Against Weeks, Ali Walsh was allowed to tee off. Ali Walsh grew up in Las Vegas and embarked on an amateur boxing career, hoping to follow in the legendary heavyweight champion's footsteps. "The Greatest" died in June 2016, just shy of Ali Walsh's 16th birthday. Obviously my grandfather, I've been thinking of him so much. "This lived up completely to my expectations," he added.
"I think me and him made a little bit of history tonight," said Ali Walsh, who is trained by SugarHill Steward, the same man who guides heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. The middleweight followed up with a barrage of punches, bloodying Weeks' face, before the referee stopped the mismatch. Wearing a pair of white-and-black trunks his grandfather gifted to him, Muhammad Ali's grandson Nico Ali Walsh made his pro boxing debut Saturday night with a first-round TKO of Jordan Weeks.Īli Walsh, 21, displayed the kind of flair for the dramatic Ali would surely be proud of, whipping the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino crowd into a frenzy with his right hand as the referee administered a 10-count following the knockdown. Muhammad Ali's grandson Nico Ali Walsh scores TKO win over Jordan Weeks in pro boxing debut Ali avenged that loss at the Garden in 1974 before winning their epic rubber match in the Philippines.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser It was Ali Walsh’s second bout at Madison Square Garden, where Ali fought eight times, winning all of them except the “Fight of the Century,” the 1971 first fight of his trilogy with Joe Frazier. Ali Walsh bloodied Wagner’s face early and the middleweight demonstrated some of his grandfather’s showmanship, pausing to raise his arms and encourage the chants of “Ali! Ali!” while he had his opponent on the ropes in the first round.
last year in the Olympics, also were winners on the undercard of Vasiliy Lomachenko’s match against Jamaine Ortiz.Īli Walsh (7-0) beat Billy Wagner by unanimous decision in his first six-round bout. and Duke Ragan, who won silver medals for the U.S. NEW YORK (AP) - Nico Ali Walsh, Muhammad Ali’s grandson, stayed unbeaten in his boxing career Saturday night with a victory at Madison Square Garden, where The Greatest fought some of his most memorable bouts.
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