Jake Pollard was stopped within the second spherical by Hassan Isaq on the undercard of Joseph Parker vs Fabio Wardley, with the journeyman now on a 51-fight dropping streak
Jordan Pollard suffered his 51st straight defeat to take his report to 100 losses (Picture: Getty)
Jake Pollard endured his one hundredth skilled boxing defeat after struggling a second-round technical knockout on the undercard of Joseph Parker vs Fabio Wardley. Hassan Ishaq prolonged his good begin to his profession, enhancing to 3-0 along with his victory over the veteran journeyman on the O2 Enviornment.
The 33-year-old, who works as a farrier – a blacksmith specialising in horseshoes – is presently enduring a 51-bout dropping streak, along with his sole triumph occurring in July 2023 towards Louis Smithson. Pollard has collected 4 losses in October alone, along with his most up-to-date approaching the game’s greatest stage.
Pollard was floored within the second spherical when Ishaq related with an uppercut that penetrated his defence. The Yorkshire-based fighter collapsed to his knees as referee Mark Bates assessed his situation earlier than halting the competition.
The journeyman has already competed 17 occasions this calendar yr, with three extra bouts pencilled in for the approaching weeks, although these stay provisional. Pollard’s boxing journey is sort of exceptional, along with his solitary victory occurring throughout a 49-fight winless run earlier than embarking on his present sequence of 51 consecutive defeats.
Reflecting on his conquer debutant Smithson two years in the past, the then-31-year-old remarked: “It wasn’t a lot totally different for me, it was one other day on the workplace.”
“Do not get me mistaken, it was good to inform my son that I had received for a change, However there was loads of different fights that individuals have thought I would received, or at the very least drawn, and I have never even been given a spherical.
“Nonetheless, I loved the struggle and we each left the ring with none critical accidents, that is the primary factor for me. There’s a saying for us journeyman, it’s a must to knock them out to get a draw.
“Everyone who noticed the end result has requested me why I had a delayed response to the win and it is as a result of I’ve had fights go very comparable methods prior to now and it hasn’t even been shut on the scorecards. Fortunately, we had a particularly reasonable referee on Saturday, who gave a good determination.”
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