{"id":612992,"date":"2026-09-27T03:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T03:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/612992\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T03:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T03:10:11","slug":"fisher-vs-pirotton-johnny-fisher-wins-by-majority-decision-in-first-fight-for-zuffa-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/612992\/","title":{"rendered":"Fisher vs Pirotton: Johnny Fisher wins by majority decision in first fight for Zuffa Boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 7,500-capacity Copper Box was some way short of full, with the upper tier closed and empty seats dotted around the arena.<\/p>\n

But Fisher’s “Bosh Army” did their best to fill the gaps with noise, giving the “Romford Bull” a raucous reception.<\/p>\n

Alongside his social-media star father “Big John”<\/a>, Fisher has built a loyal following through an unusually unfiltered glimpse into family life, training camps and the pair’s well-documented enthusiasm for Chinese takeaways.<\/p>\n

Fisher started with intent, swinging heavy hooks and reddening Pirotton’s eye in the opening round.<\/p>\n

The little-known Belgian was unfazed by the home support or Fisher’s pressure, but his eye was cut by the second.<\/p>\n

“I can see, don’t stop the fight,” Pirotton told the referee before a doctor examined him in the fourth.<\/p>\n

Allowed to continue, he came out firing, but Fisher responded with a flurry to head and body.<\/p>\n

Blood stained Pirotton’s white shorts, yet he rallied in the fifth – his best round – as Fisher began to look tired and static.<\/p>\n

Among those in attendance were British fighters Derek Chisora, Conor Benn and Caroline Dubois, alongside WWE stars AJ Styles and LA Knight. <\/p>\n

WWE is owned by American sports and entertainment group TKO, which is also behind Zuffa Boxing.<\/p>\n

The doctor took another look at Pirotton before the seventh but allowed the bout to continue. <\/p>\n

Neither man was offering much by the latter stages until a short right hand from Fisher staggered Pirotton in the 10th.<\/p>\n

For a moment, a 13th stoppage victory appeared within reach, but Fisher could not find the finishing burst as Pirotton slipped to his third loss in 15 fights. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 7,500-capacity Copper Box was some way short of full, with the upper tier closed and empty seats…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-612992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}