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David Haye was sitting ringside at the Echo Arena in Liverpool and watched his close friend BJ Flores get knocked out in three rounds by WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew.
Echo Arena, Liverpool - WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew (28-2-1, 18KOs) destroyed BJ Flores (32-3-1, 20KOs) in three rounds, scoring four knockdowns before the fight was waved off. It was the first stoppage loss of Flores' career.
Bellew vs. Flores Scorecard - Tony Bellew will make his first defence of his WBC World Cruiserweight title against B.J Flores at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on Saturday October 15, live on Sky Sports.
Liverpool native Bellew (27-2-1, 17 KOs) secured his maiden world title with a knockout triumph against Ilunga Makabu at Everton's Goodison Park in May. And the 33-year-old has set his sights on delivering a similar victory in front of another home crowd this weekend when he makes his first defence of the belt at the Echo Arena against American Flores, who he has promised to "render unconscious".
By Cliff Rold - Fortunes change. A pair of title shots at light heavyweight didn’t go Tony Bellew’s way. He lost a nail biter to Nathan Cleverly when both were undefeated. He got blasted out at the hands of Adonis Stevenson. Light heavyweight just wasn’t his domain. Bellew packed on some pounds and found better...
Bellew landed the strap with a brutal KO win in May over Ilunga Makabu at Goodison Park in a fight that he said was his final crack at landing a World crown after two failed attempts at Light-Heavyweight.
Photos of Bellew vs. Flores weighin - Champion Bellew (27-2-1, 17 KOs) tipped the scales at 14st 3lbs 4oz ahead of the first defence of his WBC cruiserweight world title against colourful Californian Flores, a former two-time world title challenger, who was forced to strip bare and did everything he can to make the limit of 200lbs, eventually coming in at 14st 3lbs 3oz.
Tony Bellew and BJ Flores hit the scales ahead of their world title showdown. The pair weighed in at the Odeon Cinema in Liverpool before they take to the ring at the ECHO Arena, live on Sky Sports. Champion Bellew (27-2-1, 17 KOs) tipped the scales at 14st 3lbs 4oz ahead of the first defence of his WBC cruiserweight world title against colourful Californian Flores, a former two-time world title challenger, who was forced to strip bare and did everything he can to make the limit of 200lbs, eventually coming in at 14st 3lbs 3oz.
Bellew defends his crown for the first time since his stunning KO win over Ilunga Makabu at Goodison Park in May, and for brash American Flores, it could be his last shot at World glory having been edged out on points for the interim WBA crown by Beibut Shumenov last July.
WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew is expecting to demolish contender BJ Flores on Saturday night at Liverpool's Echo Arena. Back in May, Bellew (27-2-1, 17KOs) captured the WBC title in Goodison Park with a brutal third round knockout of Ilunga Makabu. After the contest was over, he called for a fight with former two division world champion David Haye (28-2, 26KOs).