Date first dazed Dah with a right uppercut and followed that up with a left hook to knock him down before a right hook sealed the deal.

“It’s been about two years I’ve been waiting for it (this fight) since moving to Dubai,” Date said.

“I’ve come off the back of over 200 amateur fights from the age of 11 to now. It’s been 10, 15 years in the making. I’m just happy to have it done at this stage.

He added: “I just felt my timing with this guy got a lot better. I just started getting a range. The amateur gloves are a lot smaller, so you start learning very fast to punch very hard all of a sudden.”

The other fights saw Nicholas Mwangi TKO Patrick Kalisa in welterweight, Lasisi Aliu beat Payu Sor by unanimous decision in bantamweight and Daniel Emeka earn a split decision over Mohammed Aboubkr in super middleweight.