Gabriel Valenzuela rapidly capitalized on a chance Thursday night time that he acquired on quick discover.
The Mexican junior welterweight knocked out fan favourite Yves Ulysse Jr. simply 52 seconds into their 10-round combat at On line casino de Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Valenzuela drilled Ulysse with a brief proper uppercut that knocked Ulysse on his aspect simply 34 seconds into their combat.
Ulysse tried to rise up and fell down once more. He reached his toes earlier than referee Martin Forest counted to 10, however he was in no situation to proceed.
Forest realized Ulysse shouldn’t combat on, wrapped his arms across the wobbled Ulysse and halted the motion.
Guadalajara’s Valenzuela, a late alternative for 2008 U.S. Olympian Javier Molina, improved to 26-3-1 and recorded his sixteenth knockout.
Montreal’s Ulysse slipped to 22-3 (12 KOs). The 34-year-old contender misplaced by knockout for the primary time in his nine-year skilled profession.
ESPN+ streamed Valenzuela’s upset victory because the co-feature earlier than Quebec-based tremendous middleweight Erik Bazinyan boxed American Alantez Fox within the 10-round predominant occasion.
Keith Idec is a senior author/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He may be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.