Cedric Vitu Retains EBU Title, Decisions Isaac Real in Levallois

By Per Ake Persson

MK Event staged a big show at the Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan in Levallois last night billed as the Main Event.

In the biggest of the main events, super welterweight Cedric Vitu (45-2) retained the EBU title with a unanimous decision over Spanish challenger Isaac Real (16-2-1). It was scored 115-112, 115-113 and 116-112 after a hard-fought battle. Vitu was down late in third but came back later in the fight to outbox the challenger for a close win.

Maiva Hamadouche defended the female IBF super featherweight title with a TKO win in the ninth over Bulgarian Milena Koleva.

Franck Petitjean won the EU title at welterweight with a stoppage win over Italian challenger Samuele Esposito. It was called off in eighth. This fight was first scheduled for May of last year but Esposito pulled out at very short notice.

Samir Kasmi won the vacant French title at middleweight with a sixth round tko over Dame Seck.

Amateur star Souleyman Cissokho, a former AIBA pro, made his "real" pro debut and knocked out Hungarian Renato Goman in the first round. Goman was a late replacement for Artem Karpets.

Another AIBA pro, light heavyweight Mathieu Bauderlique returned from the "amateurs" (he won a bronze in Olympics in 2016) and outscored Belgian Matingu Kindele after six.

IN OTHER NEWS: IBF Intercontinental middle champion Orlando Fiordigiglio (26-1) defends the title against tough Frenchman Howard Cospolite (15-5-2) on March 11 at the Sports Palace Mens Sana in Siena (Italy) on a Boxe Loreni promotion.

Fiordigiglio suffered his sole loss in a fight for the EBU title against Cedric Vitu but has since won five straight.

In Cospolite he face an experienced fighter and Howard was on his way to win the EU title last year when he suffered a one punch knockout loss at the hands of Ruben Diaz. He drew with Patrice Sou Toke in his last fight the Francophone title at stake.