Muhammad Ali's grandson Nico Ali Walsh scores TKO win over Jordan Weeks in pro boxing debut
TULSA, Okla. -- Wearing a pair of white-and-black trunks his grandfather gifted to him, Muhammad Ali's grandson Nico Ali Walsh made his pro boxing debut Saturday night with a first-round TKO of Jordan Weeks.
Ali Walsh, 21, displayed the kind of flair for the dramatic Ali would surely be proud of, whipping the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino crowd into a frenzy with his right hand as the referee administered a 10-count following the knockdown. The middleweight followed up with a barrage of punches, bloodying Weeks' face, before the referee stopped the mismatch.
"I think me and him made a little bit of history tonight," said Ali Walsh, who is trained by SugarHill Steward, the same man who guides heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.
"This lived up completely to my expectations," he added. "It's been an emotional journey. ... Obviously my grandfather, I've been thinking of him so much. I miss him."
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