Former two-time world champion Lloyd Honeyghan is a fan of Chill John.

And it was easy to see why as the Brighton light welterweight secured one of six victories for Ronnie Davies' fighters at Hove Town Hall on Saturday night.

Only Scott Baker's defeat in the last bout of the show stopped Davies recording a magnificent seven victories.

Baker's 48-second knockout in the fourth round of his cruiserweight contest against Doncaster-based Alvin 'Slick' Miller threatened to overtake proceedings for a couple of anxious moments on an explosive night of action.

Miller, weighing in at 15st 3lb, compared to Baker's 13st 10lb, caught the Brighton boxer with a massive right-hand after a fierce onslaught and it sent Davies' man crashing to the canvas.

The paramedics were ushered into the ring almost immediately as the contest was clearly over, but a relieved crowd saw Baker struggle to his feet within a matter of minutes to applause and cheers.

Davies said his man was "all right" after the scare before disappearing back into the dressing room.

Prior to Baker's defeat, Davies had enjoyed a night of success.

John picked up a 59-55 victory over his durable opponent Dave Travers, from Birmingham, as Honeyghan looked on at ringside.

John looked as if he was going to cruise home against Travers, a veteran of more than 27 bouts. But he had a scare after dominating the second round when he was caught by a left upper-cut and was hanging on as the bell came to his rescue.

The tables were turned in the next round with Travers grateful for the bell after he was caught by an equally potent right- hander by the former world champion kick-boxer.

John kept hammering away at his opponent during the final three rounds.

Travers was still standing at the end and that didn't please the Brighton man.

John said: "I knew I had him going a few times, although he had me once at the end of the second round.

"I should have worked a bit harder. I really didn't think I worked hard enough.

"I need to work on my power because I could have had him a few times. I would like to have finished him off.

Honeyghan, himself a trainer and promoter, enjoyed John's triumph.

He said: "I came down to see Chill. He fought on my last promotion and had a great win.

"There were plenty of supporters from Brighton who came to watch him too, so I came down to support him and as a thank you to those supporters. It's a fantastic atmosphere and I might even put on a show down here."

Honeyghan added: "He's a terrific guy and he's one of the nice people in boxing. We need people like him coming into boxing. Chill's doing the right things at the minute, and that's winning."

John may have been unhappy with his inability to finish off his opponent before the end of the scheduled six rounds, but a lively start to the night meant there were no such regrets for debut boys Danny Wray and Ty Browne.

Light-middleweight Wray, a Ronnie Davies fighter, made his professional debut against Tony Smith from Doncaster and referee Billy Aird was forced to stop the contest after 1min.14 sec after the Shoreham fighter had put Smith on the canvas. Smith was in no fit state to continue.

Light middleweight Ty Browne, from Portsmouth, Wray's stablemate, made sure Glaswegian Chris Duggon's pro debut ended in defeat as his succession of clubbing right hands floored the Scot. He got up but under more punishment the referee called a halt just a second from the bell.

A coachload of supporters from Chippenham made Liam Lathbury feel at home against Hull's Rob Stevenson, a veteran of more than 40 fights. He had to work hard to give Davies' camp their third win of the night with a 59-56 points decision.

Gary Harrison, from Shoreham, found himself embroiled in a battle with Casey Brooke, from Birmingham, before taking a 59-56 points win.

Harrison said: "He was a very durable opponent. Had I known that before I would have tried to pace myself and thought about it a little bit more."

Billy Smith, the third fighter from Pat Cowdell's Birmingham stable on the bill, was left fuming after he was outpointed 59-56 by Scott Spencer, from Brighton. It looked a harsh decision, especially by such a clear margin.

Delighted promoter Shaun Davies, son of Ronnie, said: "The show went really well and the night as a whole. We're very pleased with our boxers apart from being very, very disappointed at the end with Scott.

"I thought he was ahead on points and he would have won the fight but got caught with a shot and at that weight anybody is going to go.

"He will come back fighting because he has the ability."

He added: "The atmosphere was great. The atmosphere makes a show and these sort of shows are the business. Big time promoters have lost the gist of what it is all about. We had 800 to 900 people in here and the atmosphere was better for each fight than world title fights I have been to."