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Ilias “Assassin” Essaoudi, 12-0
(9), took aim at World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World Super
Welterweight Champion Rafael
Bejeran some time ago.
Consequently he was asked to
earn the opportunity in a fight
with former IBF World Champion
Kassim Ouma, so that's what he
did.
Last December the 28-year-old
German gritted out a close, but
deserved, unanimous decision
over Ouma (29-10-1), and on
April 8 at the Grosse Freiheit
36 in the St. Pauli quarter of
Hamburg he gets his shot at
Bejeran and the WBF world title.
Rafael “Karibik Tiger” Bejeran,
25-2-1 (11), became champion in
April of 2017 when he scored a
sixth round technical decision
over extremely game and tough
South African national titlist
Nkululeko “Bulldog” Mhlongo at
the same venue.
The Hamburg-based Dominican,
fighting out of Germany since
2010, stayed busy with a first
round demolition of Hungarian
former WBF Intercontinental
Middleweight ruler Attila Koros
in December, but this will be
his first title-defense.
With backing of the fans in his
adopted home-town, and his
considerable advantage in
experience, Bejeran must be
considered a favourite to retain
his crown. However, Essaoudi
proved his worth against Ouma,
and has long been confident that
he has what it takes to unseat
Bejeran.
Time will tell if The Assassin
has set his target too high, or
if The Tiger has bit off more
than he can chew.
Rafael Bejeran vs. Ilias
Essaoudi for the World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World Super
Welterweight title on April 8 in
Hamburg, Germany, is the main
event of s show promoted by
Boxen Im Norden.
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