Christian Mbilli (29-0, 24 KOs) crushed #7 Maciej Sulecki (33-4, 13 KOs) within the first spherical by technical knockout in a mismatch to assert the WBC interim tremendous middleweight title on Friday evening on the Centre Videotron in Quebec Metropolis, Canada.
Mbilli Wins Interim Title
The combat was over earlier than it had really even begun, as Sulecki had nothing to carry Mbilli off throughout the transient combat. Mbilli chased Sulecki, 36, across the ring like a wolf, touchdown laborious proper palms to the top and left hooks.
Sulecki Knocked Out Rapidly
Close to the tip of the spherical, Mbilli caught as much as Sulecki and landed a proper to the physique, adopted by a left, and a proper uppercut that dropped him. He bought up, however the referee, Michael Griffin, opted to cease the competition when he observed that Sulecki was unsteady on his ft throughout his fast examination. The time was at 2:28 of spherical one.
Ideally, it might have been higher if the WBC had insisted that Mbilli combat one of many gifted contenders of their high 15 reasonably than the veteran Sulecki. He’d been knocked out within the sixth spherical final August by Diego Pacheco, and he wasn’t the best choice to be preventing for the WBC interim title.
The victory offers Mbilli the WBC interim 168-lb title, placing him in place to problem for a world title towards champion Canelo Alvarez. In the intervening time, Mbilli may combat on the undercard of Canelo’s subsequent combat towards Terence Crawford on September thirteenth in Las Vegas. if that occurs, it’ll permit Mbilli to showcase his expertise for whoever is picked out for his opponent to combat
Butler, Makhmudov Win Undercard
On the cardboard tonight, tremendous middleweight Steven Butler (36-5-1, 30 KOs) knocked out journeyman Jose de Jesus Macias (29-14-4, 15 KOs) within the fourth spherical. Butler dropped Macias laborious twice with proper palms, prompting referee Sylvain Leblanc to cease the combat. The time was at 1:33 of the spherical.
Heavyweight Arslanbek Makhmudov (20-2, 19 KOs) knocked out Ricardo Brown (12-1, 11 KOs) within the first spherical of a scheduled 10-round combat. Makhmudov, 36, flattened Brown with a looping proper hand to the top after backing him as much as the ropes. As Browne, 35, was falling, he hit the ropes and slid down. Referee Albert Padulo Jr then counted him out. The time was at 1:57 of spherical one.
