Since he turned professional in November 2024, the 25-year-old Welsh super middleweight has scored a series of eye-catching knockouts.

Bevan (10-0, 9 KOs) made the most of a showcase spot on the undercard of Katie Taylor’s spectacular Croke Park farewell earlier this month. He broke down the previously undefeated Emmet Brennan with a punishing body attack, dropping him four times before finally knocking him out with a ruthless combination.

As an amateur, Bevan won a silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games but is clearly made for professional boxing. He has natural power and finishing instincts but he has also spent years working out how to use them.

“I wouldn't say I'm a concussive puncher, I think a lot of my power comes from hard work,” Bevan told The Ring.

“From young, I've always really pushed myself in the gym and been super fit. I've always tried to punch hard. I think, more than anything, it is technique but obviously genetics has a lot to play in it. I think it's something you can train but a lot of it is either you've got it or you haven't.

“I wouldn't say [power] is one thing, it's probably a mix of everything. You've obviously got to have timing and speed. Speed is more important than strength and power itself. If you don't see a punch coming, it's more likely it's knocked you out.”

Rather than getting carried away by his early career success, allowing results and plaudits to distract him, Bevan acknowledged a need to temper his all-action style to achieve all of his goals.

Earlier this year, he left trainer Colin Jones and joined Jamie Moore’s gym on the outskirts of Manchester.

In June, the partnership was given a very early stress test when the tough, underrated Ryszard Lewicki became the first man to take Bevan the distance. He fought hard, refused to fold and made Bevan work hard for a 10-round majority decision.

Going to a successful gym full of championship-level fighters should help Bevan learn what it takes to reach the top, but he has also looked to shake himself out of some old habits, slowing things down.

The recent fight against Brennan gave Bevan the chance to show what he had learned.

He grabbed hold of the fight from the very start, but rather than rushing his work or trying to bring matters to an end as quickly as possible he patiently chipped away until the chance to end matters presented itself.

“I think I am a technical fighter as well but that hard work has been instilled in me from young. My dad's always had me pushing,” he said.

“Something I'm sort of drilling out in myself a little bit now is the fact you don't need to be working for 90 seconds of a round because you can't do that for 10 or 12 rounds in the pros. It’s completely different.

“My dad's always instilled that hard work mentality from young, taking me out doing hill sprints and going out before school training. He'd be screaming at me in the rounds at the end to just work, work, work [faster, pushing the pace], but that’s something I'm trying to take out of my game a little bit now and settle into the longer rounds.”