Thanjhae Teasley (11-0, 5 KOs) showcased his dominance in the main event at Red Owl Boxing in Houston, Texas, by delivering an impressive eighth-round stoppage over Selassie Bey. The fight concluded dramatically when Teasley overwhelmed a visibly exhausted Bey, forcing the referee to halt the contest at the 1:22 mark of round eight. Bey (8-1, 8 KOs), who had been undefeated going into the bout, crumbled midway through the round. He was knocked down, largely from sheer fatigue, and was counted out while still on his feet, his arms draped helplessly over the ropes.
Teasley’s victory wasn’t without its moments of adversity. Near the end of the second round, Teasley hit the canvas for the first time in his career after a perfectly timed right hand from Bey caught him while he was throwing an uppercut. Although shaken, Teasley displayed his resilience by recovering swiftly, but Bey’s power remained a factor as he managed to rock Teasley again with a hook in the third round.
By the fourth round, Teasley began to find his rhythm and range, methodically picking Bey apart with crisp combinations from a distance. The momentum firmly shifted in his favor, and in the sixth round, Teasley scored his first knockdown of the fight. A pair of well-placed right hands sent Bey to the canvas a minute into the round, a turning point that foreshadowed the fight’s outcome.
Bey, who had never gone beyond four rounds in his career, was visibly struggling to match Teasley’s relentless pace. In the seventh round, Teasley delivered a punishing assault, landing a brutal left hook to the body followed by a right uppercut that nearly floored a bloodied and swollen Bey once more. As Teasley continued to break Bey down in the eighth round, the referee intervened to save Bey from further punishment, sealing an emphatic victory for Teasley.
This win solidified Teasley’s status as a rising star in the boxing world, while it marked Bey’s first professional loss.
“I learned a lot. I learned how to stay disciplined. No matter how loose I get in the ring, I have to be careful. As we know, Bey is a hard puncher. No disrespect, I have felt harder punches. He just caught me with a really good shot and I lost my balance,” said Teasley.
In the co-main event, Ephraim Bui (10-0, 8 KOs) defeated Yusniel Abrahante (6-2, 1 KO) by a controversial, yet unanimous decision in their eight round junior bantamweight bout. All three judges scored the bout for Bui over the four-time Cuban national amateur champion by the scores of 77-74 on two cards and 79-73 on the third.
Opening up the card, Lyndon Patricio (1-0, 1 KO) finished off Corian Hawkins-Powell (0-2) in the first round of their bantamweight fight. Patricio, 20, of of Waianae, Hawaii scored two knockdowns before the fight was stopped.
