Anthony Taylor backed up his talk with a win over the son of an MMA legend.
“Pretty Boy” successfully defended his light heavyweight title in the co-main event of Saturday’s Misfits Boxing 17 event at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, putting a beatdown on Gabriel Silva, whose father is longtime UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva.
The end came in the third when Taylor knocked Silva down three times to secure a technical knockout. That round included one sequence where Taylor landed a right hand square on Silva’s chin to put him down on the canvas.
Watch the fateful blow below.
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Silva was able to answer the count, but shortly after Taylor swarmed him again and referee Joerg Milke stepped in to wave off the bout as Silva struggled to defend himself with his back against the ropes.
Afterwards, Taylor called for a matchup with one-time UFC welterweight title challenger Darren Till.
“Listen, Darren Till, what’s up?” Taylor said. “I know you want this smoke. I know you all want to see Darren Till get his ass whooped. Let’s go!”
Till (18-5-1 in MMA) recently made a successful pro boxing debut, defeating Mohammad Mutie via second-round TKO this past July.
Though Taylor is no stranger to MMA, having previously fought for Bellator among other promotions, he’s made a name for himself under the Misfits Boxing banner. He has now won four straight fights for the influencer boxing organization.
Silva suffers his first loss after a 3-0 start to his boxing career.
