Teremoana Teremoana Jnr has declared he will dish out the same punishment to defending champion Bakhodir Jalolov after winning his opening Olympic bout with a brutal knockout.
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With current WBA, WBO, WBC and 2012 Olympic heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk watching on at the North Paris Arena, Teremoana made short work of the Ukrainian's compatriot Dmytro Lovchynskyi.
The performance meant he became the first Australian to win an Olympic fight in the super heavyweight division.
The round of 16 bout was stopped by the referee with 11 seconds remaining in the first of three rounds, with Teremoana's rival taking a pummelling.
He was decked by a short left hook but made his way back to his feet only to walk straight onto a right uppercut that forced the referee to administer a standing eight count.
The 26-year-old Queenslander than delivered a monstrous overhand right to close the fight and delighted the crowd with a dance in the middle of the ring after his win in a nod to his Cook Islands heritage.
Asked about how he saw his next fight with Jalolov playing out, Teremoana said: "Someone's going to get knocked out.
"My plan is to box like that fight, we're both heavyweights and if a punch lands, he's going to feel it."
The brutal fashion of the win shows the improvement of Teremoana, who lost to Lovchynskyi last February over three rounds.
He was pipped to world championship gold by Jalolov in Tashkent last year.
"I was happy to get revenge (on Lovchynskyi), and I'm going to get my revenge on the Uzbek too.
"I believe I'm the best in the world and this is the stage to prove it."
Following the shock defeat of Tokyo lightweight bronze medallist Harry Garside in the round of 16 as well as 60kg debutant Tyla McDonald on Monday, Australia has three boxers in action on Tuesday.
Yusuf Chothia will fight in the men's 51kg division round of 16, Callum Peters is up in the men's 80kg and Tiana Echegaray will challenge in the women's 54kg class.
Australian Associated Press
