Lucas “Prince” Bahdi seemed well on his way to losing the first fight of his career on Saturday night.
Yet just like that, in the sixth round of the bout at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, Bahdi somehow managed to pull out what could easily go down as the best knockout of the year.
Bahdi, after losing just about every minute of the match up until that point, landed two quick jabs and a perfect clean lefthook to completely stun Ashton Sylve — who dropped straight down in the middle of the mat. That prompted a massive celebration in the ring. Just watch:
Sylve was down for quite some time as medical staff tended to him, though he eventually moved to a stool before walking out of the arena on his own. The loss was the first of Sylve’s career. He entered the night with a perfect 11-0 record with 9 KOs.
Bahdi now holds a 17-0 record, and all but two of his wins have come via a knockout. He most recently beat Jose Luis Rodriguez last month via a TKO in Canada.
Their 10-round lightweight battle came ahead of Jake Paul’s match with Mike Perry, which was scheduled to replace Paul’s postponed fight with Mike Tyson. That bout was pushed to November at AT&T Stadium in Arlington after Tyson, 58, experienced a health issue on a flight earlier this year.