{"id":913868,"date":"2026-09-29T08:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/913868\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T08:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:54:15","slug":"tony-ferguson-rallies-from-knockdown-for-tko-henry-cejudo-wins-boxing-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/913868\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ferguson rallies from knockdown for TKO; Henry Cejudo wins boxing debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Henry-Cejudo-125297\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Henry<br \/>\nCejudo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Tony-Ferguson-31239\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tony<br \/>\nFerguson<\/a> picked up victories at Misfits Boxing on Sept. 26 in<br \/>\nMiami.<\/p>\n<p>Cejudo edged Javon Walton by split decision, while Ferguson stopped<br \/>\nMahmoud Sebie in the second round after surviving a knockdown. It<br \/>\nmarked Cejudo\u2019s professional boxing debut and Ferguson\u2019s third win<br \/>\nunder the Misfits banner.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Ferguson moves to 3-0 in Misfits as Henry Cejudo earns<br \/>\nsplit decision<br \/>\n<br \/>\nCejudo went the distance in his professional boxing debut, with the<br \/>\njudges scoring the bout 39-37, 37-39 and 39-37 in his favor. The<br \/>\nformer two-division <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> titleholder found his timing as<br \/>\nthe fight progressed and did enough to edge Walton after four<br \/>\nrounds.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson had a more dramatic night, defending his Misfits<br \/>\nmiddleweight championship with a second-round technical knockout of<br \/>\nSebie at the 42-second mark. Sebie dropped the former interim UFC<br \/>\nchamp early in the second round, but Ferguson quickly recovered and<br \/>\nresponded with a barrage of punches that forced the referee to stop<br \/>\nthe contest.<\/p>\n<p>Both fighters underwent late opponent changes. Ferguson\u2019s original<br \/>\nopponent, Kenzo Biyong, was forced out of the bout, while Cejudo\u2019s<br \/>\noriginal opponent, Nurideen Shabazz, also withdrew from the event.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Henry Cejudo and Tony Ferguson picked up victories at Misfits Boxing on Sept. 26 in Miami. Cejudo edged&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[1331,703,49,48,44,82],"class_list":["post-913868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-article","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}