Daniel Dubois scored a crushing second-round knockout victory over fellow Briton Fabio Wardley to retain his World Boxing Organization heavyweight crown on Saturday.
In a much-anticipated rematch of their bruising 11-round basic earlier this yr, Dubois dominated Wardley from the opening bell to batter his rival into submission in the second spherical.
Dubois dropped Wardley after 17 seconds of the competition on the O2 Arena in London, catching the challenger flush on the chin with an enormous overhand proper.
The 29-year-old Dubois continued to land punches at will all through the primary spherical, which completed with Wardley clinging on desperately underneath a barrage of punches on the ropes.
The second spherical began as the primary had ended, with the 6ft 5in Dubois uncorking an array of punches that left Wardley in determined hassle.
With Dubois unloading on a defenceless Wardley, the towel got here in after two minutes and 21 seconds of the spherical.
Dubois improved to 24-3-0 with 23 knockouts, whereas the 31-year-old Wardley fell to 20-2-1.
