‘Finest boxer I’ve ever seen in MMA gloves’: Professionals react to Ilia Topuria’s unbelievable knockout of Max Holloway at UFC 308

Ilia Topuria is one of the best featherweight on the earth and possibly one of the best boxer that MMA has ever seen.

That was the sentiment of at the least one fighter following Topuria’s unimaginable efficiency in Saturday’s UFC 308 primary occasion, which ended with the 145-pound champion cracking Max Holloway with a left hand and following with punches on the bottom to safe a knockout. It’s the first time ever {that a} fighter has completed Holloway with strikes within the Hawaiian’s 34-fight profession.

Contemplating the legends that Holloway has shared the octagon with, it’s nearly inconceivable that Topuria could be the primary to attain a KO victory over him, however that’s the case and now Topuria can etch his identify alongside these legends. He improved to 16-0 together with his first UFC title protection.

“Finest boxer I’ve ever seen in MMA gloves,” UFC bantamweight Cody Stamann wrote, and he wasn’t the one fighter in awe of Topuria’s exploits.

See extra of one of the best professionals’ reactions from social media beneath.