‘Holy moly’: Ashton Sylve puts boxing world on notice with 60-second KO
A wild one-minute knockout from a rising star of world boxing stole the show on the Jake Paul vs Anderson Silva undercard.
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Woah, that was quick.
Ashton Sylve defeated Braulio Rodriguez via knockout just one minute into their co-main event fight on the Jake Paul vs Anderson Silva underard.
Sylve cemented his status as a rising star of world boxing with an emphatic KO win, taking his professional record to 8-0 (8 KOs).
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Rodriguez came out firing and landed some decent shots but one uppercut from Sylve was all it took to send his opponent crashing to the canvas in the first round.
He was seeing stars and didn’t survive the standing eight count and that was all she wrote.
Sylve is only 18 years old and with his eighth straight victory via knockout, the youngster has a very bright future ahead of him.
MMA Fighting’s Damon Martin tweeted: “Well that was quick. Ashton Sylve with a first-round knockout to move to 8-0. He just flattened Braulio Rodriguez with a counter punch and that’s it.”
Sporting News’ Andreas Hale said: “Holy moly. Ashton Sylve just destroyed Braulio Rodriguez in a matter of minutes. Absolutely nuked him. 8-0, 8 KOs. That woke this crowd up.”
Is Ashton Sylve the real deal? #PaulSilva#Boxing
— Daniel Yanofsky (@DanYanofsky) October 30, 2022
Wow Youngin 18 year old now 8-0 all KO’s smh that was crazy! #PaulSilva
— DJ Trap-A-Holics (@TRAPAHOLICS) October 30, 2022
Sylve made a statement before the fight had even begun, walking out to the ring dressed as a Minion from the Despicable Me movies.
After taking off the Minion onesie – Sylve completed the look with blue, pink and yellow shorts and gloves.
The bold costume sent social media wild but Sylve’s performance ensured his boxing did the talking.
Bruv... #PaulSilvapic.twitter.com/1ao4NX9dCt
— Chamatkar Sandhu (@SandhuMMA) October 30, 2022
How’s your Saturday night going?#PaulSilva@FiteTVpic.twitter.com/z34CCdWlvh
— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) October 30, 2022
Ashton Sylve enters as a Minion from Despicable Me. Yup. Because, f*ck it, that's why. #PaulSilva
— Andreas Hale (@AndreasHale) October 30, 2022
Ashton Sylve of Most Valuable Promotions comes out to the ring as a Minion. So there's that. #PaulSilva#Boxing
— Daniel Yanofsky (@DanYanofsky) October 30, 2022
In the main event, Paul defeated Silva via unanimous decision (77-74, 78-73 x 2) to keep his undefeat professional boxing record in tact (6-0).
The YouTuber and the UFC legend went the distance but Paul was the more active fighter and scored the only knocked down of the fight in the eighth and final round.
It was Paul’s most impressive performance to date and while he is yet to fight a professional boxer, he called out UFC great Nate Diaz and boxing star Canelo Alvarez.
Originally published as ‘Holy moly’: Ashton Sylve puts boxing world on notice with 60-second KO
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