Heavyweight contender Otto Wallin returned again to the win column.
Wallin scored a knockout win over Onoriode Ehwarieme within the opening spherical Friday night time on the Tropicana Resort and On line casino in Atlantic Metropolis, New Jersey.
The southpaw Wallin labored from the middle of the ring, exchanging range-finding jabs with Ehwarieme. Wallin then threw a jab, adopted by a brief, straight left to the pinnacle, dropping Ehwarieme to the canvas. Ehwarieme did stand up, however staggered into the arms of referee Earl Brown, who waved the combat off at 48 seconds.
“I attempted not to consider the knockout, simply to carry out to the very best of my capability,” mentioned Wallin after the combat. “It’s good that it occurred, however I didn’t deal with that. It was fast. I attempted to go on the market and never be reckless, discover my distance. As soon as I landed, it was good. We’ve been engaged on the left hook. So it’s good that it paid off.”
Wallin, who’s initially from Sundsvall, Sweden and now resides in New York Metropolis, final fought on December 23, shedding to heavyweight contender Anthony Joshua after the fifth spherical. The loss to Joshua snapped a six-fight profitable streak, together with a break up determination victory over Murat Gassiev on September 30.
The 33-year-old Wallin, who misplaced an in depth determination to Tyson Fury in September 2019, believes he’s nonetheless a fighter to be reckoned with.
“It was good,” mentioned Wallin, who’s managed by Jolene Mizzone. “Come again (and) get a knockout within the first spherical. It at all times feels good. I’ve been saying that I’ve misplaced a couple of. I misplaced to Joshua. I don’t suppose there’s a lot disgrace in that. I’m nonetheless one of many prime guys and I believe I confirmed it now. And we obtained to maintain displaying it and simply hold climbing.
Wallin improved to 27-2, 15 knockouts, whereas Ehwarieme falls to 20-5, 19 KOs. In his earlier combat on April 13, Ehwarieme was knocked out by unbeaten prospect Deontae Pettigrew within the third spherical.
The 36-year-old, who resides in Warri, Nigeria, has now misplaced 5 of his final eight bouts, all by knockout, together with a primary spherical knockout loss to Bakhodir Jalolov on August 26.
Within the co-feature, junior middleweight prospect Justin Figueroa of Atlantic Metropolis stopped late-sub Freddy Espinoza within the third spherical. Figueroa improved to 10-0, 8 KOs.
Espinoza was sport, however the more-polished Figueroa successfully outboxed Espinoza all through a lot of the combat. About 30 seconds into spherical two, a sweeping proper cross momentarily staggered Espinoza, who was capable of get well and combat again.
Halfway by way of spherical three, throughout an alternate, Figueroa landed a proper uppercut to the chin. Espinoza turned away, and earlier than Figueroa adopted up, referee Eric Dali stepped in and stopped the combat at 1:25.
Espinoza, who resides in Chinandega, Nicaragua, falls to 10-6, 7 KOs. Espinoza has now misplaced his final 4 bouts, all by knockout, together with to DeAngelo Evans on June 6.
Heavyweight Bruce Seldon, Jr. improved to 2-0, 2 KOs, dropping Isaiah Margheim (1-4) 3 times, all in spherical two, to win by knockout. Time of the knockout was 1:45.
The 29-year-old Seldon, who additionally resides in Atlantic Metropolis, is the son of former heavyweight champion Bruce Seldon and had no beginner fights.
In tremendous middleweight motion, beginner standout Marco Romero of Olathe, Kansas stopped Victor Pradis at 1:16 of the second spherical. Romero harm Pradis towards the ropes, following up with a barrage of punches that compelled referee Ricardo Vera to cease the combat.
The 18-year-old Romero additionally scored a knockdown of Pradis within the opening spherical.
Pradis, who’s initially from Saltillo, Mexico and now resides in Covington, Louisiana, falls to 2-1.
In one other tremendous middleweight bout that includes fighters from New York Metropolis, Jacob Riley Solis stopped James Abraham (2-2-1, 2 KOs) at 2:43 of the fourth spherical. Solis harm Abraham with a proper hand to the pinnacle. Abraham was defenseless on the ropes, prompting referee Ricardo Vera to step in and cease the combat.
Each fighters every scored a knockdown in spherical two.
In a conflict of unbeaten junior welterweights who reside within the New York Metropolis space, Arveontae Dukes of The Bronx defeated Brooklyn’s Jason Castanon (1-1, 1 KO) by unanimous determination. Scores had been 39-37, 39-37, and 40-36 for Dukes, who improved to 3-0.
Within the opening spherical of the cardboard promoted by Larry Goldberg, junior welterweight Stacia Suttles knocked out Kalindra Faria (1-2) within the opening spherical. A left hook to the physique dropped Faria to the canvas, the place referee Ricardo Vera counted her out at 1:34.
Suttles, who’s initially from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and now resides in The Bronx, New York, was making her professional debut.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has lined boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He may be reached at [email protected]
