Johnny Fisher destroys ‘The Savage’ Babic in less than a minute
‘The Romford Bull’ Johnny Fisher (12-0, 11KO) took just 36 seconds to stop Alen Babic (12-2, 11KO) on Saturday night, July 6, at the Copper Box Arena in London.
25-year-old Fisher, trained by Mark Tibbs, landed a big right hand in the first 10 seconds, then used his superior reach to keep ‘The Savage’ at arms length.
Fisher then landed a one-two which stunned the Croatian, so he proceeded to throw a barrage of shots, with a series of right hands doing the damage to force a knockdown.
When Babic returned to his feet, perhaps a little too early, his legs betrayed him and he was wobbling around with no control of his senses, so referee Mark Bates rightfully waved the fight off.
Despite Babic’s high KO ratio, many boxing experts had picked the Brit to conquer the Croatian early, but within 36 seconds was quite a statement to make.
Now 12-0, the young prospect is a Southern Area champion, recently awarded Young Boxer of the Year Award 2023, and has now passed his first big test, which should springboard the talent onto taking on some even bigger names.
Post-fight, many fans were calling for Fisher to fight David Allen, which is a challenge that Johnny has already stated he would be honoured to accept.
“I’d love to have the opportunity to spar him. He’s the first professional I ever sparred. I grew up watching Dave Allen and being motivated by him, so it would be an honour to share the ring with him. But he’s a wily old customer and he’s a veteran, and he’s a good boxer, a big, solid man. So that would be a difficult test.”
Eddie Hearn gave his endorsement, “I think he beats them now. I love Fabio [Wardley] and I love Frazer [Clarke], but I don’t think they can handle him in there with 10-ounce gloves on in championship fights, but they’re dangerous fights.”