The grandson of Muhammad Ali dazzled in Las Vegas on Saturday night with a highlight reel KO.
"Stuff like this happens when you put that work in." "Just a testament of all the work that I've put in," Ali Walsh said of the knockout. Just like his grandfather, Nico Ali Walsh can float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.
The 21-year-old Walsh, who resides in Las Vegas, improves to 5-0 (4 knockouts). Ibarra entered the fight with a modest record, but had fought mediocre ...
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Francisco also covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. Referee Russell Mora briefly looked at Ibarra and waved off the fight at 2:50.
Nico Ali Walsh - the 21-year-old grandson of the legendart Muhammad Ali - scored a sensational knockout of Alejandro Ibarra to win his fifth professio.
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Walsh delivered his most devastating finish to date in his fifth pro fight.
Subscribe to Morning Kombat with Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell for the best analysis and in-depth news. Walsh improved to 5-0 professionally on Saturday night, defeating Alejandro Ibarra on the undercard of Shakur Stevenson vs. Nico Ali Walsh is doubling up on first-round knockouts on the ground floor of his Muhammad Ali celebration tour.
Nico Ali Walsh (5-0, 4 KOs) needed just 2 minutes, 50 seconds to knock out Alejandro Ibarra (7-2) in a Saturday night undercard in Las Vegas.
After standing toe-to-toe for much of the round, and continually landing his right hook to Ibarra’s head, Ali Walsh set up his outmatched opponent. This is for my family. After feinting with his right hand to open things up, Ali Walsh landed a quick left and a devastating right flush on Ibarra’s face for his fourth career knockout.
Nico Ali Walsh needed just 2 minutes, 50 seconds Saturday night to turn a chorus of boos into a cacophony of cheers inside MGM Grand Garden.
I was happy I got a great performance and the stoppage.” I wish the best for him and his team. But I just waited for that setup, and I saw it and I took advantage” “I was setting him up with the right hand,” Ali Walsh said. I was trying to counter it, and that’s what I did. Ali Walsh began the fight by winging bombs, moving in and out of range as he kept Ibarra off balance.