July 13 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Khalil Coe knocks down Kwame Ritter throughout their battle at Wells Fargo Middle in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Obligatory Credit score: Melina Pizano/Matchroom.
PHILADELPHIA — “The Massive Steppa” stepped up in a giant manner on Saturday evening.
The 27-year-old mild heavyweight Khalil Coe scored a devastating second spherical stoppage of Kwame Ritter in his first scheduled ten-rounder at Wells Fargo Middle in Philadelphia. The official time of stoppage was 1:59, as referee Ricky Gonzalez stepped in to stop additional injury, awarding Coe (9-0, 7 knockouts) his third straight win within the second spherical, and fifth straight stoppage total.
Coe of Jersey Metropolis, N.J. used his jab to again up Ritter (11-2, 9 KOs) of Baltimore, Md. within the first spherical. The switch-hitting Ritter, 33, had some success in blunting the jab within the opening spherical by switching to southpaw, however that tactic got here again to chew him within the second when Coe damage Ritter with a straight proper hand earlier than dropping him with a left hook.
Ritter beat the rely however was a sitting duck for Coe’s large energy pictures, as Coe combined in left uppercuts and physique pictures to sluggish him down additional. Coe stored the strain on, and the battle was stopped after one other proper hand despatched Ritter flying throughout the ring.
With the win, Coe earned the WBC USA mild heavyweight belt, a minor belt that may enhance his score with that sanctioning physique at 175 kilos. Coe informed DAZN commentator Chris Mannix afterwards that he had his targets set on WBC mild heavyweight titleholder Joshua Buatsi.
Buatsi (18-0, 13 KOs), who had beforehand been Coe’s promotional stablemate with Matchroom Boxing however is now signed to BOXXER, is scheduled to face Willy Hutchinson on September 21 in London for the WBO interim mild heavyweight title.
The loss is the second straight for Ritter, who dropped a unanimous choice to mar Dzambekov a yr in the past in California.
The battle was a part of the DAZN broadcast that’s headlined by the IBF welterweight title battle between Jaron Ennis and David Avanesyan.
