{"id":92245,"date":"2025-12-01T05:54:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/whittaker-knocks-out-gavazi-with-spectacular-ko-in-first-round\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T05:54:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:54:02","slug":"whittaker-knocks-out-gavazi-with-spectacular-ko-in-first-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/boxing\/whittaker-knocks-out-gavazi-with-spectacular-ko-in-first-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Whittaker Knocks Out Gavazi with Spectacular KO in First Round"},"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=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nBen Whittaker achieved an impressive knockout victory in the first round against Benjamin Gavazi on Saturday, marking his debut with Matchroom Boxing, Eddie Hearn&#8217;s promoter.\n\nWhittaker (10-0-1, 7 KOs) demonstrated his dominance from the start of the fight. Using his left jab and effective combinations, the British boxer outboxed Gavazi (19-2, 13 KOs) thanks to his speed and precision.\n\nA powerful right hand from Whittaker, culminating a combination in the center of the first round, sent the German pugilist to the canvas. The situation turned critical when Whittaker continued his offensive, connecting a left hook followed by another right hand that sealed the victory before the spectators could fully settle in at the NEC in Birmingham.\n\nAlthough Gavazi was visibly affected, he managed to recover and stayed 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=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nWhittaker&#8217;s ring entrance, accompanied by the British artist Dizzee Rascal, thrilled the audience present.\n\nThe 28-year-old boxer met expectations, delivering a resounding 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 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\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<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\nWhittaker concluded: &#8220;When you come out this well, you have to back it up&#8230; And I did.&#8221;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Whittaker achieved an impressive knockout victory in the first round against Benjamin Gavazi on Saturday, marking his debut with Matchroom Boxing, Eddie Hearn&#8217;s promoter. Whittaker (10-0-1, 7 KOs) demonstrated his dominance from the start of the fight. Using his left jab and effective combinations, the British boxer outboxed Gavazi (19-2, 13 KOs) thanks to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[9826,205,898,10888],"class_list":{"0":"post-92245","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-boxing"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92245","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=92245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}