Moses Itauma (13-0, 11 KO) knocked out the former Master of the Provisional Heavyweight Master Dillan “The Body Snatcher” Whyte (31-4, 21 KO) in the first round on Saturday evening at Anb Arena in Rijada in Saudi Arabia. The official time of stopping slaughter was 1:59 round of the first.
In the first round, Ituma Ituma found herself in a wave of blows, told when, sticking him into the ropes in the corner, then dropped him behind the count from judge Mikael Hak.
In the co–Maan event, WBA WBA FEATHER WWWEGHT Nick “Wrecking” Ball (23-0-1, 13 KO) defeated Goodman (20-1, 8 KO) by a 12-round unanimous decision.
In the first two rounds, Ball pressed at the higher Goodman, who kept his own in two close rounds. In the fourth and fifth, controlled ball. In sixth Goodman returned well with the ball in seventh place.
In the ninth round, halfway, Ball swayed Goodman with his right Górnica to the chin. The action lasted for fans from the opening round.
In the tenth round Ball seemed to have a close advantage in the fight and backwards. In the eleventh round the ball could pull it out, but Goodman was well against. In the twelfth and final round, Ball switched to Southpaw, landing the upper right part. Midway Goodman landed left on the ball whose eyebrow was cut. Ball returned well in the versatile round, apparently keeping his title.
The results are 117-111, 118-110 and 115-113. Mark Calo-oy was a judge.
Super Featheweight Southpaw Raymond “Savage” Ford (18-1-1, 8 Kos) defeated Abraham “Super” Nova (24-4-1, 17 Kos) in a 10-round unanimous decision.
In the first round it took a minute before Ford landed a combination to the chin Nova. In the last 30 seconds, Nova finally landed with a combination and attacked the attack, withdrawing Ford in the corner with a few strokes. Nova did well in second and third place before Ford took power.
In the fifth round Ford landed left, opening the cut of the right eyebrow. Later cutting on the back of the Nova nose. Ford’s speed is better. In the last seconds of the sixth round, Ford replied on the chin, swaying Nova.
In the eighth round Ford, the faster of them, dominates in the first two minutes, while Nova, a heavier puncher, tries to steal the round, taking the last minute. In the ninth round of Ford seems to be good above all, although Nova had a good round, ahead of Ford, who supported most of the round.
In the tenth and final round, Nova mostly threw out lead rights, working with Ford, who went back most of the rounds, feeling he was at the forefront.
The results are 96-94, 97-93 and 97-93. Mikael Hook was a judge.
The international heavyweight champion WBO Filip “El Animal” Hrgovic (19-1, 14 KO) defeated the former world champion of WBC David “Massive D” Adelye (14-2, 13 KO) 10-Rund by a unanimous decision. Hrgovic dropped Aleleleye in the eighth round.
In the second round Adelye left, shooting after losing the first round. Midway Adelye landed on a difficult left hook, opening a cut on the right eyebrow Hrgovic. In the third round, Hrgovic returned well, treating the round to the last seconds, when he was shocked by the left hook on the chin by Adeleye.
In the fourth round, Hrgovic did enough to take a round, but his left eyebrows causes his eyelid to close. In the fifth round, Hrgovic dominated until the last seconds, when Adelye shook him with a meter left on the chin.
In the seventh round Hrgovic stood out Adelye, which is always perilous and his meter left the chin. In the eighth round, Hrgovic dominated, dropping Adeleye 45 seconds into a round with an advantage on the chin to get the 8th-Hrabia from judge Marek Caloy Midway.
In the ninth round, Hrgovic continued his winning ways. In the tenth and last round, Hrgovic tried to postpone Adelye, but he could not find a trace, taking the next round.
The results are 98-91, 99-90 and 99-90.
Super feather WWweight Hayato Tsutsumi (8-0, 4 KO) stopped Southpaw Qais Ashfaq (13-4-1, 5 KO) at 2:08 second round planned 10 rounds, winning three charm.
In the second round Tsutsumi ordered Ashfaq to support the whole round, then dropped Ashfaq with the right to the temple. At the beginning of the third round, Tsutsumi dropped Ashfaq with a tow truck for 8-story from judge Leszek Jankowak. With just over a minute the left hook to his head from Tsutsumi, he dropped Ashfaq again to the 8th state Tsutsumi, he went right after the judge’s forcing to stop.
Super feather WWweight Miky Mohammed Alakel (5-0, 1 KO) knocked out Yumnama Santosha Singha (3-7-1, 1 KO) at 2:26 of the first round of the planned six rounds.
