Jake Paul was left with his jaw wide open following a Knockout of the Year contender on a Most Valuable Promotions show on Friday night.
The YouTuber-turned-boxer hosted an MVP Fight Night in Orlando, Florida, stretching over two days, which got off to an explosive start.
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Da Silva Conceicao left Mastrapa flat on his faceCredit: Instagram – MVP
In the curtain jerker, undefeated Brazilian Pedro Da Silva Conceicao (5-0) flattened Cuba’s Renny Viamonte Mastrapa (4-3-1) with a dynamite right hand that rang around the Caribe Royale Resort.
The vicious shot sent Mastrapa hurtling to the canvas face-first, where he lay motionless for several minutes while medics tended to him.
As the camera panned to Paul, the ex-Disney star leapt to his feet with a stunned expression painted across his face.
He later took to social media to post a video of the knockout with the caption: “KO of the year?”
On the Saturday show, Paul’s protégé, Lucas Bahdi, outpointed Roger Gutierrez in a WBA lightweight final eliminator.
In doing so, the Canadian puts himself in line to fight for the black and gold strap, currently held by Paul’s next opponent, Gervonta Davis.
The WBA are set to review Davis’ status as their 135lbs champion after he chose to fight Paul instead of Lamont Roach, whom the major sanctioning body had ordered him to rematch.
Davis was held to a contentious majority draw in March after Roach was wrongfully denied a knockdown in the ninth round, which would have won him the fight.
But after pushing back the proposed date with Roach multiple times, Davis chose to lock horns with Paul in an exhibition bout on November 14 instead.
Due to the massive weight difference between the pair, the bout could not be sanctioned as a professional contest.
Paul is a natural cruiserweight (200lbs), who weighed 227lbs for his heavyweight showdown with Mike Tyson last November.
Davis, on the other hand, has never boxed above super lightweight (140lbs) and spent the majority of his career at super featherweight (130lbs).
The rules and weight are yet to be officially confirmed, although Paul suggested earlier this year that he would have to come in no heavier than 195lbs.
Davis, who walks around at 150lbs, would then have to get as close to that weight as possible.