An ex-AFL star fueled fight night has already seen one big name from the game’s past knocked out, with all eyes on controversial analyst Kane Cornes’ in-ring debut.
Cornes will do battle with fellow Nine host Nathan Brown in the night’s most anticipated bout.
Earlier on the card two power forwards did battle with Anthony Rocca recording a knockout victory over Corey McKernan.
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Rocca, a 242-game star and four-time Collingwood leading goalkicker, took the early advantage with a big shot in the first round and knew he was well on top.
He then connected with a big left hand which would have sent McKernan, a dual Kangaroos premiership player, to the mat before Rocca held him up.
“I hit him flush with it and I knew he went down from it so I tried to hold him up a little bit,” Rocca said.
“We don’t want to hurt anyone. We’re not boxers, we get in here and we try our best. These guys who are coming out – professionals – they work so bloody hard and hopefully we can just give the sport a little bit of credit.”
Aussie boxing great Danny Green praised the act.
“Very classy by Anthony Rocca,” Green said.
“He hurt him in the first round with a shot. Corey, he knows he’s not a boxer, he said that himself. He was out of his depth a bit.
“I was so proud of this bloke by showing such class and grace.”
Later in the night Dale Thomas performed no match for former teammate Dane Swan, easily beaten on all three cards.
“I feel pretty good. I’ve done a fair bit of work. It’s one side of training I enjoy after footy,” Swan said.
“I enjoyed it and I’m pretty relaxed by nature, so I was fine.
“I might get back on the Vegas diet a little bit later.
“It was fun. Obviously, we’re really good mates so I’m not super aggressive by nature, so it’s hard to walk in there and try and punch a mate’s head off.
“We had good fun.”
The Gathering fight night card
Main Event: Jamal Herring (24-4-0) vs. Jackson England (15-3-0) – 10x3min rounds [Super Featherweight] (WBO Global Super Featherweight title)
Mitch Robinson (debut, 87.6kg) vs. Kayne Pettifer (debut, 87.4kg) – 4x2min rounds [Cruiserweight]
Jack Brubaker (17-5-2) vs. In Duck Seo (15-3-2) – 8x3min rounds [Super Welterweight]
Kane Cornes (debut, 78.8kg) vs. Nathan Brown (debut, 83.9kg) – 4x2min rounds [Cruiserweight]
Joel Camilleri def. Joel Pavlides (5-2-1) via KO
Dane Swan def. Dale Thomas via UD
Alex Leapal Jnr def. Joe Agell
Anthony Rocca def. Corey McKernan via KO in Round 2
Sergei Vorobev def. Wes Capper
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