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2:12 a.m. – WBC Youth Welterweight Intercontinental Championship – Anthony Loffet’s dream didn’t last half a round


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26-06-22 at 02:12

in Coventry (United Kingdom)

It took just 66 seconds for 20-year-old Adam Azim, “the future of British boxing”, according to reunion promoter Ben Shalom, to snatch the WBC Youth Intercontinental Welterweight title (between 61.237 and 63.503 kg), Saturday evening at the Skydome in Coventry. ten rounds. Barely raised, he again inflicted a terrible left uppercut on him, then two other right hooks which made Loffet falter, while a new hail of blows fell on him. It was already time for the Belgian’s corner to throw in the towel, with referee Kevin Parker stopping the massacre. It was the second time in two days that a boxer from the Giuliani brothers’ GMG Promotion gave up on the way to a title, visibly out of reach, against a vastly superior opponent. Amaury Massenaux had indeed been the valiant rival, but for only seven of the twelve rounds, of the Frenchman Milan Prat, crowned EBU champion of the European Union of super-welterweights (between 66.678 and 69.853 kg), Friday in Massy, ​​in the Essone. Drunk with happiness, Adam Azim gratified the Skydome audience with dancing and Cristiano Ronaldo’s famous “Siuuu”. “It’s the first in a long series of titles,” said the Englishman from Slough, unbeaten in five fights, all victorious, including four before the limit. “I do indeed want many more, and I will have them …” Loffet, 24, champion of the French-speaking League, suffered the second defeat of his career, for eight victories (Belga)

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