The win strikes Elliott to 12-2 in his skilled profession.
Presently on an eight-fight win streak, the 26-year-old is bettering with each bout.
“The sky is the restrict, I’ll maintain getting higher and higher each struggle,” mentioned Elliott.
“Each time you do the stroll out, the burden minimize, you enhance as a person.”
In his post-fight press convention Elliott paid tribute to the legends who had fought in the identical area.
“I am massive on historical past, I believe the best human being to ever stroll the Earth was Muhammad Ali,” he mentioned.
“I stood on the identical scales as him and Joe Frazier stood [in 1971].
“I took consolation in pondering I used to be collaborating on this historic weekend earlier than the struggle had even unfolded, it was superb.”
Each the event and the setting lived as much as the desires cast within the early a part of Elliott’s profession.
“After I was [fighting] within the pubs, in my very own little head I used to be in MSG pinging the pictures off,” he added.
“It’s been a lifetime of dreaming, a lifetime of working, it’s not all the time come my manner however I’m glad I by no means gave up, it’s so surreal.”
Elliott gave his appreciation to household in attendance, together with his mom, brother, cousins and numerous aunts and uncles there to assist him.
“To go from the place I’ve come from and what I’ve been by means of in my life, I get to present moments like that to my household now,” mirrored Elliott.
“I’ll be a proud man endlessly and no person can take that off me.”
He additionally paid tribute to his father Paul, who took his personal life when Oban was seven years previous.
“My father is all the time with me as a result of I had a flag made when he died and it’s as previous because the time he handed away.”
