Ryad Merhy TKO2 Gora Niang ... Ryad Merhy, age 30, kept his career going on Saturday night at LLN Boxing Night 3 in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, where he knocked out Senegal’s Gora Niang, age 31, in the second round of a heavyweight contest. Merhy dominated the first round without problems, even hurting his opponent a couple of times shortly before the bell. Already seriously affected, Niang (7-2-2) was staggered in the second round by a left hook, leaving him visibly hurt, which forced the referee to stop the fight. Merhy, a smallish heavyweight who seems better accustomed to bridgerweight or cruiserweight (where he campaigned until 2021), has now won three in a row to improve his resume to 35-3.