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A busy weekend of World Boxing
Federation (WBF) championship
boxing kicked off with two
fights on Friday night
(December 2), taking
place in Cebu City, Philippines
and Cairo, Egypt respectively.
Both match-ups saw local
favorites emerge victorious from
entertaining bouts.
At the Mandaue City Sports &
Cultural Complex in Cebu,
reigning WBF Asia Pacific
champion Kenny “Big Heart”
Demecillo won the vacant WBF
Intercontinental Bantamweight
title with a unanimous decision
over fellow countryman Jestoni
Autida.
Judges Teddy Alivio, Edgar Olalo
and Arnie Najera all scored the
fight, promoted by Omega
Promotions, 97-93 in favor of
Demecillo, who improved his
record to 12-3-2 (7), while
Autida drops to 9-6 (4). Referee
in charge of the action was Tony
Pesons.
In Cairo, at the Greek Club,
Heliopolis, Andre “King Cheetah”
Valavanis engaged in a real
shoot-out with Tanzanian
co-challenger Maono Ally before
winning the vacant WBF
International Super Welterweight
title by second round technical
knockout as a result of
well-placed
body-shots.
Hard-punching Valavanis, who
already holds the WBF All Africa
title at Welterweight, takes his
unblemished ledger to 7-0 (6),
and sends Ally back to Tanzania
at 5-2 (2). Billed as “Big City
Dreams”, the fight headlined a
show promoted by L.B. Sports
Promotions in association with
Fitbox.
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