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Norway has its third reigning
world champion, as Tim Robin
Lihaug won the vacant World
Boxing Federation (WBF) World
Light Heavyweight title on
Saturday night, March 7, joining
Cecilia Breakhus and Katharina
Thanderz as one of the
Scandinavian country´s main
boxing stars.
With a nice crowd cheering him
on at the Grigehallen in his
home-town Bergen, 27-year-old
Lihaug scored a unanimous
decision over tough, game and
rugged Germany-based Armenian
co-challenger Vartan Avetisyan.
Lihaug had control of the fight
in the first half, but Avetisyan
never gave up and had his
moments, especially in the
second half of the bout. Many
rounds were close, but the
home-man did just a little bit
more of the cleaner work to
catch the eyes of the judges.
Judge Torben Seemann Hansen
scored the fight 116-112, while
judges Sigmund Aagaard and Andre
Hook both had it 117-111.
Referee in charge of the action
was Mikael Hook.
The new WBF World Light
Heavyweight Champion improved
his professional record to 20-4
(10), while Avetisyan (30) drops
to 18-3-1 (11). The fight was
the main event of a show
promoted by 5000 Bergen Event.
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