Zolani Tete’s Knockout Of The Year Candidate Took 11 Seconds And Is The Fastest World Title KO Ever

If you tuned in for the WBO World Bantamweight Championship fight between Zolani Tete (26-3, 21 KOs) and Siboniso Gonya (11-2, 5 KOs), I sure hope you didn’t jolt off real quick to grab another Maker’s Mark or take a whizz because you may have missed the entire fight. The fight, if you can call it that, was over in 11 SECONDS. One punch. It took one punch and Tete KO’d Gonya in a lightning-fast 11 SECONDS. That’s efficient.

Tete’s pre-fight prediction: “Definitely a knockout… I’m giving him four rounds.” Tete was too kind. The 29-year-old landed a magnificent blow on Gonya’s chin at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Saturday. That was all she wrote. Referee Phil Edwards stepped in and stopped the fight immediately. Tete’s knockout of Gonya was the fastest knockout in world title fight history. That annihilated the previous record by a whopping six seconds. It took Daniel Jimenez a mere 17 seconds to KO Harald Geier in 1994. Gonya received medical treatment inside the ring before he was able to stand up on his own, but he did require an oxygen mask.

Tete retained his WBO bantamweight crown with the knockout. The 29-year-old Tete continues to be the WBO bantamweight champion and was able to spend the rest of the night celebrating his victory.

[FTW]