{"id":91793,"date":"2025-11-30T05:53:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T09:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/whittaker-shocks-brutal-r1-ko-in-debut-with-matchroom-boxing\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T05:53:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T09:53:48","slug":"whittaker-shocks-brutal-r1-ko-in-debut-with-matchroom-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/boxing\/whittaker-shocks-brutal-r1-ko-in-debut-with-matchroom-boxing\/","title":{"rendered":"Whittaker Shocks: Brutal R1 KO in Debut with Matchroom Boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1129%2Fr1582474_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Ben Whittaker en su primer combate con Matchroom Boxing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nBoxer Ben Whittaker demonstrated his power by achieving a stunning knockout in the first round against Benjamin Gavazi on Saturday, in his debut with Matchroom Boxing, Eddie Hearn&#8217;s promoter.\n\nWhittaker (10-0-1, 7 KOs) didn&#8217;t take long to impose his dominance in the ring. From the start, he used his left jab to punish Gavazi (19-2, 13 KOs), combining punches to the head and body. The Brit&#8217;s speed was a key factor.\n\nA powerful right hand from Whittaker, culminating an effective combination, sent the German pugilist to the canvas midway through the first round. Victory seemed inevitable.\n\nWhittaker, with a combination of left and right, sealed the triumph before many attendees at the event in Birmingham&#8217;s NEC could take their seats.\n\nGavazi, although visibly affected, recovered and remained standing in the ring.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1129%2Fr1582473_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Whittaker celebr\u00f3 r\u00e1pidamente su victoria.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nWhittaker&#8217;s entrance, accompanied by British artist Dizzee Rascal, ignited the audience.\n\nThe 28-year-old boxer met expectations after his spectacular performance and achieved a stunning knockout against an experienced opponent in his first fight since April.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>He was a tough guy [Gavazi], with 20 fights, he had only lost one. He came to change his life, but, as I said, I showed something special, and I proved why I am different.<\/p><cite>Whittaker<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nWhittaker added:\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Olympic medals are not won by jumping on one foot. I can do it all.<\/p><cite>Whittaker<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Whittaker also expressed his gratitude:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I want to thank my Lord and savior Jesus Christ, I want to thank everyone for coming, for buying the tickets, for making this night special.<\/p><cite>Whittaker<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nAnd he concluded:\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>When you enter so well, you have to back it up&#8230; And I did.<\/p><cite>Whittaker<\/cite><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boxer Ben Whittaker demonstrated his power by achieving a stunning knockout in the first round against Benjamin Gavazi on Saturday, in his debut with Matchroom Boxing, Eddie Hearn&#8217;s promoter. Whittaker (10-0-1, 7 KOs) didn&#8217;t take long to impose his dominance in the ring. From the start, he used his left jab to punish Gavazi (19-2, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[9826,205,898,4052],"class_list":{"0":"post-91793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-ben-whittaker","9":"tag-boxing","10":"tag-knockout","11":"tag-matchroom"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}