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Brandun Lee made his toughest test yet as a skilled boxer look easy Wednesday night time, knocking out Samuel Teah in the third round of their junior welterweight title fight at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Lee (22-0, 20 KOs) knocked down Teah early in the third round with a slicing steady hand after a flurry of punches. He then got the customary trapped on the ropes, saved up the barrage of punches and executed the night time early by rocking Teah’s jaw with a textbook steady hook.
Showtime Boxing has the highlight:
Compubox’s Dan Canobbio felt the knockout used to be one of the fundamental top probably of the yr thus a ways:
Lee extended his knockout trot to 13 fights. The California native now holds the IBO intercontinental junior welterweight title, his first piece of hardware as a skilled. The 21-yr-passe has spent most of his career stopping above 140 kilos, nonetheless he’s now proven that he can serve his energy in a decrease weight class.
Teah (17-4-1, 7 KOs), a remarkable customary boxer out of Philadelphia, equipped the younger prospect some stable resistance in the principle couple of rounds, standing his ground and shopping and selling in the middle of the ring. Lee stayed nonetheless and did no longer obtain into any inclined positions. He feeble his jab to serve Teah from coming forward and adopted up with steady energy shots.
Even when Teah landed some correct physique shots, Lee did no longer waver. He maintained his point of interest and bewitch watch over, and it paid off in the third round when his heavy fingers proved too fundamental for the 33-yr-passe Teah to handle.
Boxing journalist Dan Rafael famed Lee used to be the principle particular person ever to ship Teah to the canvas:
After yet any other rapid night time for Lee—he hasn’t long gone previous four rounds in his skilled career and has handiest long gone to the judges twice—ESPN’s Steve Kim pointed accessible’s nonetheless a fundamental query for the rising extensive identify:
Lee will obtain an different to point steady how a ways he can blueprint shut his obtrusive talents. Teah used to be his most executed opponent by a ways. The competition will handiest obtain stiffer from right here on out now that he has a title. If Lee can sharpen his intention and bewitch his composure against more difficult fighters, he has a luminous future sooner than him.
