Alban Bermeta vs Obinna Joseph Mathew (11-07-2024) Full Fight
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00:00So we are ready to go 12 rounds in the light heavyweight division
00:16between Albon Bermuda and this man, Obena Matthew, the wise man
00:24kind of a cult favorite in super hardcore boxing forums.
00:30He's 23 and 0 with 23 knockouts.
00:33All of those have come on the Nigerian club boxing circuit.
00:38Matthew is also a member of the Nigerian police force.
00:42And this is his first time venturing outside of Nigeria
00:48to test that vaunted power.
00:51We've seen him scheduled for several high profile fights in the past.
00:56He's had fights against Isaac Chalemba,
00:59against Popeye the Sailor Man Rivera,
01:03and even one
01:06against Umar Salamov in Russia, where he actually went to Russia, weighed in,
01:11and then the fight curiously did not take place.
01:13So the curiosity can end Obena Matthew in a legitimate fight here tonight
01:20against Albon Bermuda.
01:36Matthew looking for that left hand over the top.
01:40Hard right hand over the top there by Bermuda.
01:51Body shot from Bermuda as he's getting some work done on the inside.
01:57He's coming off a third round TKO win over Jose Yanez
02:01in Switzerland in June of this year.
02:09Nice uppercut connects and that right hand just sinks into the body.
02:13The wise man, Obena Matthew.
02:20And it's slipping underneath that left hand,
02:35connecting with a nice shot of his own.
02:37Good defense from the Albanian light heavyweight.
02:42Body shots just continue to pour in from Bermuda.
02:55One of the fighters that the Albanian Boxing Union hopes
02:59can help bring more attention to boxing in this country.
03:04One of the fighters they believe
03:06has the capacity to compete on.
03:11The international level.
03:18Slipping underneath those shots from Matthew.
03:21That lands one last hook right at the bell.
03:26As Matthew slumps over the top rope after the first round.
03:41Take a look back at some of the action from the opening round.
03:59There was that big overhand right from Alban Bermuda,
04:03which really sent the momentum snowballing in his favor.
04:11Pretty dominant round from Alban Bermuda.
04:42It looks like that is it.
04:48Obena Matthew says that is enough.
04:52And Alban Bermuda cashes in the first round knockout.
05:03Obena Matthew in his first trip outside of Nigeria,
05:08where he had scored 23 consecutive knockouts,
05:13is stopped in the opening round by Alban Bermuda.
05:19Multi-time Albanian national amateur champion.
05:30Picks up a nice looking win on paper,
05:33obviously in reality much different
05:37than what it will look like on BoxRec.
05:39But again, this night is all about spotlighting Albanian boxers.
05:47And though it might not seem like much to people outside of Albania,
05:52when Bermuda was briefly rated number 20 by the BoxRec algorithm,
05:58it made national news.
05:59It was on Albanian CNN.
06:02It was that big of a deal in Albania.
06:06So Bermuda picking up the win over Matthew with a glossy record
06:12and picking up a regional title here tonight.
06:14The WBO global title will certainly make headlines in his home country.
06:27Obena Matthew and his coach, Austin Oakbrew,
06:32said they had seen enough after the opening round.
06:35And indeed, the way that this fight was going,
06:38it was only going to end more violently for Obena Matthew.
06:44We've got a reality check here tonight.
06:47And we are ready to make this one official.
06:50Let's send it back down to the center of the ring.
07:05The winner by TKO and the new WBO global light heavyweight champion
07:14from Albania, Alban Bermuda.
07:24So Alban Bermuda picks up the stoppage victory and just a correction,
07:29obviously due to commission rules, this will be ruled a second round stoppage,
07:34one second into the round.
07:37But all the same, it took Bermuda just one round to dispose of.