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A Knockout ‘So Fast’ Fans Speculate ‘Dive’ at Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva Event

Published 10/30/2022, 12:57 AM EDT

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Ashton Sylve, the rising prospect in American boxing, stopped the experienced Braulio Rodriguez in the first round to improve his record to 8-0 on the highly anticipated boxing card of Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva.

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Fans were eagerly waiting for this boxing event since it was booked. Interestingly, the fighters on the card did not disappoint them. Before the social media personality gathers himself for the ring walk, an 18-year-old ‘Most Valuable Promotions’ fighter set the rhythm.

Dressed in a Minion costume, Sylve came up as a heavy favorite. However, fans were expecting some fireworks for a few rounds as Rodriguez has been in this professional field for a longer duration of time.

Sylve started slowly as the bell echoed in the Gila River Arena in Arizona, but it did not take him long to dominate his opponent. He jabbed a few times and when Rodriguez pressed toward him; he launched a lightning left hook, and the fight came to an abrupt end. Following that shot, Rodriguez could not gather himself.

When this news circulated on Twitter, it captured fans’ attention.

How did fans react to Sylve vs. Rodriguez fight result?

A fan wrote, “It was so fast.”

“Bro got knocked out by an 18yr old kid lmfaooo”, another fan wrote.

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Another fan wrote, “The griddy during the count was CRAZY.”

Another fan wrote, “That was a dive, he wasn’t even swaying between his fake stumbles and how you get upset, step, switch directions take good clean steps but then your still rocked enough to fall out of nowhere. Dive.”

“S**t is scripted as f*ck”, another fan wrote.

Showtime are a fraud, what a dive”, another fan wrote.

Another fan wrote, “Wasn’t sure they would even give us a replay, terrible.”

“There is no way he didn’t bet on himself to get KOed in the first”, another fan wrote.

“Bro got knocked out by a minion”, another fan wrote.

“Clean a** hook”, another fan wrote.

“The hell is this?”, another fan wrote.

“Fakest knockout I’ve ever seen lol. Get ready for Jake Paul to win by knockout too”, another fan wrote.

Another fan wrote, “He’s 18 years old, don’t forget his name. This kid is going to be special.”

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“That was some elite level boxing”, another fan wrote.

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Abhishek Singh

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Abhishek Singh is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports. Following the completion of his training as an amateur boxer, he is currently preparing to appear for trials at the state and national levels. With over 3 years of experience in playing the sport, Abhishek is also the holder of a Bachelor's in Arts degree from the University of Delhi.
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Ajinkya Aswale