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With Jerome Vilmain promoting,
the Hall des Sports Pierre
Gaspard in Epernay, France
hosted two World Boxing
Federation (WBF) title fights on
Saturday night, April 15,
involving local fighters Georges
Beaupuis and Bryan Boussis
taking on tough foreign
opposition.
Fighting for his first
professional championship,
Georges Beaupuis captured the
vacant WBF International
Middleweight title with an
impressive performance against
former Spanish national champion
Luis Crespo, winning by clear
unanimous decision.
It was a fast-paced and exciting
fight, and the local man hurt
the visitor several times with
hard, well-placed uppercuts. But
Crespo always came back strong,
fighting his chance and going
for the knock-out until the very
end. It never came, and on the
cards there would be little
doubt of who won the fight.
Judges Thomas Hackenberg and
Arno Pokrandt both scored the
fight 99-91, while judge
Philippe Wouters saw it closer
at 97-94 for Beaupuis, who
improved his record to 14-4 (2).
Crespo, taking part in his sixth
title bout, dropped to 10-7-2
(4).
In the co-feature, Bryan Boussis
became the new WBF International
Welterweight Champion, winning
the vacant title when Georgian
co-challenger Ruben Movsesian
retired after seven rounds.
Before that, Boussis had been in
full control, working well with
his left and scoring with hard
body-shots.
Trying to counter with wild
swings, Movesesian was game, but
Boussis fought a very
disciplined fight and clearly
hurt the Georgian with a punch
to the liver in round seven. He
was ahead on all scorecards,
70-63, 69-64 and 67-66, when his
first professional
stoppage-victory was a reality.
Having had almost as many downs
as ups in his career, this could
be the turning-point for
24-year-old Boussis. His record
now stands at 10-6-1 (1), and he
has won three of his last four
outings. Movsesian, coming off
victories in his two previous
fights, falls to 25-18-1 (20).
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