Thank God for that, there was simply no point in letting it continue. Beautiful punches to set up the 2 knockdowns.
No worse than 40 blokes on horseback spending the afternoon chasing an exhausted fox around the countryside until its knackered enough to be ripped apart by a pack of dogs....
Be good to see McCloskey against one of the other top Brits defending the title - he needs to keep busy. A fight against Olusegen would be interesting.
I understand that but you shouldn't devalue the belt by bringing in a last minute replacement of this poor quality....I also understand and appreciate the Steve Robinson argument
The stoppage was just the exclamation mark on a clinic like performance from McCloskey. Well done Paul! The opponent wasn't the best, but at a weeks notice what do you expect? I'm sure Paul would rather have had Mbaye in the ring, to take out the more high-profile name, but those the breaks. He done the best job with materials provided. Good performance.
He can be a world champ. Said it since I first saw him on YouTube he has the potential. Just depends how his brand of defence transfers against fighters with decent offense and power.