Ben Whittaker had two professional starts when he overcame Petar Nosic.
The 25-year-old won the Jeddah Superdome in Saudi Arabia.
Whittaker, who is managed by Anthony Joshua’s Management 258 team, beat the Bosnian Croatian in six rounds.
The fight comes as part of the supporting cast in the aforementioned Joshua’s redemption mission against Oleksandr Usyk in the pair’s rematch for the WBA Super, IBF, IBO and WBO world heavyweight titles as well. like Tyson Fury’s recently canceled Ring Magazine belt.
The three judges in the penalty area twice awarded the scores 60-54 and 59-55.
‘Surgeon’ turned professional debut just three weeks ago, at the Bournemouth International Centre, but the Tokyo silver medalist appeared to be still active.
“Second fight, undefeated opponent, I was just trying to complete the game plan,” Whittaker said, according to Sports skyafter he featured as part of the card’s organic pay-per-view.
“The coach wanted me to work behind the blow, keep it nice, calm and perform mature and that’s what I did.
“Sometimes I tried to look a little too sexy, but that’s just me.
“All I have to do is keep listening to my team, work behind my bumps and worries and I’ll be there.”
Whittaker is expected to return to action sooner rather than later, with 258 revealing this fight week that he will be back within a month.
Meanwhile, Ramla Ali made history by becoming the first woman to fight –– and win –– in the kingdom.
The girl currently being coached by Manny Robles has faced off against Crystal Nova, whose wins so far have all been injury time, and inflicted a third defeat against her opponent to move into the billionth. number 7-0.
Ali revealed, after winning with a right-hand finish in the first round, she has been battling injury lately and she will now be booked for a spell on the sidelines.
Andrew Tabiti has racked up three wins in injury time since a loss in Latvia to Yuniel Dorticos three years ago when James Wilson retired in the fifth round.
The 32-year-old American was originally scheduled to meet Tyrone Spong on the cards, but ended up losing to the previously undefeated Wilson and moving to 20-1 (16 KOs) with a win.
Southpaw Daniel Lapin improved his record to six games unbeaten after beating Josef Jurko in eight rounds, uniformly earning three 80-72 scorecards.
But YouTube star Rashed ‘Money Kicks’ Belhasa went wrong in a split decision over the previously unwinnable Traycho Georgiev as he suffered defeat on his professional debut.
