One of Artur Beterbiev’s sparring partners knocked off an undefeated fighter Friday night in Verona, New York.

Australia’s Clay Waterman worked his way inside of Kenmon Evans’ jab after the first round, consistently connected with the harder punches thereafter and won their eight-round light heavyweight bout by unanimous decision. Waterman won on the scorecards of judges Don Ackerman (77-75), Glenn Feldman (78-74) and Tom Schreck (78-74).

Showtime televised Waterman’s win as the opener of a “ShoBox: The New Generation” tripleheader from Turning Stone Resort Casino.

Waterman, 27, improved to 11-0 (8 KOs) and boxed beyond the sixth round for the first time in his career. The 31-year-old Evans (10-1-1, 3 KOs), a former bareknuckle fighter from New Smyrna Beach, Florida, had his seven-fight winning streak snapped.

By the time the eighth and final round began, Waterman was way ahead and well on his way to his 11th professional win.

Waterman landed two right uppercuts and a left hook with just under a minute remaining in their fight. A left hook by Waterman made Evans stumble a little more than 50 seconds into the eighth round.

Waterman lunged forward and landed a left hook that snapped Evans’ head back late in the seventh round. Evans landed a right uppercut and followed up with an overhand right with just under 40 secons on the clock in the seventh round.

Evans drilled Waterman with a right hand about 55 seconds into the sixth round, but Waterman took it well.

Back-to-back left hooks by Waterman affected Evans and made him hold his opponent with 45 seconds on the clock in the sixth round.

Waterman blasted Evans with a right hand about 1:20 into the sixth round. Evans shook his head to indicate he wasn’t hurt.

Waterman landed a right uppercut and then a right-left combination during a 10-second stretch in the second half of the fifth round.

Waterman’s left in an exchange caught Evans a little less than a minute into the fifth round. Waterman connected with another left hook that knocked Evans into the ropes about 20 seconds later.

Waterman’s left to Evans’ body made Evans move away from him with just over a minute to go in the fourth round.

Waterman’s power jab stopped Evans in his tracks with just under 30 seconds on the clock in the third round. A right hand by Waterman snapped back Evans’ head and seemed to stun him about 1:05 into the third round.

Waterman, who made his way inside better during the second round than in the opening three minutes, landed a right hand late in that round. Waterman previously landed a right hand about 30 seconds into the second round.

The taller Evans established distance during the first half of the first round and landed many hard jabs as Waterman attempted to work his way inside. Waterman finally backed Evans into the ropes and landed a left hand with just over 20 seconds on the clock in the first round.

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for krikya360.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.