Former IBF featherweight champion Billy Dib (36-2, 21 KO’s) got back on the winning track on Friday night in defeating a ring rusty 33-year-old Mike Oliver (25-4, 8 KO’s) by a 10 round majority decision at the Connecticut Convention Center, in Hartford, Connecticut.
RESULTS: Amir Khan Stops A Game But Over-Matched Billy Dib In The Fourth-Round
Tonight in Saudi Arabia, British star Amir Khan did as expected and dispatched the much smaller Billy Dib. Khan, way too big, not to mention fast and powerful, put Dib down with a left hand to the head in the second and finished his man off with a fusillade in round-four which prompted Dib’s corner to throw in the towel.
Exclusive interview by Adam Santarossa: Billy Dib returned to Australia days ago light on luggage after losing his world title and a pint or two short of blood following the ten staples that were needed for a cut to the back of his head and the fourteen stitches that were needed to seal the wound above his right eye.
By Jeff Sorby: Unbeaten Evgeny Gradovich (16-0, 8 KO’s) unseated IBF featherweight champion Billy Dib (35-2, 21 KO’s) on Friday night in beating him by a 12 round split decision on Friday Night Fights at the Foxwoods Resort, in Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA.