Brandun Lee blasts Samuel Teah out!
21 year-old junior welterweight prospect Brandun Lee is one of the more underrated talents in boxing! However, this could be because he is widely unknown. Still undefeated five years in the game, he steps up his competition as he takes on Philadelphia veteran and IBF #10 ranked junior welterweight Samuel Teah.
As an amateur with only five loses in just over 200 total bouts, Lee’s reputation of fighting and beating men as a teenager grew rapidly amongst boxing circles. Rightfully so as by the age of eleven, he won three National Golden Gloves tournaments and was featured in Ring Magazine. Fighters his age didn’t seem to be much of a challenge. By sixteen, he had been given opportunities to be a sparring partner for several professional fighters. One being former two-division champion Timothy Bradley in preparation for his WBO interim welterweight bout against Jessie Vargas in 2015.
Many hardcore boxing fans expect the prospect from La Quinta, CA to arrive as a household name at some point. Problem is, the rate at which his career is being moved is extremely slow.
GAINING RESPECT
The gameplan going in for Teah was to put the younger fighter on his back-foot. The reason being that Lee is a big puncher that had never been passed four rounds. Therefore, none of his previous twenty-one opponents applied enough pressure or lasted long enough to get the prospect off his front-foot. Teah failed to accomplish this.
From round one, Lee made his presence felt. He immediately attacked but his aggression was more just to show his opponent he will not be deterred from what will eventually happen. It was clear he only wanted his opponent to feel some of his power without showing all of his tools. The Philly veteran tried to utilize the jab but he didn’t have enough pop to stop his opponent from coming forward. When he attempted to put his punches together, the strength difference became a factor.
Lee had absolutely no problem walking his opponent down.
ANOTHER MAN DOWN
In round three, Lee picked up the pace. He was no longer in there to show Teah he can feel his power with just slapping shots. Now each punch had bad intentions on it. Taking a couple shots early may have given the Teah the wrong idea on how to approach this fight. He seemed to square up with Lee and try to get into exchanges in this round.
Wrong move! A right hook over the top of Teah’s left landed flush on the temple. In the middle of the ring, the Philly veteran would taste the canvas for the first time in his career. He regained his feet but never got his legs back. Upon beating the count, he transitioned into getting beat up all around the ring. Lee’s combinations were devastating! Every punch sounded like Teah was getting hit with a baseball bat!
One more opportunity to square up put Teah out for good! As he attempted to land a shot of his own on unsteady legs, another hook from Lee made the Philly veteran’s body turn immediately stiff. Teah was out before he hit the canvas! With obviously no need to administer a count, the referee immediately waived off the fight!
WHAT’S NEXT
While this is considered a “step-up” bout, Lee definitely has the skills to be matched tougher. He just destroyed a fighter who is ranked in the top ten in one major sanctioning body as if he were just a sparring partner. Understandably, he is only 21 years-old but some fighters can be too good to continue to feast on low-level competition regardless of age.
This win should rank him within the IBF’s top fifteen at junior welterweight at least…so let’s give him a bigger fight!
By: EJ Williams
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