Serrano steamrolls Morgan, ‘H2O’ Sylve suffers brutal knockout loss

Amanda Serrano scored a stoppage win in an enormous mismatch tonight, placing Stevie Morgan away within the second spherical when the referee rightly referred to as a cease to the one-sided motion.

Serrano (47-2-1, 31 KO) was in her fiftieth skilled battle tonight, and received her first stoppage win since 2021. She was not defending her featherweight titles, as this battle came about at 140 lbs, the place Serrano will meet Katie Taylor in a Nov. 15 rematch for Taylor’s undisputed tremendous light-weight championship.

Morgan falls to 14-2 (13 KO).

Quick Take: An absurd mismatch that had no enterprise taking place. Morgan got here in 14-0 within the rings of Colombia, the place male fighters have lengthy constructed up bogus data (and knockout percentages), and 0-1 in america, and she or he didn’t belong in a hoop with Amanda Serrano, interval. The one function this battle served, apart from a payday, was a coaching camp and getting Serrano’s weight arrange nicely forward of November and Katie Taylor. It wasn’t as dangerous as Seniesa Estrada vs Miranda Adkins, however that’s about the very best you possibly can say.

Additionally on the undercard, Most Beneficial Promotions’ high prospect Ashton “H2O” Sylve was brutally knocked out by Lucas Bahdi in a reasonably notable upset.

Sylve (11-1, 9 KO) was fairly dominant within the battle, however Bahdi (17-0, 15 KO) hung in there after which received the massive win within the sixth spherical. The 30-year-old Canadian was, frankly, a hand-picked kind of opponent for a prospect on the rise, the kind of matchup you see on a regular basis. Bahdi figured to be a helpful stepping stone for Sylve, however that’s simply not the way it turned out.

Bahdi caught Sylve with a clear proper hand within the sixth spherical, and Sylve was just about knocked out proper there, he was going to go down. However a left hook got here proper behind that proper hand, touchdown much more flush, and Sylve was knocked clear out.

Quick Take: Clearly a serious setback for the 20-year-old Sylve, who was trying sharp and in management, however Bahdi stayed within the battle, regarded for openings, and made one thing occur. It’s going to be a robust contender for Knockout of the 12 months, it was vicious. Sylve is completely younger sufficient to bounce again and go on to be the fighter he was hyped to be, however you additionally simply by no means know the way a fighter will react to one thing like this, and the youth side can work in opposition to somebody mentally on this scenario, too. Hoping it really works out, although, he’s clearly a gifted fighter with upside. As for Bahdi, hope he will get one thing first rate from this, and if he’s accessible, I may see Golden Boy tripping over themselves to get him in a hoop with Floyd Schofield. They’ll be assured of their man Schofield, and now there’s one thing to hype if he have been to beat Bahdi.