Heavyweight boxer Pryce Taylor showed his power on Sunday night in Detroit, and even the referee got here near feeling it.
The undefeated skilled moved to 11-0 with a knockout win over James Evans within the fundamental card opener for Claressa Shields’ rematch with Franchon Crews-Dezurn. He dominated proceedings and sent the much smaller heavyweight Evans to the canvas multiple times.
Taylor even got to indicate a few of his personality as he danced and joked throughout the fight. And he sent referee Ansel Stewart tumbling to the bottom throughout the fourth round before getting his finish two minutes into the fifth.
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Pryce Taylor sends opponent and referee to the deck in latest win
Heavyweight boxing is thought for its embodiment of the phrase ‘anything can occur’, and it was proven on Sunday night at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. Claressa Shields took on Franchon Crews-Dezurn for the ladies’s heavyweight title within the fundamental event with a stacked undercard.
Pryce Taylor scored one other highlight reel finish of James Evans to open up the DAZN broadcast of the fundamental card. The pair had a large size disparity, with Taylor tipping the scales at over 275lb to Evans’ slightly below 224lb.
And after three awkward rounds, the larger man finally found his way into the ascendancy as he put Evans to the canvas. He went hunting the finish, and ended up throwing a punch that just about caught veteran referee Ansel Stewart, and sent him flying to the bottom as he tripped over Taylor.
The commentators were in hysterics in the meanwhile, which immediately caught the attention of social media users who were watching the event. On X, commenters laughed about what happened with one writing that “Everybody was in the way in which of that windmaker.”