NEW DELHI: Indian boxer Nishant Dev continued his impressive start in the professional circuit with a commanding Technical Knockout (TKO) victory over American LaQuan Evans in Frisco, USA, on Saturday night.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The 24-year-old stopped the more experienced Evans in the sixth and final round of their Super Welterweight bout, landing a barrage of unanswered punches that left the American defenceless. The referee was forced to intervene and stop the contest at 1:58 in Round 6, sealing Dev’s third straight professional win, all by knockout.Watch the winning moment here:The fight was part of the undercard for the high-profile WBC-WBO super flyweight unification bout between Jesse Rodriguez and Phumelela Cafu.Dev, a bronze medallist at the 2023 World Boxing Championships, had earlier knocked out Alton Wiggins in January and Josue Silva in June. Having narrowly missed Olympic qualification this year after a quarterfinal loss to Mexico’s Marco Verde, Dev turned professional and has quickly made an impression.He now trains under former pro Ronald Simms and is signed with one of boxing’s biggest promoters, Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing.This latest win confirms the Haryana-born boxer’s rising stock in the global professional boxing scene and cements his status as one of India’s brightest prospects.
