to beat the count.

Whyte, 28, is now looking to challenge for the vacant British heavyweight title later in the year and will be out again on July 30.

ON THE UNDERCARD

Anthony Ogogo (9-0-0, 5KOs) steps up his return from injury with a win over Frane Radnic (11-2-0, 10KOs), whose corner threw in the towel at the end of the first round.

The London 2012 Olympic bronze medallist has only boxed twice in the last 24 months due to a combination of achilles and shoulder injuries, and seemed keen to impress as he sent Radnic to the canvas with a flush left hook just before the bell in the opening round.

Radnic - who had never been stopped - beat the count but didn't recover sufficiently to his corner's liking and was retired to the delight of the vocal Ogogo support.

Ogogo, 27, is now looking to build momentum and stay busy for the remainder of the year.

Kal Yafai tunes up for a potential autumn super flyweight world title challenge with an emphatic first round stoppage win over Hungary's Jozsef Ajtai (15-3-0, 10KOs).

The Birmingham man was in no mood to work overtime as he took control of centre ring, landing a thundering left hook to the body to send his Budapest-based challenger to the mat.

Ajtai, 19, took China's Zou Shiming the distance in his last outing, but he was unable to cope with Yafai's power and was grounded with another bodyshot before the referee waved off the contest with 1.42 on the clock in the first.

Yafai is expected to fight Kohei Kono or McJoe Arroyo for a world title in Birmingham on October 27.

Welterweight Ted Cheeseman (4-0-0, 3KO) chalks up his third victory of the year with a fifth-round technical knockout of Danny Little (4-17-2, 0KO) to get the undercard action underway at the 02 Arena, London.

The 20-year-old Bermondsey boxer dominated from the off and had his opponent back-peddling with a uppercut to left combination in the first round.

Little – from Yorkshire – tried to press on the front foot in the second and was made to pay when he was sent to the canvas from a crisp left hook before shipping a succession of right hands in the third.

Cheeseman was reminded he was in a fight when he was caught by a sneaky uppercut in the fourth but finished the job in the fifth, landing another pinpoint right hand that had his opponent turning his back on the action, leaving the referee no option but to bring proceedings to a halt.