July 13 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Khalil Coe knocks down Kwame Ritter throughout their combat at Wells Fargo Heart in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Obligatory Credit score: Melina Pizano/Matchroom.
PHILADELPHIA — “The Massive Steppa” stepped up in an enormous means on Saturday evening.
The 27-year-old mild heavyweight Khalil Coe scored a devastating second spherical stoppage of Kwame Ritter in his first scheduled ten-rounder at Wells Fargo Heart in Philadelphia. The official time of stoppage was 1:59, as referee Ricky Gonzalez stepped in to forestall additional injury, awarding Coe (9-0, 7 knockouts) his third straight win within the second spherical, and fifth straight stoppage general.
Coe of Jersey Metropolis, N.J. used his jab to again up Ritter (11-2, 9 KOs) of Baltimore, Md. within the first spherical. The switch-hitting Ritter, 33, had some success in blunting the jab within the opening spherical by switching to southpaw, however that tactic got here again to chew him within the second when Coe harm Ritter with a straight proper hand earlier than dropping him with a left hook.
Ritter beat the rely however was a sitting duck for Coe’s large energy photographs, as Coe combined in left uppercuts and physique photographs to sluggish him down additional. Coe saved the strain on, and the combat was stopped after one other proper hand despatched Ritter flying throughout the ring.
With the win, Coe earned the WBC USA mild heavyweight belt, a minor belt that may enhance his ranking with that sanctioning physique at 175 kilos. Coe informed DAZN commentator Chris Mannix afterwards that he had his targets set on WBC mild heavyweight titleholder Joshua Buatsi.
Buatsi (18-0, 13 KOs), who had beforehand been Coe’s promotional stablemate with Matchroom Boxing however is now signed to BOXXER, is scheduled to face Willy Hutchinson on September 21 in London for the WBO interim mild heavyweight title.
The loss is the second straight for Ritter, who dropped a unanimous resolution to mar Dzambekov a yr in the past in California.
The combat was a part of the DAZN broadcast that’s headlined by the IBF welterweight title combat between Jaron Ennis and David Avanesyan.
