Johnny Fisher’s first main event was a rousing success, as the heavyweight contender defeated cult favorite Alen Babić in just 0.5 seconds.
Fisher quickly found space for his right hand – never too hard with Babić and his complete indifference to defense – and the game was over quite quickly. Babic might have survived a little longer if he hadn’t got up so quickly on such shaky legs, but it was clear that for Fisher he was just a sitting duck.
You don’t want to operate it to gain too excited about the immediate prospects for Fisher (12-0, 11 KO), although this is an fascinating achievement under his belt. Babic (12-2, 11 KO) was a fun story for a while, but we saw him get dropped and stopped by much smaller men who simply didn’t hit as challenging as Fisher, and the truth is Babic doesn’t do that . have the real skill set of a professional boxer and it will be as entertaining as possible to watch.
In miniature, it was a difference in size and a matchup right behind Babic, but Babic had little face value. And that’s why Eddie Hearn took the fight. Don’t expect Hearn to push the 25-year-old ‘Romford Bull’ up the ladder from here; rather, you can expect him to get back to the level he was at, maybe a little higher, and there’s nothing wrong with that. This is the right path of development. Babic was an intriguing side trip, a main event, and worth some money compared to Fisher’s average opponent.
On the card below, Reece Bellotti (19-5, 14 KO) continued his mid-1930s resurgence by defending his British and Commonwealth super featherweight titles with a decision victory over Levi Giles (15-2, 4 KO). The scores were 117–110, 118–110, and 118–110.
We witnessed an upset when Jasmina Zapotoczna (8-1, 0 KO) defeated flyweight candidate Maisey Rose Courtney (6-1, 0 KO) over 10 rounds, scoring 96-94, 97-93 and 98-92.