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The vacant World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World
Cruiserweight title will be on
the line, when reigning WBF
Intercontinental champion Zine
Eddine Benmakhlouf takes on
veteran Hungarian contender
Gabor Halasz on March 6 in
Berlin, Germany.
Algerian-born Benmakhlouf is on
a three fight winning streak
since losing a decision to
living legend Roy Jones Jr. in
December 2013, and captured the
WBF Intercontinental crown last
December by defeating Croatian
Tony Visic in France.
He currently brings a 20-4-1
(10) record as he enters his
first world championship
opportunity, while Halasz, also
in his first crack at a world
title, is 36-15 (15), having won
his last nine bouts, four of
which were for smaller titles.
At 37 and 36 years of age, it
could be make-or-break for both
fighters.
Halasz, curiously nicknamed “Big
Daddy Fisherman”, turned
professional in 1999, and fought
a long line of big names.
However, it looked as if he
would have to settle for
gatekeeper status before he
started his current run, which
is closing in on four years
without a defeat.
Besides the loss to Jones Jr.,
French-based Benmakhlouf has
only been beat on three
occasions where he fought at
Heavyweight, and at
Cruiserweight he is determined
to finally make his breakthrough
after eleven years in the paid
ranks.
Promoter of the Benmakhlouf vs.
Halasz WBF World Cruiserweight
title fight, and supporting
undercard, will be Nasser
Lalaoui.
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