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It was a highly anticipated
event for professional boxing in
Switzerland as local favourite
Patrick Kinigamazi took on Juan
Jose Farias from Argentina for
the vacant World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World Super
Featherweight title on Friday,
June 9, in Geneva.
And while things started out
slow in the first three rounds,
the fight as a whole didn’t
disappoint. The action picked up
considerably in round four, and
in the fifth Rwanda-born
Kinigamazi landed a solid
body-shot to floor Farias. The
Argentinian beat the count of
referee Ignacio Conejero, and
survived the round.
But he would be in more trouble
in round six, as Kinigamazi now
knew he could hurt his foe and
stepped up his aggressiveness.
Coming forward and landing to
both body and head, it was a
left hook that send Farias down
a second time.
Kinigamazi was deducted a point
for hitting Farias just after he
took a knee, and again Farias
beat the count and came back
strong to finish the stanza. It
was a very eventful affair
indeed, and both fighters showed
how much they wanted to win.
In round seven everything turned
around, as Farias managed to
land several hard punches. He
shook Kinigamazi to his core,
and went all out to seize the
moment and force the stoppage.
Kinigamazi looked very close to
going down, but somehow stayed
upright long enough to be saved
by the bell.
After a more even and uneventful
round eight, the home-man was
back on top again from round
nine. He knocked Farias down in
the ninth, tenth and eleventh,
but every time the extremely
game Argentinian got up and
continued to fight his chance.
In fact, Farias finished the
fight very strongly as he threw
caution to the wind in an
attempt to secure what would
have been an amazing come-back
victory. But it was not to be,
as Kinigamazi knew he was well
ahead on points and did his best
to stay out of trouble.
Judges Beat Hausammann and
Jean-Marcel Nartz both scored
the fight 116-107, and judge
Thomas Zimmermann had it
117-106. Kinigamazi improves his
record to 27-2 (3), Farias falls
to 18-10-1 (13). The fight was
promoted by Tundra Promotions.
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