There was a moment of magic on the undercard of Carl Frampton vs Horacio Garcia.
While hometown heroes Carl Frampton, Jamie Conlan and Paddy Barnes were the big draws for Saturday night’s card in the SSE Arena, it was a foreign boxer’s performance that has been grabbing headlines around the globe.
WBO bantamweight champion Zolani Tete came into his title defence against Siboniso Gonya with a reputation as a finisher. 20 of 25 wins coming by way of knockout will do that to a fighter.
It didn’t take long for the South African champion to earn his 21st KO against his compatriot. Tete justified his position as a heavy betting favourite by sending his opponent to the shadow realm in just 11 seconds.
There’s not much to break down here. They both met in the centre of the ring, Tete landed a huge right hook and it was all over.
Zolani Tete knocks out Siboniso Gonya with one right hook about 10 seconds into the fight to retain the WBO bantamweight title pic.twitter.com/hdnPAP2KOs
— Ryan Songalia (@ryansongalia) November 18, 2017
You may have seen quick knockouts, but we can guarantee you’ve never seen anything like that coup de grace before.
That right hook saw Tete enter into the history books as the proud owner of the fastest ever knockout in a major championship fight (WBC, WBA, IBF, or WBO).
Hell, even Conor McGregor took a full two seconds longer to render Jose Aldo unconscious.
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