Day Of Reckoning Early Results: Jai Opetaia Wows; Agit Kabayel Surprises; Filip Hrgovic Crushes; Frank Sanchez Dominates

By: Sean Crose

Saturday’s extremely anticipated, Saudi Arabian hosted supercard received off to a fast begin, as the primary 4 fights all ended throughout the distance, two of these 4 throughout the first spherical. Things kicked off with the 23-0 heavyweight Frank Sanchez taking over the 20-2 Junior Fa in a scheduled 10 spherical affair. While it’s true the struggle received off to a sluggish begin, as soon as Sanchez put the figurative pedal to the medal, he was capable of wrap issues up in type. Fa was dropped on the finish of the six. He was capable of make it to spherical seven, however Sanchez dropped him two extra occasions, and the referee correctly stopped the struggle.

Heavyweight Filip Hrgovic, 16-0, was up subsequent, taking over a clearly overmatched Mark De Mori, 41-2-2, in a battle scheduled for 10. Suffice to say, the bout was complete destruction. While it definitely regarded like Hrgovic was touchdown some photographs behind the top, there was little doubt De Mori was in over his head. Before the primary was over, the person was turning his again on Hrgovic. The referee stopped the struggle earlier than the bell rang to cease the opening spherical.

The following bout, nonetheless, showcased a very spectacular expertise, one which was prepared to surrender his IBF cruiserweight title to be able to face his opponent on Saturday. The determination to surrender that belt proved to be a sensible alternative, for the 23-0 Jai Opetaia dropped the 17-0 Ellis Zorro within the very first spherical of the struggle. Suffice to say, Zorro didn’t beat the depend – as a result of there was no depend. The referee merely knew that it was finest to only cease the struggle.

The subsequent struggle proved to be an upset. The 18-0 Arslanbek Makhmudov was a extremely touted heavyweight as he entered the ring to tackle the 23-0 Agit Kabayel in a bout scheduled for 10. It didn’t go previous 4. Indeed, Kabayel broke his plodding opponent down successfully. In the fourth, Kabayel dropped his man not as soon as, not twice, however 3 times earlier than the referee put an finish to issues.