What was widely expected to be a heavyweight war instead turned out to be an absolute wipeout. Tonight in London, at the Copper Box, unbeaten Johnny Fisher blew away Alen Babic in less than a minute.
The official weights are in for tomorrow night’s expected fun fight, a slugfest between heavyweights Alen Babic and Johnny Fisher. Taking to the scales moments ago in London, both men look to be in fine physical shape.
It promises to be a great night, not only of boxing but of football as well, this Saturday in London at an expected to be full to the rafters Copper Box Arena.
Unbeaten heavyweight hopeful Johnny Fisher will collide with ‘The Savage,’ Alen Babic, former bridgerweight title challenger and a fun heavyweight in his own right, on July 6.
“The Savage” is back. Tonight, on the big Fabio Wardley vs. Frazer Clarke Bill at The O2 in London, fan favourite Alen Babic scored a clubbing sixth round stoppage win over Steve Robinson.
Tonight in Poland, local hero Lukasz Rozanski stopped Alen Babic inside the very first round to win the WBC bridgerweight title.
Watch live this Saturday night on Sky Sports. Today’s official weigh-in results:
WBC Bridgerweight World Title Fight
Łukasz Rozański (100.8kg // 15st 12 lbs 3oz) vs Alen ‘The Savage’ Babic (95.6kg // 5st 13oz)
Heavyweight Bout (10 Rounds)
Martin Bakole (127.3kg // 20st 10oz) vs Igor Hulk Shevadzutskiy (125.6kg-19st 10 lbs 14 oz)
Heavyweight Bout (8 Rounds)
Jeamie TKV (117.7kg // 18st 7lbs 8oz) vs Michał Bołoz (101.2kg // 15st 13lbs 2oz)
Light-Heavyweight Bout (8 Rounds)
Steed Woodall (78.4kg // 12st 4lbs 13oz) vs Boris Crighton (77.3kg // 12st 2lbs 6oz)
Some 15 or so months after its inception, the bridgerweight division, brainchild of the WBC, has not really caught on with fight fans.
Some fights, some match-ups, when they are announced quite simply leave a fight fan knowing what they can expect. One such fight is the WBC-ordered final eliminator between bridgerweight contenders Alen Babic and Ryad Merhy.
Babic Says Dec. 3 Fury-Chisora Fight Might Be Like Ali-Frazier III
Reigning WBC heavyweight champ Tyson Fury has received plenty of criticism for fighting Derek Chisora – who he is 2-0 over – for a third time, and rightly so.
“The Savage will get his shot at the WBC gold.”
Alen Babic is one of the most consistently exciting heavyweights out there today, but is “The Savage,” as the unbeaten Croatian is known, really a heavyweight?