Kevin Lerena

It was a signal for the 29-year-old South African to announce that he has arrived on the heavyweight scene and is here to stay.

They would lick their lips to take on Lerena, still an inexperienced fighter in the division and who has just had the first heavyweight fight of his career after moving up from cruiserweight which he dominated for most of his professional career. Webb fought on gamely, but Koopman's continuous pounding of his left and right was just too punishing. Keaton Gomes scored a sensational opening-round knockout win over Shaun Potgieter in a scheduled six-round heavyweight non-title fight. “I predicted it would end in the fifth round but it came a little earlier,” Lerena said. He dropped the Romanian with a combination for a count of eight, but it looked as if the end was in sight for the visitor. Though his win was a credible one, he has to be a little circumspect in calling for the top 10 in the world to get ready for his arrival in the heavyweight division.