Australian Sakio Bika has won the final of The Contender Reality Television Boxing Tournament in Boston with a eighth round stoppage of American Jaidon Codrington.
Both men were knocked down in the first round of an enthralling fight.
Bika, who has scored a draw and a loss in two super middleweight world title fights, has won $US750,000 for today's victory.
Another Australian, Sam Soliman, who Bika beat in the semi-finals of The Contender, has finished third in the tournament following a sixth round points win over American Wayne Johnsen.