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Championship fights in three
French cities on Saturday night,
April 14, set the scene for
another busy night of action for
the World Boxing Federation
(WBF). A World Champion was
crowned in Henin-Beaumont, while
Dieppe and Rumilly saw local
heroes take home Eurasia titles.
In the headliner of a show
promoted by Boxing Club Heninois
at the Espace Francois Mitterand
in Henin-Beaumont, Oshin Derieuw
won the vacant WBF Womens World
Light Welterweight title with a
land-slide unanimous decision
over Lina Tejada from the
Dominican Republic.
Tejada was always in the fight
and dangerous with heavy left
hooks and hard right hands, but
Derieuw out-worked her in almost
every round. Both boxers had
good body-movement and quick
feet, so very few hard shots
landed from either.
The out-put from Derieuw made
the difference, and judges
Christian Roesen and Hugues
Hellebaut saw her winning by a
100-90 shut-out. Judge Mohamed
Hireche had it slightly closer
at 99-91. Referee was Christophe
Hembert.
Oshin Derieuw improved her
professional record to 8-0 (4),
and becomes the first boxer in
history to win WBF
International, WBF
Intercontinental and WBF World
titles in three consecutive
outings. Lina Tejada sees her
record dip to 11-5 (9).
In Dieppe, at the Maison des
Sports, Romain Tilliot firmly
resurrected his up-and-down
career by winning the vacant WBF
Eurasia Super Middleweight title
in a back-and-forth battle
against Serbian hope Novak
Radulovic.
They took turns in gaining the
momentum of the fight, and it
always looked as if both could
eventually take over and win. As
they entered the tenth and final
round both appeared to be very
tired from giving and taking,
but Tilliot managed to find the
strength to finish conclusively.
With just over a minute left of
the fight he landed flush on the
chin of Radulovic, scoring a
heavy knock-down. Clearly hurt,
the Serbian beat the count of
referee Bertrand Chagnoux, but
when Tilliot landed a one-two on
his guard right after, Radulovic
went down again and the fight
was halted. Time of stoppage was
2:15.
Five years into his professional
career, and with many fights
boxing out of the “opponents
corner”, Romain Tilliot (30) is
finally a champion and takes his
ledger to a misleading 10-10
(2). 22-year-old Novak Radulovic
is now 7-2-1 (3). Promoter: Ring
Olympique Dieppois.
At the Salle L´Albanais in
Rumilly it looked as if an upset
was on the cards early on, as
Georgian Giorgi Gogebashvili
came out fast in round one and
caught Mehdi Madani off guard in
their fight for the vacant WBF
Eurasia Middleweight title.
Gogebashvili landed some hard
shots, while the local man did
next to nothing.
However, Madani weathered the
storm and quickly took over in
round two. Gogebashvili had two
points deducted in the third for
holding and head-butting, and
suffered two knock-downs in
round five from a hook to the
liver and a vicious uppercut.
In round six it was all over, as
a battered Gogebashvili, far
behind on the cards, went to the
centre of the ring and informed
referee Smail Alitouche he had
had enough, consequently making
Madani the winner by technical
knockout.
Winning his first professional
title, the new WBF Eurasia
Middleweight Champion goes to
15-8-1 (1), while Gogebashvili
travels back to his home-town of
Gori at 12-8-2 (8). The fight
was the main event of a show
promoted by Gerard Teysseron.
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