Ekow Essuman delivered an upset for the ages, defeating Josh Taylor to seize the vacant WBO World Welterweight Championship on Saturday night time in Scotland.
It was clear from the get-go that Taylor was on one other stage than Essuman, and certain took the primary two rounds handily. Essuman lastly obtained his offense going within the third, touchdown an enormous proper hand that broke the guard and appeared to momentarily rock Taylor.
In the direction of the tip of the spherical, Taylor landed a proper hook, however Essuman snapped again with a shot of his personal that had Taylor going again to his nook on wobbly legs.
Taylor bounced again within the fourth spherical, nevertheless it shortly turned clear that the tide was beginning to flip, with Essuman strolling down his opponent and continuously freezing Taylor along with his proper hand.
After a comparatively aggressive fifth and sixth spherical, Essuman began to drag away from his opponent, touchdown the larger photographs for the following a number of rounds. With the combat doubtlessly hanging within the stability, each fighters turned up the warmth within the twelfth.
However whereas Taylor was providing up one shot at a time, Essuman was placing collectively mixtures, placing an exclamation level on a stellar efficiency.
Official Consequence: Ekow Essuman def. Josh Taylor by way of unanimous choice (116-113, 117-112, 115-113) to win the WBO World Welterweight Championship.
Take a look at Highlights from Josh Taylor vs. Ekow Essuman:
