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Former World Title-Challenger
Martin Antonio Coggi delighted
his enthusiastic fans at Club
Almafuerte in San Martin, Buenos
Aires in Argentina on Saturday
night, capturing the vacant
World Boxing Federation (WBF)
Intercontinental Light
Welterweight title in ruthless
fashion.
Originally scheduled to fight
Frenchman Lyes Chaibi, who
pulled out on very short notice
due to injury, Coggi instead
fought an out-gunned Martin
Severo from Uruguay. Severo was
game enough, and despite taking
the fight only a few days ago he
tried valiantly to find a way to
win.
However, fighting Live on CN23
TV in Argentina and streamed
world-wide, Coggi was too
motivated and determined to
impress, keeping a high pace but
boxing well from a distance and
landing hard shots both from
range and when on the inside.
With iconic father Juan Martin
Coggi, the former WBA world
champion, in his corner, he was
not going to be denied on this
night. In round eight it was all
over as Coggi found the
equalizer that flattened Severo,
sending his foe to the canvas
hard.
At that point Uruguayan referee
Martin Carnevale wisely, and
quickly, waved it off, saving
his fellow countryman from
further punishment. “El
Principito” Coggi had won every
round on all three judges
scorecards at the time of the
stoppage.
Now in the hunt for another shot
at world championship glory,
Coggi (33) improved his
professional ledger to 34-7-3
(17), while Severo (28) drops to
12-6-2 (5). The fight was
promoted by Latigo Boxing
Promotions, headed by Yesica
Coggi, older sister of the new
champion.
Also on Saturday, German
underdog Philipp Kolodziej
outfought and stopped local
favourite Abdelkahim Derghal to
win the vacant World Boxing
Federation (WBF) International
Super Middleweight title at the
Complexe Sportiff in Denain,
France.
Kolodziej scored two knock-downs
from body-shots in the second
round, and another one in round
three, before finally putting an
end to the onslaught in round
seven with a left hook to the
liver. Only massive heart from
Derghal kept the fight going as
long as it did.
Kolodziej, a 26-year-old
Southpaw from Wuppertal,
improved his record to 9-5 (6).
Algerian-born Derghal (38),
having likely fought for the
last time after sixteen years as
a pro, falls to 17-14-1 (8). The
fight headlined a show promoted
by Mohamed Derghal.
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