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Saturday November 26 was another
busy WBF championship
fight-night, as new champions
were crowned in Poland and
France.
Aleksy Kuziemski and Doudou
Ngumbu battled it out for the
vacant World Light Heavyweight
title in Byalistok, while Loic
Foure and Stefan Worth clashed
for the International
Welterweight strap in Saint Maur.
Ngumbu Beats Kuziemski For World
Light Heavyweight Crown
Doudou Ngumbu of France is the
new World Boxing Federation (WBF)
World Light Heavyweight Champion
after impressively beating
Aleksy Kuziemski for the vacant
title in Bialystok, Poland on
Saturday night, November 26.
Ngumbu got the unanimous
decision by scores of 118-11 and
116-113 twice, and improved his
record to 28-3 (11). Kuziemski
is now 22-4 (6), and came up
short for the third time in
world championship fights.
Both contestants entered the
bout brimming with confidence,
and with an enthusiastic crowd
cheering him on Kuziemski was by
many considered the favorite to
win. But Ngumbu had other plans,
and quickly established himself
as the quicker and more dynamic
of the two.
The Frenchman got off to a good
start and never really let
Kuziemski into the fight. In
round five Ngumbu caught the
hometown-hero with a swift
combination that had Kuziemski
visibly hurt, and only the vast
experience of the Pole kept him
from suffering a knockdown.
Kuziemski did have his moments,
and at times managed to keep
Ngumbu at bay with long straight
punches. But it was only
moments, and the visitor always
seemed to come back to take
control.
After twelve somewhat one-sided
rounds, nobody really had any
doubts that Ngumbu deserved the
unanimous decision. He showed
his world-class qualities, and
is a worthy new world champion.
The Fight was promoted by
Dariusz Snarski and his Boxing
Production, and televised
throughout Poland on Canal+.
“Foure De France” Clinches
International Title
He gave it his all, but when the
final bell rang after 10 intense
rounds, Germany's Stefan Worth
still came up short and left
hometown favourite Loic Foure
going home the new World Boxing
Federation International
welterweight champion on
Saturday (Nov. 26) at Saint Maur,
France.
Luxembourg judges Tonio Tiberi
and Dominique Schmit both
arrived at identical scores of
96:94, while French judge André
Pasquier had his countryman
ahead by an incredible 97:93.
However, most rounds were hotly
contested and often there was
little to separate the two
warriors. Still, were it not for
a huge effort by Foure in the
last round - which got his army
of fans screaming madly - Worth
would have clinched a majority
draw.
In fact, it was the man from
Cologne, now 12-2-1 (3), who
landed the best shot of the
fight. A mighty left hook in
round seven shook Foure down to
his toes and dislodged his
mouthpiece. But instead of going
for the kill, the 26-year-old
Worth inexplicably stepped back
to allow referee Noel Monnet to
replace the safety device! This
piece of sportsmanship might
well have cost Stefan the
victory.
"I have no complains," Worth
said immediately afterwards, "I
just hope we can have a rematch.
This time I came to his city, so
maybe he can come to my place
for a return. I think it was a
very good action fight." Most
definitely it was and Loic Foure
bathed in the adoration of his
fans, who had filled the
1.500-seater Salle Omnisports to
the last place, after winning
the first championship of his
seven-year professional career
at the age of 31, in the process
improving his record to 17-8-2
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