(Reuters) - Nico Ali Walsh, the grandson of former heavyweight champion and boxing legend Muhammad Ali, defeated Jordan Weeks by technical knockout in his professional boxing debut on Saturday.

Middleweight fighter Ali Walsh is the son of Robert Walsh and Rasheda Ali Walsh, Muhammad Ali's daughter. The 21-year-old signed a deal https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/nico-ali-walsh-grandson-muhammad-ali-signs-pro-boxing-deal-2021-06-26 with Bob Arum's Top Rank Boxing in June ahead of his first professional fight in the U.S state of Oklahoma.