Andre “Showtime” Lambe and Saundre “Dash” Simmons maintained their perfect professional records by stopping their American opponents on Saturday.

In the main bout, Lambe needed just three of the six rounds to stop Jimmy Williams and take his record to 12-0. Earlier on, Simmons, in his first fight on home turf, was awarded a TKO 2min 52sec into his light heavyweight bout with Patrick Pierre to take his record to 6-0, with all his wins coming by knockout.

The two Bermudians were originally scheduled to face Mexican fighters as part of Epic Entertainment’s Casino Fight Night at The Shed in Dockyard, but eleventh-hour changes resulted in them squaring off against journeyman boxers from the US.

Fighting in what could be his last six-round contest, Lambe pummelled his opponent throughout, with the bout ending just before the conclusion of the third round when Williams (18-17-2) went down on one knee before he was eventually counted out.

“I wouldn’t say it was easy but I made it look easy,” Lambe told The Royal Gazette.

“Once I realised that he didn’t have much to stop me from coming on the inside, I showed a different style of what I could do. I hadn’t done a knockout in a few fights, but I showed that I can fight hard on the inside and I had to show that I had other tools in the box.

“I’ve been fighting against tough opponents. I fought against Garcia and Lucio and it’s hard to knock those kind of guys out, but I went back to the drawing board and showed that I can still do it.

“This guy was a last-minute replacement and once I saw that he’d fought against some notable fighters, I tried to keep my guard tight and just pick up on any mistakes.

“The last time I fought here against Paklos I broke my hand. I could have stopped him too, but my hand was messed up.”

As he moves on to fighting over eight rounds, the undefeated welterweight boxer is counting on Bermudian support for his overseas matches.

“This is probably my last fight over six rounds, I’m going up to eight,” the 29-year-old said.

“I hope to be fighting in the US in a network that’s going to be worthwhile. I’ll still need a lot of support from the Bermudian community and I don’t get any help from the government, so I’ve been doing a lot on my own through private sponsorship.

“I’ll definitely be out there putting Bermuda on the map. I’m 12-0, that’s a big record out in the US so if I could put that on display, Bermuda would definitely be on the map.”

Simmons never allowed Pierre (6-30-0) to settle into the fight with some heavy hitting from the opening bell.

By the time referee Anthony Mouchette halted the one-sided contest, Pierre’s face was showing the effects of Simmons’s power.

“It was a good fight, we executed the game plan and the win came sooner than we thought,” the 27-year-old said.

“I wanted to get at least two to three rounds in, but that’s how the cookie crumbles sometimes.

“Fighting before a home crowd was new for me and it was another part of this experience that I really enjoyed. I definitely had the nerves because I was fighting for the family, so I wanted it to end well.

“It was a homecoming and I just want to thank everybody that came out to show love and support.”

Like Lambe, Simmons is eyeing a step up in level as he seeks more challenges in his blossoming career.

“I’m aiming for eight rounds now,” the North Carolina-based fighter said. “When the opportunity presents itself, I will be ready for eight rounds.

“Every fight I get into it gets harder regardless of the opponent. I’m just looking to progress and this was another step in the right direction.

“We are looking at another fight in April in South Carolina. Nothing concrete yet but we’re looking to stay busy this year.”

In the kickboxing matches that warmed up the crowd for the Lambe and Simmons contests, Geraldine Sidders, Tristan Robinson, Tristan Burgess and Muryah Swan, from the Bermuda Sanshou Association, won their bouts against kickboxers from America.