DAVE Anderson, from Glasgow, last night staked his claim for a shot at

the British lightweight title when he outpointed Walsall's Peter Till

over 10 action-packed rounds at Glasgow's Hospitality Inn -- his

fifteenth straight win as a professional.

It was an official eliminator for the championship and it was the

third time in six months Anderson had outpointed the tough Midlander. At

first it was over six rounds, then over eight, and last night Anderson

showed he had the stamina and the class to last 10 rounds and still be

bouncing at the end.

There was no doubt as to the winner, the referee scoring it

98[1/2]-97[1/2] to Anderson.

Brian Carr, the Olympian and former ABA champion, made an explosive

start to his professional career when he knocked out Hull featherweight

Fred Reeve after 42 seconds of the second round -- and this after having

suffered a cut above his left eye due to a clash of heads.

Glasgow welterweight Gordon Blair also looked impressive when he

stopped Doncaster's Mark Allan midway in the third round, having had the

Englishman down for three counts.

John Wilson, the Commonwealth Games light heavyweight silver medallist

from Edinburgh, was equally devastating when he punched out Craig Byrne,

of Birmingham, after 1min 40sec of the second round. Byrne was knocked

down three times, all for counts of eight.

* BRITAIN'S Delroy Bryan failed in a valiant attempt to capture the

vacant European welterweight title in Cordoba yesterday.

The referee stopped a scheduled 12-round fight in the tenth and gave

the fight to Spain's Jose Luis Navarro after Bryan had taken two

mandatory counts.

The first four rounds were even, with Bryan opening up a cut in

Navarro's right cheek in the fourth with a powerful left cross. But as

the Briton began to tire in the eighth, Navarro started to land some

heavy punches.

The title had last been held by Scotland's Gary Jacobs.

* FRANK Liles retained the WBA super-middleweight title in Quito on

Saturday with a unanimous points decision over fellow American Michael

Nunn in a double title bill that left few in the crowd happy.

In the headline bout for the vacant IBF middle-weight crown, Segundo

Mercardo of Ecuador and American Bernard Hopkins fought to a draw that

brought howls of protest from fans and left the title vacant.

The unanimous decision for Liles was also criticised by the public and

local sports commentators, who thought Nunn had the upper hand during

the bout. Judge Oscar Perez, of the United States, scored the fight

115-112, Venezuelan Gonzalo Rivera had it 117-111, and American Bob

Watson called it 114-113 for Liles.