By Mark Vester
At the Palais des Sport Marcel Cerdan in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France, Souleymane M'baye (39-3-1, 21KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over previously undefeated Antonin Decarie (23-1, 7KOs) to capture the interim-WBA welterweight title. The scores were 116-113, 116-113 and 116-112. M'baye dropped Decarie in the fourth round. M'baye gets himself in position to challenge full champion Vyacheslav Senchenko.