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Hard-hitting 20-year old sensation "Sweet T" Tristian Kalkreuth bounced back from a shoulder injury. An injured shoulder back in June of 2021 he suffered during his fight with Demetrius Banks, that left his left arm inoperable. The injury caused him to do one of the most courageous things we've ever seen in a boxing ring and fight truly one-armed. He fought through the pain and said "It was painful but I had to show the doctor I could lift it" he ultimately dropped a competitive decision despite fighting with just one arm. He rehabbed the injury and stepped back into the ring and did so as a heavyweight for the first time he also battled the biggest test of his young and promising a career
Santander Silgado of Colombia, Silgado had battled with undefeated prospect Raphael Akpejiori as well as former cruiserweight world champion Krzysztof Glowacki and hard-hitting former cruiserweight world title challenger Dmitry Kudryashov.
"Sweet T" was unimpressed and with a single right hand in the second round sent his much bigger and more experienced opponent to the canvas and kept him there. Making his comeback from a shoulder injury and his heavyweight debut a successful one. The official stoppage came at 46 seconds into the second round. During a relatively quiet first round, Kalkreuth scored with a right hand towards the end of the round that dazed his opponent. The Duncanville native got the timing down and landed it again in the second and this time it ended the fight. Kalkreuth ended the show with his now-famous backflip and moved his record to 9-1 (7)