South Oxhey boxer Reece Bellotti’s day job takes him to the set of future blockbusters but the super featherweight won’t allow himself to get caught up dreaming of being the next Rocky just yet.

The 24-year-old’s professional super featherweight debut on Thursday was over as quick as a flash, knocking down Joe Beeden (1-27) after 50 seconds, but ‘Bomber’ Bellotti is focused on making sure his career will not be a flash in the pan.

Electrician Bellotti has recently been working on the set of ‘Spectre’, the latest in the James Bond franchise, set for release later this year. But working on set and training do not go hand-in-hand.

“I am not primarily on set because then I would not be able to train,” explained Bellotti. “At the moment I have got a 7 to 4 job where I do generators and stuff like that. At weekends I will try and get on set because you can be on for 12 or 13 hours a day, which is not conducive to training.

“Like anyone though, I want to be a world champion but that is still too far away at the moment so I don’t give it any thought. My immediate aims are to do well on the domestic scene and work my way through those titles and then look to build from there.”

A devastating left hook to the body did for Beeden at York Hall and Bellotti says he was not expecting to make such light work of the 22-year-old from Swindon.

“It’s good to get the first one out of the way to be honest,” Bellotti admitted. “I was quite nervous which is rare for me because I usually don’t get too nervous. I used to as an amateur but this was a different type of nerves. But nerves are only natural and I am only human so I was bound to be a bit nervous.

“In all honesty I was not expecting to end it as quickly as it did. He has only been stopped once before so I was not expecting it to end that way but if I could have planned it that way and got out with the win I would have been satisfied.”

Bellotti, who had a number of friends and family in attendance after selling 200 tickets in the build-up, revealed he fell into the sport quite late, never seriously considering boxing as anything more than a good way to stay disciplined in his teenage years and never having a junior fight.

“I got put into it at 15 by my mum and dad who sent me down to South Oxhey Boxing Club,” he recalled. “I think it was just something to get me out the house really but I enjoyed it, got stuck into it and really enjoyed the fitness aspect.

“I was playing for Sun Postal too at the time, so I was focused on that. At 17 my trainers asked me why I was not fighting yet so I said if they thought I was good enough I would give it a try. I did and here I am.”

Bellotti is signed with promoter Eddie Hearn and after the first taste of the professional ranks, the two-time ABA champion is hoping to be part of a big show soon.

He said: “I have spoken to Eddie Hearn a little bit recently and he said he will let me know if can get me on the shows he has got coming up in Liverpool or Manchester. I want to be on the card at a big show and if I am, I think my performance will go up a level again.”