Australian Michael Zerafa has been knocked-out by a Peter Quillin roundhouse right in the fifth round of their super middleweight bout on Saturday
Zerafa left the ring on a stretcher and was taken to Backus Hospital in Norwich for observation.
American Quillin (32-0-1) had just had an even exchange of punches with Zerafa (17-2) before he caught the back-pedaling Aussie with the right hand.
Zerafa, fighting in the United States for the first time, was knocked out for the first time in his career.
Quillin was coming off a controversial draw with Andy Lee in April. Quillin scored a knockdown in the third round of that bout, and usually a knockdown results in the judges scoring a 10-8 round.
However one judge scored it 10-9 for the Brooklyn fighter, while the other two judges had it 10-8. Had the third judge scored it 10-8, Quillin would have won the fight and not have a blemish on his record.
Quillin once held the World Boxing Organisation middleweight title, but relinquished the belt a year ago rather than fight a mandatory defence against Matt Korobov. Quillin made three successful title defences before vacating the title
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