{"id":52269,"date":"2025-08-08T08:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/52269\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T08:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:33:09","slug":"nick-ball-ruthlessly-finished-one-of-tyson-furys-best-friends-with-a-terrifying-left-hook-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/52269\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Ball ruthlessly finished one of Tyson Fury&#8217;s best friends with a terrifying left hook in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the undercard of his return to the UK, former WBC champion Tyson Fury would make the walk after one of his closest friends had been flattened with a horrific knockout.<\/p>\n<p>Headlining at Wembley Stadium in his first fight on home soil in four years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/?s=Tyson+Fury\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/?s=Tyson+Fury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyson Fury<\/a> would stop Dillian Whyte <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/throwbacks\/dillian-whyte-handed-unbeaten-heavyweight-his-first-loss-to-bounce-back-from-tyson-fury-defeat-in-2022\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/throwbacks\/dillian-whyte-handed-unbeaten-heavyweight-his-first-loss-to-bounce-back-from-tyson-fury-defeat-in-2022\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with his own dominant knockout victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But earlier on the same night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/?s=Nick+Ball\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/?s=Nick+Ball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Ball<\/a> \u2014 the current WBA featherweight champion \u2014 laid waste to one of the Morecambe native\u2019s biggest friends, and a near relation, too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"665\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1393201586-1024x665.jpg\" alt=\"Tyson Fury punching Dillian Whyte\" class=\"wp-image-17454\" \/>Photo by Julian Finney\/Getty ImagesNick Ball viciously stopped Tyson Fury\u2019s cousin on champion\u2019s undercard<\/p>\n<p>Before his world championship success with the WBA featherweight crown, the undefeated Ball would be pitted with Isaac Lowe on the undercard of Fury\u2019s WBC title defense against the veteran Whyte in London.<\/p>\n<p>And continuing in that vein of brutal knockout wins, Ball would crack Lowe with a well-placed left hook, sending him careering back to the ropes and onto the canvas.<\/p>\n<p>In the sixth, following more punishment, Ball would unload a huge left hand to Lowe \u2014 who now had his back turned, with the towel coming in soon after before a thankful referee stoppage.<\/p>\n<p>And off the back of his victory, Ball would ride that wave into a series of high-profile title fights \u2014 both for WBC and eventual WBA spoils.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Ball\u2019s subsequent unbeaten run<\/p>\n<p>Set to put his WBA featherweight crown on the line later this month, Ball returns to take on Australian charge Sam Goodman \u2014 in a bid to defend his title for the third time.<\/p>\n<p>Winning the belt against Raymond Ford with a split decision success back in June of last year, Ball has since bested both Ronny Rios and TJ Doheny in a pair of title defenses \u2014 returning to stoppage ways in the process.<\/p>\n<p>In his only career \u2018blemish\u2019, the Merseyside native failed to overcome Rey Vargas in their WBC featherweight title fight in March of last year, forcing the Mexican to a split decision draw over the course of 12 rounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the undercard of his return to the UK, former WBC champion Tyson Fury would make the 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