Aussie heavyweight Brandon Grach scored one of the biggest knockouts in Aussie boxing this year when he dropped Liam Talivaa on the undercard of the Nikita Tszyu v Dylan Biggs fight.
In what was an eventful but short contest, both Grach and Talivaa hit the canvas in the first round but each fighter managed to make it through the opener. It wasn't to last much longer.
Just seconds into the next round, Grach and Talivaa traded punches in the middle of the ring with fury, and only one fighter came out of it. That man was Grach.
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He connected with a crunching left hook that sent Talivaa to the canvas, with no turning back.
"Oh shit. I've gotta say that. I'm sorry. Sue me, fine me: Oh shit," US boxing great Shaun Porter said on Main Event.
"As the round was starting, I was going to say I was willing to bet on the experience of Brach – and it really showed up.
"From that knockdown he had in the previous round, he knew this left hook was going to be the punch.
"What was impressive was he was able to find his timing and the range. The right hand a left hook did all of that. That's what experience did."
Commentator Ben Damon said: "That is a monster shot. In the same fight, we've seen the round of the year and the knockout of the year in Australian boxing."
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