Eddie Hearn’s hard-hitting prospect Teremoana Teremoana flattens foe in one round to extend 100 per cent KO ratio

Teremoana Teremoana continued his tear through the heavyweight division on Saturday night with another brutal knockout.

Heading into his bout in Orlando on the Carlos Adames vs Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams undercard, the hard-hitting Australian hadn’t been extended beyond the second round.

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Battle-tested Curtis Harper had been lined up by promoter Eddie Hearn to provide Teremoana with some rounds.

Harper had previously taken Chris Arreola and Guido Vianello the distance, while Olympic silver medallist Richard Torrez Jr needed eight rounds to halt the American.

Teremoana’s bout with Harper was over considerably quicker.

In the dying embers of the opening stanza, Teremoana uncorked a picture-perfect right hand that sent Harper tumbling to the canvas.

The referee immediately waved off the bout as the rugged veteran landed flat on his back, with his body stiffened and his arms flailing.

It marked Teremoana’s eighth first-round knockout of his fledgling 10-0 professional career.

Speaking post-fight, he said: “He almost made it to the second, and I was happy with that, I was here to do rounds.

“I knew Curtis was durable, he is a tough opponent.

“He has about 30 plus fights, so I was ready to do rounds, but I ended up finding my mark in the last second, so not bad.”

Teremoana returns to action soon

Teremoana is set for a quick turnaround on the Skye Nicholson vs Mariah Turner bill next month in Melbourne, Australia.

His opponent is yet to be confirmed.

“I want to fight as much as possible [in 2026],” Teremoana added.

“I want to hopefully get that Australian strap so I can start there.

“But I want to be a world champion, give me a year or two, and I’m going to be contesting with all these top guys, god willing.

“I just have to keep putting in the work in, I’ve got a great team around me, and we are going to take it one step at a time.”

Before signing with Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing at the back end of 2024, Teremoana competed at the Paris Olympics.

He blew away Ukraine’s Dmytro Lovchynskyi in the first round of his opening bout before coming up short against eventual gold medal winner Bakhodir Jalolov of Uzbekistan in the quarter finals.