In one of the more stunning upsets on Saturday night, Anthony Young (21-2, 8 KOs) of Atlantic City, New Jersey scored a dominant technical knockout victory over Sadam Ali (27-5, 15 KOs) of Brooklyn, New York to win the vacant USNBC Silver Welterweight Title in a scheduled 10-round bout.
Young came out firing with both hands in the first round and quickly had Ali in trouble.
During the third, he badly hurt Ali to the body and began to punish him with combinations until the referee jumped in to wave it off. Young won with time of 2:38 of the third round.
Young feels Ali is no longer the same fighter.
Ali, who captured the WBO 154-pound title from Miguel Cotto in 2017, was demolished in four rounds last year by Jaime Munguia.
After that loss, Ali returned to the welterweight division to restore his career, but he didn't appear the same after winning a lackluster figh with Maurcio Herrera - and Young noticed he decline after reviewing tapes.
"New Jersey is in the building," said Young.
"I had a tremendous camp. He [Sadam Ali] had a great win against Miguel Cotto, but after that he fought Munguia. I thought he lost a lot of confidence with Munguia. I saw his fight against Herrera, and he couldn't pull the trigger. So when they offered the fight, I jumped on it. We'll enjoy this victory now, and figure out what's next later."