By Nate Anderson: EBU (European) bantamweight champion Ian Napa (18-7, 1 KOs) lost his title on Saturday night in a disappointing 12-round unanimous decision loss to French challenger Malik Bouziane (11-1, 1 KOs) at the Leisure Center, in Newham, London. The final judges’ scores were 115-113, 118-110 and 117-110, all for Bouziane. Using a lot of movement, along with his seven inch height advantage, the 5’8” Bouziane never let Napa get in close enough to make the fight competitive.
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News: Cunningham Impressed WIth Afolabi’s Win; Price-Ingleby on March 28th
Former IBF Cruiserweight King Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham, who lost his crown by close split decision to Poland’s Tomasz ‘Goral’ Adamek after their “fight of the year” nominated battle in December ‘08, praises Ola ‘Kryptonite’ Afolabi for his stunning ninth round knockout of former WBO cruiserweight champion Enzo ‘Big Mac’ Maccarinelli on the 14th March to take the vacant interim-WBO title.
News: Maskaev vs. Boruff This Saturday; Valero-Pitalua, Napa-Bouziane
This Saturday an historic webcast will take place as former WBC Heavyweight champion of the World, Oleg Maskaev battles Richie Boruff in an important Heavyweight tussle that will take place at the Ice Palace in Sarunsk, Russia.
All the action will take place on www.gofightlive.tv beginning at 11am eastern time for a price of just $4.99.