After 5 straight losses, the tip could also be right here for Adam Kownacki.
The previous heavyweight contender returned dwelling to his native Poland on Saturday for what he hoped can be a profession rebirth, however he as a substitute suffered a forty five second technical knockout loss to native prospect Kacper Meyna within the city of Koszalin
Kownacki (20-5, 15 knockouts) was caught within the nook early on and had no reply for the opening barrage from Meyna (12-1, 8 KOs), who shocked Kownacki with a proper hand and a hook and by no means stopped throwing again. Had the battle been an novice bout, Kownacki would have gotten a standing eight rely, however with none place to flee, nor protection to sluggish his assault, referee Leszek Jankowiak had no alternative however to cease the battle.
🚨45 seconds, spherical 1, referee stops the battle and Kacper Meyna stops Adam Kownacki. Untimely stoppage or not? pic.twitter.com/6UeS0CTjBG
— przemek garczarczyk (@garnekmedia) March 3, 2024
The win is the seventh straight for the 24-year-old Meyna, whose solely defeat got here in Might of 2021, when he misplaced a detailed however unanimous choice to Mateusz Cielepala.
For Kownacki, 34, of the Greenpoint part of Brooklyn by the use of Lomza, Poland, a collection of onerous fights all through his professional and novice profession seem to have caught up with him. Although he had develop into the most well-liked native draw through the heyday of Brooklyn boxing on the Barclays Heart, a collection of crushing stoppage losses to Robert Helenius, adopted by much less defensible losses to Ali Eren Demirezen and Joe Cusumano, signaled that his losses weren’t a matter of getting one off night time.
The Meyna-Kownacki upset wasn’t the one stunning heavyweight motion to happen on the cardboard.
Earlier within the night time, Marcin Sianos, a professional MMA fighter with 15 bouts to his credit score, made his boxing debut towards undefeated fighter Artur Bizewski (9-0, 4 KOs) in a bout scheduled for six rounds. Sianos damage Bizewski badly with a collection of proper fingers, however then forgot which sport he was competing in as he took Bizewski right down to the mat and elbowed him within the mouth, inflicting an instantaneous disqualification.
