In a massive upset victory, IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs) destroyed former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) by a fifth-round knockout on Saturday night at Wembley Stadium in London.
In front of a roaring Sunderland crowd, Josh Kelly turned the lights out on Placido Ramirez in the third round at the jam-packed Beacon of Light, courtesy of a brutal uppercut that had Ramirez counting stars instead of the referee’s count.
Junior middleweight contender Josh Kelly (14-1-1, 7 KOs) dominated the badly overmatched previously unbeaten Gabriel Corzo (18-1, 3 KOs), beating him by a one-sided twelve round unanimous decision last Saturday night at the Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle, England.
Josh Kelly dominated the world-ranked Gabriel Corzo in Newcastle last night – and then immediately called out two big name domestic rivals.
Going into last night’s fight with defending British light-middleweight champion Troy Williamson, so many people were telling Josh Kelly he was heading into a 50-50 fight, a pick ’em affair.
Last night, it was Josh Kelly’s (12-1-1, 7 KOs) world and we were just living in it. A flawless performance from the Sunderland man saw him make light work of a tremendously gifted opponent in the dethroned Troy Williamson (19-1-1, 14 KOs).
Josh Kelly overcame a tough Lucas Bastida to enter the world rankings and claim the WBO International Super Welterweight Championship. It was a fiery encounter before the bell had even sounded, and after yesterdays weigh-in antics that saw the two main event fighters exchanging words, Bastida walked to the ring in a Newcastle United football shirt to antagonise Sunderland’s Kelly even further.
Tony ‘Bomber’ Bellew wants to see welterweight contender Conor Benn take a step up against Josh Kelly and then David Avanesyan if he’s successful in his 12-round headliner fight this Saturday, July 31st, against the always tough Adrian Granados at the Matchroom Fight Camp in Brentwood, Essex.
David Avanesyan stopped Josh Kelly in six rounds at The SSE Arena, Wembley to retain his EBU European Welterweight Title, live on Sky Sports in the UK and on DAZN in the U.S.
David Avanesyan (27-3-1, 15 KOs) was like a locomotive picking up a head of steam with the way he systematically broke 2016 Olympian Josh ‘Pretty Boy’ Kelly (10-1-1, 6 KOs) down with power shots until his corner threw in the towel to save him in the sixth round on Saturday night at the Wembley Arena in London, England.