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Four World Boxing Federation (WBF)
championship fights took place
on one card Saturday night,
December 7, at the Speedfit
Sporthalle in Vienna, Austria.
In all four bouts the fans at
ringside had reason to
celebrate, as local favorites
came out on top against foreign
opposition.
Undefeated defending WBF
Intercontinental Light
Heavyweight Champion Timy “The
Bomber” Shala did very well to
stop German challenger Mounir
Toumi in round ten of their
scheduled twelve rounder.
The fight was nip and tuck for
nine rounds, but in round ten
Shala connected with a hard
right cross that send Toumi
down. The German beat the count
of referee Ernst Salzgeber, but
was quickly caught by a
thunderous left hook and send to
the canvas again, where he
stayed for several minutes. Time
of stoppage: 2:05.
28-year-old Shala, who won the
title last May and was making
his first defense, is now 18-0
(8) since turning pro in 2008.
After five wins on the trot,
Toumi (29) loses for the first
time in over two years and falls
to 15-12 (5).
Also making his first defense,
Gogi Knezevic retained his WBF
Intercontinental Middleweight
title with a ninth round
disqualification victory over
Robinson Omsarashvili from
Georgia.
Omsarashvili had two point
deductions in round five and one
in round seven for using his
elbows, and when he did the same
thing again in round nine
referee Rene Netoliki had seen
enough and disqualified the
challenger.
With the victory Knezevic takes
his pro ledger to 26-4-1 (12).
Omsarashvili is now 13-6-3 (7).
In the best fight of the night,
Austria-based Hungarian Laszlo
Toth captured the vacant WBF
International Welterweight title
against teak-tough Georgian
veteran Giorgi Ungiadze.
Toth was knocked down and cut in
round one, but came back strong
to give just a little bit better
than he got. Both fighters put
on a spirited performance, and
after ten rounds it was
anybody’s guess who would get
the verdict.
However, judges Jean-Marcel
Nartz, Ernst Salzgeber and Rene
Netoliki all scored it in favor
of Toth: 95-94, 97-94 and 96-95.
Referee was Noel Monnet from
France.
With his careers first
professional title secured, Toth
improves to 17-0 (13). Reigning
Georgian national champion
Ungiadze travels home at 23-17
(10).
In the shows fourth WBF title
fight, Eva Voraberger took
firmly hold of the vacant
Intercontinental Womens
Flyweight championship, stopping
usually tough Serbian Fleijs
Djendji in the first round with
a well-placed hook to the liver.
Time of stoppage recorded as
1:13.
Former World title-challenger
Voraberger improved her
professional record to 17-3 (9),
while Djendji drops to 16-21-1
(10).
The big World Boxing Federation
quadruple-header in Vienna was
promoted by Box-Team Vienna.
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