Spong (left) scored a beautiful knockout on his return to fighting. Photo: Reproduction
After suffering a terrible leg fracture in combat last year, Tyrone Spong returned to fighting in style. This Friday (6), the training partner of Vitor belfort at the Blackzilians gym, he beat Hungarian Gabor Farkas in a boxing match with a beautiful knockout, achieved in the first round.
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In April 2014, Spong was injured in a similar way to what happened to Anderson Silva few months earlier. Facing Gokhan Saki in a kickboxing fight, valid for the renowned Glory organization, the Suriname-born Dutchman saw his leg broken in half after having a kick saved.
After undergoing surgery and months of physical therapy, Spong returned to compete in an event in Berlin, Germany. A few minutes into the fight, Spong, nicknamed “King of the Ring”, cornered Farkas on the ropes and, taking advantage of his rival's low guard, delivered a well-aimed right cross.
This was the professional boxing debut of Spong, a kickboxing veteran (where he has 74 wins, seven losses, one draw and one no-contest) and who has two MMA fights on his resume, with two wins. Farkas continues to have a largely negative record in professional boxing – he now has just seven wins, compared to 35 defeats and six draws.
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