By Ray Wheatley — World of Boxing
Photos: Team Dib
Former IBF featherweight champion Billy Dib (47-6, 27 KOs) stopped WKBF kickboxing world champion Joey Baylon (0-1) of the Philippines in a scheduled ten round bout at the Entertainment Centre, Hurstville, Sydney, NSW, Australia on Saturday.
Dib controlled the action as he connected with accurate combinations on the aggressive southpaw opponent. Baylon was deducted a point for low blows on Dib. In round seven Dib dropped Baylon then had him in trouble on the ropes when referee Kevin Hogan called it off at 2:10.
Dib told Fightnews.com® “Baylon was a tough competitor from the kickboxing world. He’s a southpaw and very awkward. For most of the time, he was pretty clean but he had point deducted for low blows when he hit me way south of the border in round five. He never hit me with anything clean but he mixed it up in the trenches. Baylon was swinging the punches but didn’t connect with anything significant. He was extremely well-credentialed in the kickboxing and Muay Thai world. Next up is a bout with Kye McKenzie. We have pretty much done the deal and the fight could be on the Tszyu v Hogan promotion on March 31.”
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Australian boxing at its best, has beens fighting guys with a 0-1 record and Rugby League players fighting MMA retirees. No wonder the world looks down at them within the sport of boxing.
Yep I’m sure wherever you’re from there are absolutely no bum fights whatsoever. World Championship bouts on a nightly basis only
After the Frans Botha – Sonny Bill Williams fight got cut from 10 rounds to 8 when Botha had the hometown fighter in trouble, I don’t have much respect for Australian boxing.
Every time I think of Australian boxing, I can’t help but think of the devastating knockout Paul Briggs suffered against Danny Green. I wonder if he really ever fully recovered from that….
Aussies should be banned from literally everything.
Hating Hard!!!! Lol
There is no amateur scene in Australia. Some would say they are smart people, why get punched in the head/brain damaged for a piece of metal and a ribbon? Therefore as a result you see a lot of hacks in the pro ring. In the rest of the world a pro boxer is someone that has had an extensive amateur career and is highly skilled (most of the time).
Remember Jeff Fenech (one of tysons idols) was training Briggs for that fight and walked out of the camp and said the fight should not be sanctioned. The governing body in NSW refused to sanction the fight and some cowboys put it on over in Perth and some gangsters made money.
Australians love boxing – they punch above their weight on the world scene literally – they have some excellent up and coming fighters Moloney Kambosis, Tyszu, they have massive crowds and they keep the sport alive – 20,000 or so were at Tyszu destruction of Horn during Covid lockdown.
Mock Horn all you like but go back and watch his fight v Zeraffa and Pac-Man both absolute wars – he has limited skills but more balls and heart than Anthony Joshua any day of the week.
Yeah Dib is fighting in a pub v a novice – prob shouldnt even be reported I bet there were 200 people at it max – that doesn’t mean the sport is dead over there – Don King just had a heavyweight title fight with two out of shape hacks that would struggle against a novice rugby player. It’s all relative…. don’t think MMA is any different there’s a Rugby player holding one of the belts – his fighting style is to be fitter than the other guy and keep coming… I love boxing wherever it’s at.