Pat Brown produces devastating performance in pro bow
The cruiserweight dubbed ‘The future of British boxing’ Pat Brown (1-0, 1 KOs) justified the hype by scoring a brutal fourth-round knockout win on last night’s NXTGEN show, on March 29, in Altrincham, live on DAZN.
The Tokyo 2024 Olympian has been built-up by promoter Eddie Hearn as the new Ricky Hatton, due to the huge following he has already amassed, bringing hundreds of fans to press conferences and weigh-ins, and, of course, because of his promising talent and potential.
The 25-year-old Brit patiently stood behind his high guard, taking his time, downloading data, popping out his jab, not rushing his work to start the contest with.
He allowed Grandone to throw a few range-finding shots, of which he effortlessly stepped away from or caught on his gloves and arms with quick reactions and reflexes.
Midway through the opener, Brown began to open up with three and four-punch combinations, landing big left hooks to the body, which looked spiteful.
In the second stanza, he landed a huge one-two on the Argentinian, while he had Grandone trapped in the corner, followed up by right and left hooks to the body.
Grandone was backed to the ropes copiously, but managed to punch his way out at times. The cruiserweights ended the second segment exchanging blows up close.
The third round caught fire as Brown thrilled the voracious crowd with big shots as he really turned up the pace and pressure. Grandone fired back and managed to catch Brown with a big left hook as the Manchester man’s hands were momentarily down.
There was a highlight reel moment as Grandone throw a left hook, which Brown swiftly slipped to his right and landed a perfect right uppercut to rock his rival’s head back. Brown continued to land that powerful right uppercut a few more times during that the electrifying round.
Trapped on the ropes, two brutal left hooks to the body from Brown crumpled Grandone into the ropes, so he was given an eight-count.
Grandone was allowed to continue despite wincing in pain and looking incredibly ragged, but referee Darren Sarginson was quick to intervene when another big flurry went in unanswered, 55 seconds into the fourth round.
It was an exciting, promising performance to kick off his pro career with.
Post-fight, he said, “He was a game bugger! He came to win. I want to get back in the ring as soon as possible. I’m ready.”
Promoter Eddie Hearn heaped praise upon the cruiserweight prospect he recently called “The One”. The Matchroom Boxing Chairman excitedly said, “He’s the future of British boxing.”
Trained by Jamie Moore, managed by Sam Jones, and promoted by Eddie Hearn, Pat Brown has all the ingredients to, indeed, take over British boxing, as predicted.
Cameron Vuong (8-0, 4 KOs) ended the ongoing rivalry with Jordan Flynn (11-1-1, 1 KOs) with a seventh round TKO. The 22-year-old from Northumberland dropped Flynn with a right to the head in the third round before stopping the fight one-minute into the seventh stanza to pick up the vacant WBO European lightweight title.