Michael Beasley stops Delonte West in first round at Brand Risk 16
The former NBA players met in a boxing match in Miami on Friday night. The Big Lead records Beasley’s win as a technical knockout at 1:58 of the opening round.
Michael Beasley defeated fellow former NBA player Delonte West in the first round of a boxing match at Brand Risk 16 in Miami on Friday night. The Big Lead recorded a technical knockout at 1:58; theScore described the result as a first-round knockout. The bout was part of an event promoted by streamer Adin Ross.
The meeting put two former NBA players in a heavyweight bout. The Big Lead listed it on the main card and reported the stoppage time in its event results. The two reports agree that Beasley won in the opening round, though they use different terms for the finish.
Beasley’s earlier Brand Risk appearance
TheScore reported that this was Beasley’s second combat sports appearance. He lost an influencer MMA bout at Brand Risk 14 in May, while West was entering the ring for the first time, according to the outlet. The Big Lead’s account of that earlier event identified former NBA player Lance Stephenson as Beasley’s opponent and recorded a first-round submission by rear-naked choke.
Beasley’s return to the promotion therefore came in a different sport and with a different result. Brand Risk 14 included MMA and boxing contests, according to The Big Lead’s earlier event report. At Brand Risk 16, Beasley and West met under boxing rules, as both The Big Lead and theScore reported.
The former NBA players and the Miami card
Beasley played 11 NBA seasons between 2008 and 2019, spending time with seven teams, including the Miami Heat, theScore reported. West played eight seasons between 2004 and 2012 for the Boston Celtics, Seattle SuperSonics, Cleveland Cavaliers and Dallas Mavericks. Their basketball careers preceded their meeting on Friday’s Brand Risk card.
The Big Lead’s results list shows other contests on the Brand Risk 16 card, including a first-round technical knockout win for Jack Doherty over Kodiyak Redd and a unanimous-decision win for Thirty over Oblivion. It also lists MMA bouts, with Bob Menery beating Big Zo by first-round technical knockout after an injury. Those results place the Beasley-West match within a card featuring both boxing and MMA.
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Sources and context
- Delonte West vs Michael Beasley fight video highlights, Brand Risk 16The Big Lead, republished by Yahoo Sports
- Johnny Manziel vs Bob Menery full fight video highlightsThe Big Lead
- Michael Beasley KOs fellow NBA veteran Delonte West in boxing matchtheScore
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