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Germanys Cagri Ermis reached
the, at least so far, highlight
of his up-and-down career on
Saturday night when he captured
the vacant World Boxing
Federation World Middleweight
title by defeating Portuguese
Vitor Sa at the Braamkamp 1
arena in Hamburg.
With clever boxing from the
outside, Ermis controlled the
fight with sharp and well-timed
punches from the get-go, and
rarely allowed Sa to get close
enough to do any damage. The
local man fought a very
disciplined fight, and while
game veteran Sa never stopped
trying he was outboxed and
outmaneuvered by his younger
foe.
Ermis was originally to
challenge former Champion Karama
Nyilawila for the title last
December, but first the bout was
postponed when the German got
injured, and later the title was
declared vacant when Nyilawila,
overdue a defense, decided not
to honor his contract and
instead take a non-title bout,
so Ermis did well to adjust to
his new co-challenger.
After twelve interesting rounds,
all three judges had Ermis a
clear winner by scores of
120-109 (Artur Ellensohn),
120-108 (Zbigniew Lagosz) and
117-111 (Timo Habighorst).
Referee was Frank Michael Maass.
The new world champion improved
his professional record to a
deceivingly modest 13-10-2 (4),
while Vitor Sa dropped to 26-7
(5). The fight headlined a
massive show promoted by EC
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