By Daniele D’Alessio: In a post-fight interview with Kugan Cassius, Alen Babic (9-0, 9 KOs) voiced how he has a “granite chin” after defeating Eric Molina (28-8, 20 KOs).
He defined to iFL TV that he had “a whole bunch of fights” as an newbie and “hundreds of thousands of sparring” classes with high-quality opposition like Dillian Whyte (28-2, 19 KOs) and Joe Joyce (13-0, 12 KOs) however has by no means been down or severely harm.
Babic acknowledged how Molina caught him with some good pictures but described them as “mellow” and never sufficient to knock him out.
Final evening’s efficiency was one other wild and harmful show the place Babic threw the kitchen sink from the opening bell. He caught Molina with a beautiful overhand proper within the first 10 seconds, which despatched the American crashing to the bottom and gave a glimpse into what would ultimately unfold.
Molina confirmed nice coronary heart to stand up and hearth some proper palms of his personal, which appeared to land on the chin of Babic. Nonetheless, none had any important impact on halting or beautiful the Croatian.
Within the second spherical, Babic continued his unorthodox and relentless stress, knocking Molina down three extra occasions till the referee stopped the competition.
Regardless of being overmatched from the opening bell, Molina did present grit and dedication to remain in so long as he did. He’s undoubtedly well past his finest, however that is by far the perfect identify that Babic has on his resume.
With twenty earlier KOs, Molina does have knockout energy and the power to land devastating pictures. So Babic did show a robust chin and sturdiness to get by means of the battle with out being dropped.
The query is, will Babic be capable of do the identical in opposition to higher-quality opposition?
Since arriving on the scene, the Croatian has been extremely enjoyable to look at. His extensive hooks and are available ahead type have labored to this point. Nonetheless, because the opponents get higher, will he be capable of depart his chin within the air and throw warning to the wind?
There may be hypothesis a few potential battle with Dave Allen (19-5-2, 16 KOs), who additionally has an excellent chin. Nonetheless, if it comes down to fireplace in opposition to hearth, Babic could be the favourite because of the sheer quantity of punches he throws.
In any case, Babic has been a implausible addition to mainstream boxing, and solely time will inform how profitable he might be. One factor is for certain although, if he wins, loses, or attracts, you’ll be entertained.
