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Veteran Brazilian danger-man
Anderson Clayton is the new
World Boxing Federation World
Super Welterweight Champion
after dethroning local hero
Sebastien “Coco” Madani by
second round technical knockout
in Rumilly, France on Saturday
night, April 27.
The visitor from Sao Paolo
stormed out at the first bell
and put pressure on Madani, and
clearly surprised the champion
with his aggression. One of the
first punches that connected on
the Frenchman quickly made his
right eye swell, and by the end
of the round it was almost
closed.
Clayton clearly won the first
round, and Madani, perhaps
seeing the writing on the wall,
tried to come back strong in
round two. But after consulting
with the ringside doctor twice,
referee Christophe Hembert
called a halt to the bout at one
minute of the round when it was
decided that Madani was unable
to continue with just one good
eye.
The new world champion, shed
tears of joy in the ring, but
immediately agreed to give
Madani a rematch as soon as
possible. Clayton improved his
record to 42-8 (37), while
Madani lost for only the second
time as a professional and drops
to 35-2 (10).
The fight was staged in front of
a sold-out crowd of 1600 by
Europrom, headed by accomplished
promoter Gerard Teysseron, and
went out Live in France on TV8
Mont Blanc.
On the same evening at the
tradition-rich York Hall in
London, England, Chris Goodwin
and Irishman Oisin Fagan were
supposed to contest the vacant
WBF Intercontinental Lightweight
title, but the fight was called
off when Goodwin, 16-2-1 (0), in
a show of gross
unprofessionalism, came in
massively overweight.
Fagan, 26-8 (15), was given the
choice to go ahead with the
title only being on the line for
him, but after much
consideration decided not to
fight.
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