Legendary football manager Jose Mourinho ringside in Saudi Arabia for Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou
Israil Madrimov stopped Magomed Kurbanov in brutal fashion before the eyes of iconic football manager Jose Mourinho.And the 29-year-old Madrimov picked up the vacant WBA world super-welterweight title, closing the show with a lethal barrage in the fifth stanza.
He received an equally good reception when brought up on the big screen, weeks after being dismissed as the boss of Italian outfit AS Roma. The Uzbek fighter burst into life in the fifth period, landing a neat flurry of punches which saw Kurbanov on the back foot and certainly buzzed.Joshua KOs Ngannou in two rounds as paramedics storm ring to give medical attentionMadrimov continued his barrage with Kurbanov trapped on the ropes, before the referee stopped in and halted the contest with his rival helplessly not throwing back.
Anthony Joshua & Francis Ngannou share final face off as they weigh-in for their huge heavyweight bout in Riyadh
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