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25-year-old Frenchman Mohamed
Ayyad will step up his
competition on Saturday February
4, when he takes on Mikheil
Avakyan from Georgia for the
vacant World Boxing Federation
(WBF) International Light
Welterweight title at the Palais
des Sports U Palatinu in
Ajaccio, France.
For "Momo"
Ayyad, a pro since
January 2013, this will be his
first championship fight after
compiling a 16-1-1 (10) record.
In comparison, Avakyan (25) is
amazingly a veteran of
sixty-nine pro bouts (38-27-4,
with 21 stoppages) after
entering the paid ranks in 2009.
In 2014 Avakyan lost a split
decision to Chris Goodwin in
England for the WBF World
Welterweight title, and in
September of last year he
traveled to Slovenia where he
defeated another Frenchman, the
only man to beat Ayyad so far,
Jean Moraiti, for the WBF
International Light Welterweight
crown.
He was stripped of the title
when he lost a fight for a WBC
regional belt the following
November, so it will be a chance
for him to regain what he never
lost in the ring. He has since
returned with a victory on home
soil in Tbilisi, setting up
another trip abroad.
Since losing a decision to Jean
Moraiti, who is now the WBF
International Lightweight
champion, Ayyad is undefeated in
his last eight appearances. His
maiden title-opportunity is the
headliner of a show promoted by
Piere Paoli and the Boxing Club
Ajjacchien.
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