James Hare could be handed the chance to go one better than West Yorkshire rival Derek Roche.

The unbeaten welterweight from Roberttown is being aimed towards Jan Bergman, the WBU champion who decked Leeds-based Roche six times in a big points win at the weekend.

Hare will have won more influential admirers with a silky-smooth display against tall African Monney Seka at Barnsley Metrodome last night.

The 25-year-old used his superior technical ability to run rings round an opponent who at 6ft 1in towered seven inches above him.

Hare may not be the biggest puncher in the game but his style is so easy on the eye and there are few who can switch angles and unload so quickly.

Hare landed with 200 more shots in the European Union fight and boasted a superb success rate of 40 per cent. He made up for the lack of height by weaving in and out of Seka's grasp, rattling off quickfire combinations before swaying back out of trouble as the frustrated African thrashed air.

Only once did Seka threaten to pin him, connecting with a left hook in the ninth round which jolted Hare's head back. But he rode the storm after a shaky 30 seconds and slipped back into his rhythm, oozing class through to the final bell.

Judges Freddy Christiansen from Denmark, Spain's Francesco Vasquez and Terry O'Connor of Birmingham were clearly entranced by the boxing masterclass as "Lord of the Manor" Hare won a unanimous decision by the widest of margins, two of the panel awarding him all ten rounds.

Manager Tommy Gilmour is now keen to steer a course for South African Bergman, another six-footer, rather than British champion Neil Sinclair.

Gilmour said: "Maybe another three fights and I'd like to put James in with Jan Bergman for the world title. James has been doing a lot of sparring with Derek Roche and I'm quite sure that he has the capability with that style of tall and rangy opponent."

Hare, who claimed his 20th victory, was slightly disappointed not to chalk up a tenth stoppage. He said: "Seka could bang a bit but I kept out the way. I've been working in the gym with Chris Aston to put a bit more power in but he was a tough nut to crack and I couldn't quite get rid of him."

Bradford bantamweight Jamil Hussain made it two pro wins out of two with a second-round stoppage of Neil Read on the same bill last night.