On Thursday night, May 1, in Hamburg, Germany, Dutch-based Syrian Alaa Al Mahmoud became the new World Boxing Federation (WBF) world Super Middleweight champion.
On a show promoted by Boxen im Norden, the 28-year-old stopped local man Alexander Pavlov in four rounds to win the vacant title in impressive style.
The new world champion improved his undefeated record to 12-0 (9), while the much more experienced Pavlov drops to 22-6 (16).
In the evenings co-feature, WBF women’s world Super Bantamweight champion Phannarai Netisri made her fourth successful defense against gritty Mexican Isis Vargas Perez.
After ten rounds of boxing, all three judges saw Netisri as the winner by scores of 97-93 (Irene Kostenko), 98-92 (Frank Michael Maass) and 96-94 (Janine Schilling).
Born in Thailand but based in Germany her entire pro career, Netisri is now 17-0 (6). Vargas Perez, a former WBC world title-challenger, falls to 10-7 (3).
