
Adam Azim Drops Franck Petitjean Twice, Stops Him in Tenth For EBU Title
Civic Hall, Wolverhampton - For the EBU super lightweight title, Adam Azim (10-0, 7 KOs) broke down and stopped Franck Petitjean (24-7-3, 6 KOs) in the tenth round.
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Civic Hall, Wolverhampton - For the EBU super lightweight title, Adam Azim (10-0, 7 KOs) broke down and stopped Franck Petitjean (24-7-3, 6 KOs) in the tenth round.

Adam Azim banged his chest in celebration as he stepped off the scale. The unbeaten junior welterweight was a comfortable 139.3 pounds in a bid become the quickest male boxer to win a European (EBU) title. By comparison, France’s Franck Petitjean looked drained but still came in right at the 140-pound limit as the defending EBU junior welterweight titlist for their 12-round main event Saturday from Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England.

Richard Riakporhe will return to ring on Saturday November 18th. He will take on France’s Dylan Bregeon. Riakporhe (16-0, 12 KO’s) is the WBO’s number one ranked cruiserweight and must beat two-time European title

WBO #1-ranked cruiserweight contender Riakporhe faces two-time European title challenger Bregeon in battle to remain on course for 2024 world title shot.

Michal Cieslak claimed the European cruiserweight title by dropping and stopping Dylan Bregeon in four rounds in his native Poland. The 34-year-old from Radom has lost in two previous world title challenges but claimed the EBU strap here with an efficient beatdown of Bregeon.

It's official: Polish Knockout Promotions, headed by Andrzej Wasilewski, announced today that the fight for the vacant WBC bridgerweight championship between Lukasz Rozanski (14-0) and Croatian Alen "The Savage" Babic (11-0) will go ahead on April 22 in Rzeszow.

As previously reported, EBU featherweight champion Jordan Gill (27-1-1) defends the title against veteran Kiko Martinez (43-11-2) on October 29 at the Wembley Arena in London on a Matchroom promotion. This is also an IBF eliminator, writes Espabox and if Martinez wins he might get a rematch against Josh Warrington, who stopped Martinez under controversial circumstances using his head more than his fists.

French Y12, headed by promoter Yohan Zaoui, did it again and won purse bids for the fight for the vacant EBU super welterweight title between German Abass Baraou (12-1) and Frenchman Milan Prat (17-0) with an offer for 120,000 Euro - which is serious money in this weight division and for a European title. Abass promoter Wasserman Boxing bid 75,305 Euro.

Grande Synthe, France - French hotshot Milan Prat (15-0) won the IBF Youth title with an easy stoppage of much shorter, overmatched and overweight Mexican Jose Angel Flores Chan (9-6-2).

Rising French super welterweight Milan Prat (14-0-1) goes for the vacant IBF Youth title on April 8 in the headliner of Euro Prom's show in Grande Synthe. Prat is in against Mexican Jose Angel Flores Chan (9-5-2).