Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
WBN Editor
Kronk fighter elevates status with shock win
Johnathon Banks is in line for some huge heavyweight fights
in the near future after dropping highly regarded Seth Mitchell three times on
the way to stunning upset win at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
‘Mr. Banks’ began the contest sluggishly and looked shaky
early on as Mitchell loaded up with bombs from the off. The 30 year-old managed
to get through with one of his own as a reminder to Mitchell though, and came out in
the second with meaner intentions.
A clean uppercut early in the round had Mitchell in trouble,
before Banks jumped all over him to score a first knockdown. ‘Mayhem’ looked
far from ready to continue as referee Eddie Cotton waved Banks to fight on and he duly dropped Mitchell for a second time.
Cotton then warned Mitchell that if he hit the canvas again
he would call it off and within seconds, Banks had put him down again, this
time even heavier than previously and the fight was over.
Banks dedicated his victory to his former trainer Emanuel
Steward who passed away late last month and now moves on to the unthinkable
possibility of him facing world champion Wladimir Klitschko, whom Banks recently
trained to a win over Mariusz Wach in the absence of Steward.