Teremoana Jnr blitzes DeAndre Savage in two rounds

Teremoana Jnr continued his aggressive march through the heavyweight division, blitzing big American DeAndre Savage in two rounds.

Fighting to represent his grandfather’s name and his Cook Islands heritage, the former Olympian and one of the division’s future stars, Teremoana looked for the long right hand early on.

The heavy-handed Australian, who stands at 6ft 6ins, was in control from the off.

Savage was offering little and backing up with a minute to go in the first, with no reply to Teremoana’s sharpness and speed.

After making it through round one, it didn’t look good for the man from Flint, Michigan.  

Fighting on Australia’s Gold Coast, Savage had to clutch hold in the second after Treremoana landed with a right hand and, moments later, another right saw Savage hit the deck. Savage looked to his corner for inspiration or instruction but remained on his knee to hear the referee reach the count of 10. Time of the stoppage was 1-26 of the second.

The Matchroom-promoted Teremoana is now 12-0 (12 KOs).

“I’m very proud to represent our people on the world stage,” said the winner. “It was awesome. This is my first main event… Eddie Hearn’s going to take me all the way to the top. Everyone can see I’m a bit more patient. I was hoping he was going to get up… but I’m looking forward to the challenges to come. I think what I’ve heard is I should be on the AJ-Fury undercard. That’s the old generation and we’re the new generation.”

Hearn said that the opposition would be stepped up.

“Teremoana’s too good. You saw the fear on Savage’s face. As soon as he landed his eyes were popping out of his head. He didn’t land too clean, but he didn’t want to get up, but we need to find someone that will get up because this is all part of the progression and all part of the journey… He’s a tremendous fighter, and as soon as he lands, the fight changes.”

Savage falls to 11-2 (11 KOs).