Fighting in his opponents home-town, Siril Makiadi produced one of his best performances to date when he won the vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF) World Cruiserweight title on Friday night, December 2.
In a battle of French compatriots at Le Zenith in Toulon, Makiadi beat local man Faisal Arrami by unanimous decision, improving his professional record to 14-2-2 (6) in the process. Arrami drops to 20-9-1 (10).
Arrami started the fight best and looked on his way to victory in the early stages, but from the fourth round Makiadi was the better man and he edged most of the rounds from that point on.
After twelve rounds of action, judges Bruno Dubois and Stephane Nicolo both scored the fight 117-111, while judge Marc Lemiere had it closer at 115-113.
The fight headlined a card promoted by Graine De Champion Association.
