Muhammad Ali's grandson scored a 2-minute debut knockout win while wearing a pair of trunks given to him by the boxing GOAT
- Nico Ali Walsh, a grandson of Muhammad Ali, scored a rapid knockout on his pro boxing debut.
- For the bout, he was wearing a pair of trunks given to him by his grandfather.
- "He's the greatest fighter who ever lived - maybe the greatest person," he said of Ali.
Nico Ali Walsh, a grandson of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, defeated Jordan Weeks by technical knockout in his professional boxing debut on Saturday.
For the bout, the middleweight fighter was wearing a pair of trunks given to him by his legendary grandfather, who died in 2016.
"Obviously my grandfather, I've been thinking of him so much. I miss him. It's been an emotional journey," Ali Walsh told ESPN after his win.
"I think me and [Weeks] made a little bit of history tonight. This lived up completely to my expectations."
He added: "It seems like a lot of pressure; to me, it's just my grandfather. He's the greatest fighter who ever lived - maybe the greatest person."
Ali Walsh is the son of Robert Walsh and Rasheda Ali Walsh, one of Muhammad Ali's seven daughters.
The 21-year-old signed a deal with Bob Arum's Top Rank Boxing in June ahead of his first professional fight.
Fighting on the undercard of a trilogy bout between Andrew Moloney and Joshua Franco in Oklahoma, Ali Walsh knocked down Weeks with a ferocious right hook to the head midway through the first round.
Weeks was able to get to his feet, but the referee waved the fight off shortly afterwards when he was unable to defend himself against a flurry of punches from Ali Walsh.
There was a little over a minute left in the first round when the fight was called as a TKO win for Ali Walsh.
While the trunks proved a good omen on the night, Ali Walsh seemed to distance himself the gift, saying: "I'm never wearing these trunks again."
In the night's main event, US fighter Franco defended his WBA super-flyweight championship with a unanimous win over the Australia Moloney.