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In front of an exclusive and
black-tie member’s only crowd at
the Tattersalls Club in Brisbane
the very first WBF title bout on
Australian soil took place last
Friday evening. In the main
event for the vacant WBF Asia
Pacific light heavyweight title,
local hero Manny Vlamis scored a
sixth round technical knockout
over countryman Mark Flanagan.
It was an all-action, high paced
and closely fought affair. Both
athletes had their moments and
both wanted to make a statement
in the ring. Coming off a loss,
Flanagan tried to get back on
winning streak and get himself
in position for a bigger title
opportunity.The 20-years young fighter had a
better start into the bout and
was ahead on two of the three
judge’s scorecards before being
stopped by referee Cyril Cairns
in the sixth.
With the victory, Vlamis moves
to 8-2 with 5 knockouts. He
might return to the ring in
early July to fight for an
Australian national title.
Flanagan on the other hand falls
to 6-3, losing two bouts in a
row and just 14 days apart.
Before his technical knockout
loss to Vlamis on Friday, he was
defeated by unbeaten Ben
McCulloch just two weeks earlier
by unanimous decision. |
