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Sultan Mohammed after his win over Spain’s Efren Pasalduch\u00a0\u00a0(Arab News\/ Ali Khamaj)<\/p>\n
\n\tJEDDAH: Three young Saudi boxers gave the home crowd plenty to celebrate before the international stars stepped into the ring at Jeddah Dome on Saturday night at \u201cThe Comeback.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tSultan Mohammed, Mohammed Alakel and Ziad Al-Maayouf all emerged victorious in the opening bouts, a clean sweep that highlighted the Kingdom\u2019s growing talent in professional boxing.<\/p>\n
\n\tIt set the tone for an action-packed evening that concluded with the UK\u2019s Anthony Joshua winning his comeback fight by knocking out Kristian Prenga of Albania.<\/p>\n
\n\tFeatherweight prospect Sultan \u201cEl Nino\u201d Mohammed opened the Saudi charge with an assured performance, earning a decisive victory over Spain\u2019s Efren Besalduch to extend his perfect professional record to 5-0. Fighting with composure and confidence, Mohammed dictated the pace throughout the contest to claim a convincing win in third round TKO.<\/p>\n
Sultan Mohammed after his win over Spain’s Efren Pasalduch\u00a0\u00a0(Arab News\/ Ali Khamaj)<\/p>\n
\n\tAlakel, nicknamed \u201cMighty,\u201d continued the Saudi success by overcoming Mexican Einar Martinez with a polished display to maintain his unbeaten record (9-0). The Saudi boxer used sharp combinations and disciplined movement to secure victory with a KO after two minutes of Round 5.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe spotlight then turned to Ziad Al-Maayouf, Saudi Arabia\u2019s most established professional boxer. Roared on by an enthusiastic home crowd, he secured a unanimous decision victory over Mexico\u2019s Frank Mango after another composed and disciplined performance to take his career record to seven wins and one loss. The arena erupted in celebration as his hand was raised.<\/p>\n
\n\tSpeaking to Arab News afterwards, Al-Maayouf said: \u201cI am so proud to win for my country and to those who cheered for me tonight. This is a great moment for me and I hope to keep my momentum for the next fights.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cMy training in the USA for the last months paid off tonight with this win and I am glad to see my countrymen winning.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe three victories reflect the growing depth of Saudi boxing, with a new generation of fighters increasingly gaining opportunities to compete on major international cards staged at home.<\/p>\n
\n\tFor the thousands of fans inside Jeddah Dome, the Saudi trio provided the perfect opening act before the night\u2019s headline contests, showing there is much to be excited about when it comes to the future of Saudi boxing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JEDDAH: Three young Saudi boxers gave the home crowd plenty to celebrate before the international stars stepped into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":825031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-825030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/825031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}