Neeraj Goyal Defeats Whindersson Nunes: Indian professional boxer Neeraj Goyal won his bout against the Brazilian Whindersson Nunes in the opening match of the ‘Paul vs Tyson’ event, which is the first live show ever broadcast by Netflix.
As the name of the show suggests, the main event of the fight night, taking place in the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, will be between social media influencer and professional boxer Jake Paul and former world champion boxer Mike Tyson.
But that is not the only fight at the event. In fact, there are four matches on the main show; apart from the main event, there are three other fights. There will be a WBC Welterweight Championship match between the champion Mario Barrios and Abel Ramos. There will also be a long-awaited rematch between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano for several lightweight titles.
Neeraj Goyal Defeats Whindersson Nunes
But the opening match of the night was not for any belts as India’s own Neeraj Goyat took on Whindersson Nunes. Goyat is arguably the most popular professional boxer from India. Before tonight, his record was 18 wins, four losses, and two draws in 24 matches, with eight knockouts.
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As per the Neeraj Goyal Defeats Whindersson Nunes, On the other hand, Nunes is a YouTuber, actor, and comedian who started focusing on boxing a few years ago. Before tonight, he had two wins, one loss, and one draw in his record. This fight would be of six rounds of two-and-a-half minutes each.
From the get-go, Neeraj showed off his experience. The 33-year-old Indian utterly dominated the Brazilian in the first two rounds. He even showed off on several occasions and had his hands down in show of confidence.
There was even a moment between the two that might have taken the taunting a bit too far. Watch:
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To Neeraj Goyal Defeats Whindersson Nunes, In the remaining four rounds of the six-round fight, while the display was a bit less dominant, Nunes could at no point throw enough successful pouches to make any difference in the fight.
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Clearly, the highlight of the fight was Goyat’s head movement. The way he gave his opponent a chance to hit him just to move his head away was brilliant. And although he did look fatigued, especially in the second half of the fight, that made no impact on his bobbing and weaving.
Even before the last round, the fight was over, as all the rounds had unanimously been won by Neeraj Goyat to that point. Only a knockout could save the fight for the Brazilian, a knockout that never came as Neeraj won the fight by unanimous decision 60-54 in what was a sloppy yet entertaining bout.
In this one-sided fight, while Goyat landed 171 of his 481 pouches with an accuracy of 36%, Nunes only managed to connect 87 out of his 365 with an accuracy of 24%. This fight might be a massive step in Neeraj Goyat’s journey to become a household name in the world of boxing.
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