Gabe Rosado wasn’t going to be anyone’s stepping stone on Saturday.
The veteran boxer scored one of the biggest upsets of the year at a Golden Boy Promotions show in El Paso, Texas, shocking undefeated super middleweight prospect Bektemir Melikuziev (7-1, 6 KOs) with a one-punch knockout in the third round.
Watch video of the KO blow above.
Rosado (26-13-1, 15 KOs) was actually in trouble in the first round, but he weathered the early offense of Melikuziev and battled back for the stunning third-round finish. Entering this contest, the 35-year-old Rosado was just 4-8-1 in his previous 13 appearances, which included a seventh-round TKO loss to world champion Gennady Golovkin.