Anthony Taylor backed up his speak with a win over the son of an MMA legend.
“Fairly Boy” efficiently defended his mild heavyweight title within the co-main occasion of Saturday’s Misfits Boxing 17 occasion at 3Arena in Dublin, Eire, placing a beatdown on Gabriel Silva, whose father is longtime UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva.
The top got here within the third when Taylor knocked Silva down 3 times to safe a technical knockout. That spherical included one sequence the place Taylor landed a proper hand sq. on Silva’s chin to place him down on the canvas.
Watch the fateful blow beneath.
Silva was in a position to reply the depend, however shortly after Taylor swarmed him once more and referee Joerg Milke stepped in to wave off the bout as Silva struggled to defend himself along with his again in opposition to the ropes.
Afterwards, Taylor referred to as for a matchup with one-time UFC welterweight title challenger Darren Till.
“Pay attention, Darren Until, what’s up?” Taylor stated. “I do know you need this smoke. I do know you all wish to see Darren Until get his ass whooped. Let’s go!”
Until (18-5-1 in MMA) lately made a profitable professional boxing debut, defeating Mohammad Mutie through second-round TKO this previous July.
Although Taylor is not any stranger to MMA, having beforehand fought for Bellator amongst different promotions, he’s made a reputation for himself below the Misfits Boxing banner. He has now received 4 straight fights for the influencer boxing group.
Silva suffers his first loss after a 3-0 begin to his boxing profession.
