02-26-2017, 05:40 PM
Joseph Parker's training partner Izu Ugonoh has been knocked out in his first fight in the United States.
The Polish heavyweight, who is also trained by Kiwi trainer Kevin Barry in Las Vegas, went into his fight against Dominic Breazeale with a record 17 win zero loss record, with 14 of those wins coming by knock out.
Eight of his professional fights had been in New Zealand on the undercard to Parker's fights.
Barry was predicting Ugonoh to make a big statement on the undercard of the Deontay Wilder-Gerald Washington heavyweight bout but it was far from a statement.
It was Breazeale's first fight back after being knocked out by Anthony Joshua in London in June.
Ugonoh started the fight well and did rock Breazeale.
However he was then knocked down in the third round before Breazeale finished him with a series of blows in the fifth round of the scheduled 10 round bout.
A strong right right hand sent Ugonoh to one knee early in the fifth round.
Ugonoh got up but Breazeale delivered a left-right combination which ended the fight.
It was Ugonoh's first fight under new promoter Al Haymon after he made the switch from New Zealand-based Duco Events.
- Stuff
The Polish heavyweight, who is also trained by Kiwi trainer Kevin Barry in Las Vegas, went into his fight against Dominic Breazeale with a record 17 win zero loss record, with 14 of those wins coming by knock out.
Eight of his professional fights had been in New Zealand on the undercard to Parker's fights.
Barry was predicting Ugonoh to make a big statement on the undercard of the Deontay Wilder-Gerald Washington heavyweight bout but it was far from a statement.
It was Breazeale's first fight back after being knocked out by Anthony Joshua in London in June.
Ugonoh started the fight well and did rock Breazeale.
However he was then knocked down in the third round before Breazeale finished him with a series of blows in the fifth round of the scheduled 10 round bout.
A strong right right hand sent Ugonoh to one knee early in the fifth round.
Ugonoh got up but Breazeale delivered a left-right combination which ended the fight.
It was Ugonoh's first fight under new promoter Al Haymon after he made the switch from New Zealand-based Duco Events.
- Stuff