In front of a packed Gymnase Claudius Caillot in Betheny, France, local hero Ibrahim Traore just came up short in his bid to win the vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF) International Cruiserweight title on Saturday night, February 24.
Traore came from behind against undefeated Czech co-challenger Rostislav Zich, and finished strong, but it was a bit too late as the fight was ruled a draw.
It was an exciting fight between evenly matched boxers, and the visitor starting fast and confident only to be out-worked by Traore in the second half.
Judge Marc Lemiere scored the fight 95-95, while judge Bruno Dubois scored it 96-94 for Traore and judge Vincent Dupas saw it 97-93 for Zich.
Traore is now 9-9-1 (2), while Zich stays unbeaten at 6-0-2 (3) and the WBF title remains vacant.
The fight was promoted by Cosmo Boxing Promotions.
