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On Friday night, April 27, in
French port-city Calais, Ali
Yammouni excited his home-town
fans with a thrilling victory
over Georgian late substitute
Jaba Shalutashvili to win the
vacant World Boxing Federation
(WBF) International Middleweight
title.
It could only be described as an
all-out brawl between two boxers
with little defense, as they
took turns wobbling each-other
in almost every round. With very
few jabs or faints, it was
power-punches galore from start
to finish.
Yammouni, who got the better of
most exchanges, floored
Shalutashvili in the second
round with a short right
uppercut, but the Georgian beat
the count of referee Mohamed
Hireche and gamely fought back.
It was the only knock-down of
the fight, and it went all ten
rounds and to the scorecards.
Judges Christophe Hembert and
Jens Uwe Baum both scored it
97-92, while Edward Marshall had
it 99-90, all for 36-year-old
Yammouni who improved his
professional record to 11-6 (3).
Shalutashvili (29) drops to
25-21-1 (13).
On the same night, WBF Mexican
Lightweight Champion William
Zepeda made a successful first
defense of his title in
Culiacan, fending off the
challenge of Pedro Solis
Rodrigues on a show promoted by
Straight Jab Promotions and
Jaime Picos.
Zepeda was on the front foot
from round one, and relentlessly
pressured his foe with effective
punches to both body and head.
It was all over in round five,
when the referee had seen enough
and stopped a completely
overwhelmed Rodriguez, still on
his feet but trapped in a
corner.
Only twenty-one years old,
“Camaron” Zepeda is quickly
making a name for himself with
his all-action style, as he
impressively took his ledger to
14-0 (12). Pedro “Latigo” Solis
Rodriguez (25), game but
out-gunned, is now 9-4 (5).
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