In the first round, Alakel held Singh, who was on the reverse. Alakel landed and half a minute left, Alakel landed on the side of his head, dropping Singha on the count from judge Andrea CheveliLiVa. Singh was first detained.
Ring -ring Sonegers to Thomas Treiber and Michael Buffer (main event)
Next month, Ryan Garcia will go toe-to-toe with Conor Benn in the first defence of his WBC welterweight title, and now former pound-for-pound king Terence Crawford has doubled down on his prediction for the clash.
Crawford hung up the gloves whilst recognised as the pound-for-pound number one in December, but that has not stopped ‘Bud’ from developing a heated rivalry with Garcia since his retirement, with the pair making regular jibes at one another in recent months.
Garcia has now revealed his intentions to tempt the undefeated southpaw out of retirement if he retains his title against Benn, but the Omaha-born sensation has declared his belief that Garcia will lose his belt to the Briton, favouring the challenger’s size and power.
Now, as fight week edges closer, Crawford has once again insisted that Benn will pull off the upset, as he told Fight Hub TV that he is picking ‘The Destroyer’ to come out on top.
“It’s going to be a good fight. I got Conor Benn!”
Benn will be competing at welterweight for the first time in nearly five years, looking to wrestle away the belt that Garcia won back in February with a win over Mario Barrios.
The event takes place on Saturday, September 12, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and on the undercard, Jai Opetaia is set to take on current WBC cruiserweight world champion Noel Mikaelian.
It currently remains to be seen whether the Armenian will still be the reigning titleholder when fight night comes around though, due to rumours that Mikaelian will be stripped for avoiding a fight with David Benavidez.
Terence Crawford faced and defeated 42 different opponents during a 17-year career, but super-middleweight icon Carl Froch believes that there is one welterweight who would have put an end to Crawford’s unbeaten streak if they were to meet in their primes.
Crawford became the first post-war boxer to claim the undisputed title in three separate weight divisions last September; a run which began as a super-lightweight in 2015 by defeating Thomas Dulorme, then unifying against Viktor Postol before halting Julius Indongo in an undisputed title showdown.
‘Bud’ then moved on to the welterweight scene and knocked out Jeff Horn to capture the WBO world title on his 147lb debut, making five defences of the title before colliding with fierce rival and three-belt unified titleholder, Errol Spence Jr, in 2023.
In a unforgettable fight, Crawford brutally beat Spence down in an authoritative ninth-round stoppage win to capture the undisputed welterweight throne. Talk then turned to an unprecedented three-weight move up to super-middleweight to take on Canelo Alvarez.
After stopping off at super-welterweight to dethrone Israil Madrimov on his way up, Crawford debuted at super-middleweight in a challenge for Canelo’s undisputed crown and outboxed the Mexican superstar in an iconic win last year, hanging up the gloves three months later.
Despite those legendary achievements, Froch picked Floyd Mayweather Jr to come out on top in a potential fantasy fight against the Omaha southpaw, in an episode of ‘Froch on Fighting’.
Mayweather’s achievements speak for themselves, retiring with a perfect 50-0 unbeaten record after claiming world honours in five divisions, with his most impressive reign coming at 147lbs, where he defeated the likes of Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley.
Mayweather has been rumoured to make a comeback, but while there would be huge finances that would be on offer, Crawford has revealed that he would have no interest in ending his retirement for a bout with ‘TBE’, believing that the 49-year-old is ‘old’ and ‘done’.
Terence Crawford has been hailed by many as the best fighter of this generation following his retirement, and now WBC welterweight title hopeful Conor Benn has shared how he thinks ‘Bud’ would have fared against six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya.
Crawford became boxing’s sixth five-division world champion with an iconic win over Canelo Alvarez back in September; joining Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao in that elite and exclusive club reserved only for legends of the sport.
Of that group, only De La Hoya and Pacquiao have gone on to conquer a sixth division, with De La Hoya’s 2004 WBO middleweight world title win over Felix Sturm seeing the Californian become the first boxer to ever become a sextuple champion.
Crawford could have joined ‘’The Golden Boy’ and ‘Pac-Man’ in achieving that feat, having been offered a middleweight world title shot during the aftermath of his triumph over Canelo late last year – a proposal which later fell apart due to a failed doping test by Janibek Alimkhanuly.
Continuing the praise that the Omaha-born southpaw has received since announcing his retirement last December, Benn told Daily Mail Boxing that he would favour the undefeated star to get the better of De La Hoya, if they were to meet in their primes.
Benn also went on to predict that Crawford would retain his unbeaten streak against other greats of the game, picking him to come out on top against each of Mayweather, Julio Cesar Chavez, Pernell Whitaker and Roberto Duran.
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