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Christmas indeed came early for
Swiss boxing fans on Thursday,
December 13, at the sold-out
Cirque de Noel in Geneva, when
World Boxing Federation (WBF)
World Super Featherweight
Champion Patrick Kinigamazi took
on Scottish challenger Jordan
McCorry.
Making his third defense of the
WBF World title, Rwanda-born
Kinigamazi was faced with a very
determined and gritty opponent
in the man from Cambuslang on
the outskirts of Glasgow, and
while the champion eventually
took control when he found his
distance, McCorry battled hard
all the way to stay in the
fight.
In a great atmosphere, created
by local as well as quite a few
Scottish fans who had taken the
trip to Switzerland, it was a
very intense and heated contest,
with both men suffering cuts and
bruises from accidental
head-clashes.
None of them big punchers, this
was always very likely to go the
distance, and after twelve
rounds of what must be
considered a very serious
candidate for WBF Fight of the
Year honours, Kinigamazi was
awarded a hard-fought, but
deserved, unanimous decision.
Judge Robin Reid, the former
WBF, WBC and IBO World Champion,
scored the fight 116-114, while
judges Beat Hausammann and
Jean-Marcel Nartz had it wider
at 117-111 and 118-110, all for
Kinigamazi who improved to 30-2
(4). McCorry drops to 17-4-1
(4).
Promoter of the fight was Tundra
Promotions, in association with
Noblem Promotion and Boxclubs
Carouge.
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