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Frenchman Sebastien Cornu scored
the biggest victory of his
career on Thursday April 12 to
lift the vacant World Boxing
Federation Intercontinental
Super Featherweight title, when
he won a unanimous decision over
classy Kenyan David Kiilu at the
Halle Martenot in Rennes.
It was a very close, competitive
and well-fought bout that could
have gone either way, had it not
been for the too-wide scores of
judges Noel Monnet and Bertrand
Chagnoux who both had it
116-112, and Dominique Schmit
who outrageously scored 119-109
in favor of Cornu and must have
been watching another fight.
While it can fairly be argued
that Cornu is a deserved winner
and new champion, the scores
were totally out of line, some
would say scandalous, and the
judge’s performances will have
consequences.
The WBF Executives will meet in
the near future to decide what
those consequences will be.
The fight itself was very
technical, with Cornu having
success going forward and Kiilu
boxing beautifully on the
retreat, countering nicely with
punches to body and head. The
home-man appeared to be the
stronger of the two, but Kiilu
looked to be the better boxer.
In the end it was anybody’s
guess who would be declared the
winner, until the judges scores
were announced and falsely made
it look like an easy fight for
Cornu. However, Cornu performed
well and it was no robbery that
he won the fight.
With the victory Sebastien “The
Scorpion” Cornu moved from
Journeyman to Champion-status
and improved his professional
record to 11-8-3 (6), while
Kiilu, after five straight
victories, dropped to 35-11-2
(21). Paul Bert Cercle promoted.
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