Christian Mbilli’s Knockout Loss to Demond Nicholson: Fight Recap and World Championship Aspirations

2023-09-09 04:24:00

Christian Mbilli was knocked out. to the American Demond Nicholson in the fourth round, Friday, in a gala presented by Eye of the Tiger Management at the Casino du Lac-Leamy, in Gatineau.

Mbilli (25-0, 21 KOs) thus defends his WBC Continental Americas and WBA International super-middleweight titles in addition to maintaining his immaculate record.

Mbilli took Nicholson (26-6-1, 22 KOs) to the mat three times, including once in each of the first two rounds. From the first minute of the first round, Mbilli hammered his rival who had his back to the cables and Nicholson found himself lying on the ground following only 57 seconds of action.

The 28-year-old pugilist did it once more with just under a minute remaining in the second by hitting the target with a good right to the side of Nicholson’s head.

Mbilli put the finishing touches at 1:56 of the fourth when Nicholson collapsed in the corner following receiving a left while Mbilli tried to reach him with a powerful right.

After the fight, Mbilli reaffirmed his intention to fight on the undercard of the January 13 gala in Quebec City which will feature Artur Beterbiev and Callum Smith. He hopes to fight for a world title there.

“I’ve always had my sights on the world championship belt,” Mbilli said. We know that unfortunately we are dodged by many boxers, but I trust my team who does everything necessary to get the fights and push me up to get the world championship belt. »

Claggett dominates Sanchez; Gaumont remains undefeated

In the semi-final of the gala, Steve Claggett (36-7-2, 25 KOs) dominated the Mexican Carlos Sanchez (24-2, 19 KOs) to win by unanimous decision (98 -89, 99-88 x 2) and retain his NABF super-lightweight title.

Claggett knocked Sanchez to the mat three times, but the Mexican bravely got up each time and managed to reach the ten-round limit.

A solid left to the liver from Claggett first forced Sanchez to a knee in the fourth round.

The Eye of the Tiger Management protégé brought Sanchez to the canvas a second time at the start of the sixth round with a left hook, then a third time in the seventh with a combination to the body.

Claggett was defending his belt for the first time since winning the vacant title from Alberto Machado on June 1.

In another fight on the program, Gatineau’s Alexandre Gaumont (9-0, 6 KOs) took up the challenge once morest Mexican Ulices Tovar Riveira (8-1, 5 KOs) by winning by unanimous decision (79-73 x 3) to preserve his perfect record following nine fights.

It marked the first time in his professional career that the 27-year-old middleweight made it past the fourth round of a fight.

Other results of the evening:

– Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse beat Timea Nagy by unanimous decision (60-53 x 3).

– Harley-David O’Reilly won by unanimous decision (40-36 x 3) once morest Israel Nava Lopez in his return from a short retirement.

– Mehmet Nadir Unal won by unanimous decision once morest Argentinian Hernan Perez (60-54 x 2, 59-55).

– Jhon Orobio defeated Luis Godinez Bautista in the first round by knockout.

– Christopher Guerrero was knocked out. to Veselin Markov in the 3rd round thanks to a powerful left hook.

– Moreno Fendero made his professional debut by beating Mexican Uziel Bueno by unanimous decision (40-35 x 3).

– Devin Tomko to defeat Juan Santiago Colchado for K.-O. au 2e round.

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