The 25-year-old super middleweight has had eight fights against progressively tougher opposition and won them all inside the distance.

He has also shown the type of power and finishing ability that will be crucial if he is to hurt and discourage opponents as he moves through the levels.

Rather than using his first 18 months as a professional as a template for the rest of his career, however, Bevan decided that it was the perfect platform to build from.

Earlier this year, he decided to leave his trainer, former British and European welterweight champion Colin Jones and made the move to Manchester, where he now trains under Jamie Moore and Nigel Travis.

He's set to face Ryszard Lewicki (12-3-3, 5 KOs) in his first scheduled 10-rounder on the Ryan Garner-Michael Magnesi card Saturday in Southampton, England – Bevan's birthplace – on DAZN.

“I feel like if you wait until you have a bad performance or a loss, then it's sort of an excuse, isn't it? It doesn't look good then, but I’ve felt like I needed a bit of a change for a while, and now was the perfect time to make it,” Bevan (8-0, 8 KO’s) told The Ring.

“As the levels start going up I think having Jamie and Nigel in my corner is just going to fill me with confidence, and the only way is up really.” Bevan won a silver medal for Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. His exciting amateur exploits twice earned him Fight of the Year honors, and he has attacked his professional career with a similarly aggressive approach.

He hasn’t allowed himself to get carried away by his early success and understands that things will get progressively tougher from here on in.

Exciting prospects like Pat Brown and Conor Tudsbury call Moore’s gym home, but Bevan also gets to see how toughened, experienced campaigners like Conah Walker, Chantelle Cameron and Dave Allen go about their day-to-day work. And he is already learning to add more guile and patience to his game.

“I think it's just navigating those pro rounds. I'm moving up to 10-round fights now, so I need to start setting things up for later in the fight and navigating the rounds a bit better, because you can't go out and give 100% every round,” he said. “You've got to learn, and there's experience to be gained in those longer rounds. It's more than just winning every exchange. It's setting traps and seeing the bigger picture of a fight rather than trying to win every exchange, which is what you have to do in the amateurs, because it's such short, sharp rounds. You can't afford to lose 10-20 seconds. You’ve got to win it all. “I feel like I've come on loads already, and it's only the start. I think we'll see an improved version of Taylor Bevan in my next fight and, as time goes on, I think I'm really going to settle into it.” Bevan and Moore have a high profile first assignment to get their teeth into. Lewicki won’t meekly accept an underdog role and “give it a go” for a few rounds before accepting his fate. The former Polish international has a good jab, an experienced trainer in Pat Barrett, and he is extremely confident in his own ability. It promises to be a solid test of the new partnership. “He’s a nice neat and tidy boxer. He seems a tough lad. He'll be up for it, coming forward aggressively so it should bring the best out of me I think,” Bevan said. “The last lad I boxed (Martin Bulacio, who Bevan stopped in the 2nd round) went the distance with the Cuban Arlan Lopez, and I was thinking, 'This guy could be pretty tough here,' but it didn't end up that way. “It'll be a good test to see where I'm at with Ryszard, and we'll move on from there.”