Ukraine´s Mykyta Alistratov scored the victory of his career on Friday night at the Salle Calypso in Calais, France, when he won the World Boxing Federation (WBF) International Middleweight title.
Alistratov, fighting out of Prague in the Czech Republic, scored a unanimous decision over local favourite and defending champion Florian Bruneval.
After ten round of boxing, judges Bruno Boutrelle and Jean Pierre Van Imschoot both scored the fight 99-91, while judge Patrick Devergne had it closer at 96-94.
Coming up short by the narrowest of margins in two previous championship fights, it was an impressive performance from the 25-year-old, who improved his professional record to 10-1-2 (5).
Bruneval, who won the title last November at the same venue and was making his first defense, is now 9-6-1 (2). Also only twenty-five, he has time to come back strong.
