Fight #6: Tavoris Cloud
27/09/2014 | Bell Centre, Montreal
Result: WIN (KO)
Round: 2/12
Time: 0:38
Title: WBA-NABA light heavyweight title
After winning his first five professional bouts, Beterbiev would face off against former IBF light heavyweight world champion Tavoris Cloud for the vacant NABA Light Heavyweight championship on September 27, 2014. After a tentative opening minute from both fighters, Beterbiev opened up and began landing powerful shots that visibly rocked Cloud. In the final minute, the Russian would drop his opponent three times via devastating and concussive combinations. This was the first time Cloud had ever been dropped in his professional career. Beterbiev would close the show in round two, landing multiple hard shots to the head that knocked Cloud out, giving Beterbiev his first professional title.