Rey Loreto shocks Nkosinathi Joyi, grabs IBO light flyweight belt

In the undercard match of the Gennady Golovkin-Osumanu Adama WBA middleweight championship fight in Monte Carlo, Monaco, Filipino journeyman Rey Loreto (18-13, 10 KOs) sent former IBF minimumweight champion Nkosinathi Joyi (24-2-0-1, 17 knockouts) into slumberland in round three of the scheduled 12-round title fight to win the vacant IBO light flyweight belt

In the second round, Loreto, the supposed cannon fodder for Nkosinathi Joyi's comeback to contention, unleashed a hard right uppercut and a bad left hook to stun Joyi to start his onslaught on the former champion, who, until then, had established control of the fight. The Filipino pugilist pinned his opponent to the ropes and battered him with several hard unanswered shots before the South African was saved by the bell.

But it was only a matter of time,as the highly-regarded (WBC #7, WBA #10, IBF #6) Nkosinathi Joyi found himself at the receiving end of Rey Loreto's hammer fists in the third round. The Filipino fighter showed his killer instinct as he came out of the corner firing and did not let up until his opponent was on the ground. Nkosinathi Joyi was finally down and out at 0:46 from Rey Loreto's brutal left bomb.