MELBOURNE – The beat continued for undefeated Irish tremendous middleweight prospect Tommy “The Governor” Hyde (11-0, 8 KOs) final week throughout his newest journey in Melbourne, Australia.
Hyde, 25, knocked out his Tanzanian opponent, southpaw Anuary Mlawa (8-3, 4 KOs), within the opening spherical of their scheduled eight-rounder on “SLB Combat Night time,” introduced by Sam LaBruna, at The Melbourne Pavilion.
“I’m proud of my efficiency, I landed some good photographs, and I felt very sturdy,” Hyde evaluated his efficiency Down Beneath. “I’ve been working laborious within the health club so, if I can get an early evening, I’ll take it each time. Iߣm getting nice sparring within the health club and that’s the place I’ll do the vast majority of my studying.”
Greater than 5,000 miles away from his house in Cork, Eire, Hyde felt comfy spending three weeks in Australia making ready for his battle with Mlawa, his eighth professional battle exterior of his native Eire.
“The final three weeks in Australia have been among the finest experiences of my life and I met some nice individuals. I bought an incredible reception on my ring stroll in entrance of a really noisy Irish crowd after which we loved celebrating on the after-party, too. I made quite a lot of new mates in Melbourne and I’m wanting ahead to coming again to battle right here once more.
“This yr goes to be a busy yr; I’m hoping to battle three extra instances with a step-up in every battle.”
Hyde is actually an Irish Street Warrior having traveled almost 60,000-plus round-trip for his eight professional fights held exterior of Eire, excluding a number of coaching camps in america and United Kingdom. Final Friday evening wasnߣt the primary time Hyde fought as a professional exterior of Eire, in fact, having already fought seven instances in america: Better Boston thrice, in addition to as soon as apiece at Mohegan Solar in Uncasville, Connecticut, Redwood Metropolis (exterior of San Francisco), California, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
“Tommy will battle three extra instances this yr,” Tommy’s father/supervisor Gary Hyde added. “His subsequent battle might be in Boston in late June. The short-term plan is to problem for a regional title by the tip of this yr, which can give Tommy a prime 10 rating, after which we preserve constructing and studying. As soon as he’s ranked within the prime 10, he might be inside putting distance of world title photographs, and as soon as the best alternative arises, we’ll take it.”
Tommy Hyde’s World Tour will quickly proceed.
Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Government Author, Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a ardour for Fight Sports activities and in addition a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s additionally a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer.
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