By Charles Brun: In a combat that had an odd ending, heavyweight entertainer Alen ‘The Savage’ Babic (9-0, 9 KOs) stopped 39-year-old journeyman/former two-time world title challenger Eric ‘The Drummer Boy’ Molina (28-8, 20 KOs) within the second spherical on Saturday evening on the O2 Area in London, England.
A drained and unmotivated-looking Molina slipped on the canvas and went down with out getting hit within the second spherical. Extremely, the referee counted Molina out. What a multitude. The time of the stoppage was at 1:30 of spherical two.
It appeared like Molina needed to catch a breather whereas he was down after the slip and didn’t appear to comprehend that referee was giving him a rely. I’m unsure if Molina cared at that time as a result of he didn’t look he needed to be there.
Molina lowered his head to attempt to clinch Babic earlier within the second spherical and was nailed with a shot that despatched him down. Molina tried to let the referee know that he’d been hit by a rabbit punch, however he wasn’t having any of it and dominated it a knockdown.
Babic dropped Molina with an enormous proper hand within the first ten seconds within the first spherical, and he barely beat the rely. Molina appeared genuinely damage from the knockdown, and I don’t suppose he noticed the appropriate hand that Babic nailed him with, and it bowled him over like a bowling pin.
Molina landed a handful of massive proper arms pictures when he was up towards the ropes, and Babic confirmed an excellent chin in taking these pictures. Had Molina stayed round into the second half of the combat, Babic may need been in bother as a result of he was getting tagged laborious.
With the way in which Babic fought tonight, he wouldn’t stand an opportunity towards a good top-tier heavyweight. Molina isn’t a prime heavyweight. He’s bascially8 a played-out fighter that was all the time flawed from day one.
In the event you noticed Molina earlier in his profession, he was simply as poor in getting blasted out in two rounds by Chris Arreola within the first spherical in 2012 and Ashanti Jordan in a single spherical in 2007.
Talking of Arreola, he’d be an excellent choice for Babic to combat in December as a result of it might present whether or not he’s bought sufficient expertise to hold with a fringe contender. I believe Babic would doubtless lose, however he would possibly win.
A victory for Babic over Arreola would put him in place for a pleasant payday towards one of many prime heavyweights within the division.
After the combat, Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn stated he didn’t suppose he can be utilizing Molina for any extra of his reveals after his poor efficiency.
It was stunning that Hearn used Molina for this card as a result of he had carried out terribly earlier this 12 months in March towards Fabio Wardley in dropping a fifth spherical knockout.
It appeared like Molina was in search of a manner out within the Wardley combat. We noticed the identical factor from Molina in his third spherical knockout towards Filip Hrgovic in December 2019. Molina folded rapidly, doing a lot within the Hrgovic battle, and that ought to have been sufficient for Hearn to be cautious of utilizing him for his future fights.
After the combat tonight, the 30-year-old Babic referred to as out British home stage fighter David Allen, who he’s been in comparison with usually. Babic says he needs to combat Allen (19-5-2, 16 KOs) in his subsequent bout in December.
Allen could possibly be a troublesome combat for Babic, and he would possibly beat him if he can hold round lengthy sufficient to land a few of his large pictures. Babic appears to be like like a knockout ready to occur, and Allen is perhaps the man to do it.
