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Video: Gabriel Bracero Scores a Knockout of the Year Candidate at PBC on NBCSN

The loss haunted him. You got the impression Danny O'Connor was even seeing Gabriel Bracero in his nightmares. Then Bracero did just that, re-entering his subconscious by putting O’Connor to sleep a mere 41 seconds into their rematch on the Premier Boxing Champions show on NBCSN, Saturday night from the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, in Lowell, Mass.

Bracero needed a confidence boost, coming off a loss to undefeated Felix Diaz back in April.

A perfectly placed right hand provided it for Bracero, who’s not a power puncher. A quick step to the left, and an anvil right on O’Connor’s jaw brought the main event to a quick end—and certainly placed Bracero’s knockout on the pantheon of 2015 contenders for “Knockout of the Year.