Ben Whittaker returned to the scene of his electrical debut to attain one other dramatic knockout victory.
He beat Stiven Leonetti Dredhaj on the Chris Billam-Smith vs Mateusz Masternak undercard on the Bournemouth Worldwide Centre.
Whittaker utilized the 4th spherical end with a really quick and highly effective straight right-left mixture.
Whittaker made as a lot entrance as he might. A ballerina preceded him, hitting notes from a hidden piano earlier than the Wolverhampton man, in an ornate gown, took to the stage.
He was greeted with cheers, and his parade of boats elicited the occasional gasp.
However he delivered sturdy punches to Dreadhage.
He despatched a cross that despatched the Italian-based Albanian participant again a couple of steps.
Whittaker took a second to bop, actually reasonably than figuratively, after being shot and spun himself away from Dreadhage’s blow.
He discovered the locations for the meaty left hooks, the blows that landed with an audible thud.
Dreadhage attacked him, and regardless that they had been tangled collectively, Whittaker someway managed to land a proper hook to the face.
The Albanian fell behind on the finish of the second spherical when Whittaker walked on him. The stress between them threatened to go even additional when in addition they butted heads after the bell.
The bout bought powerful within the third spherical, with Whittaker clipping his opponent with a hook whereas Dreadhage lunged at him.
Al-Albani felt a robust blow and fell to his knee. He managed, on the rise, to stab a brief left into Whittaker’s chin.
This led to a different bout of exhilarating exhibitionism as Whittaker regarded away from his opponent.
The referee paused the match after which advised Whittaker, which was roundly booed by the group.
Within the subsequent spherical, Whittaker stepped in to shut out the present, with a mixture of explosive punches that put Dreadhage flat on his again.
There was no continuation of that.
Their feud was immediately forgotten as Whittaker finally helped his fallen opponent to his ft they usually embraced within the heart of the ring to nice applause.
Whittaker mentioned afterwards: “I advised you I used to be again, darling! Bournemouth is the place I began, and I completed the 12 months nicely right here.”
“Let’s put our fingers collectively for Stephen, the good fighter.
“He was drawn to the opinions. It was like a burger, chips and a Coke!”
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