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South African veteran Danie
Venter is the new World Boxing
Federation World Cruiserweight
Champion after defeating Shawn
“The Sniper” Cox from Barbados
for the vacant title on Saturday
night, September 21, at the
Heartfelt Arena in Pretoria.
Venter put on a fantastic
performance as he destroyed the
usually dangerous Cox in the
first round. Already inside the
first few seconds Venter knocked
Cox down, and he didn’t waste
any time following up to finish
the fight with some ferocious
punching later in the stanza.
After the crowning moment of his
ten years as a professional,
Venter, who represented his
country in the 2000 Sydney
Olympics, improved his ledger to
18-6 (13). Shawn Cox, losing his
second shot at world honours
after winning a few regional
titles, dropped to 17-3 (16).
In the co-feature of a massive
card, Daniel Bruwer won the
vacant WBF International
Cruiserweight title with an
impressive victory over
Switzerland-based Algerian
Sofiane Sebihi.
The two traded shots in the
early rounds and each had their
share of success, but as the
fight progressed it was Bruwer
who proved the stronger man.
After a few knockdowns that
helped ware down the durable
Sebihi, Bruwer eventually
finished the job in style by
knocking his man out in round
eight.
Bruwer, who is also the reigning
South African national champion,
improved his professional record
to 24-5-1 (21), while Sebihi
falls to 20-5 (14).
In the evening’s third WBF title
fight, up-and-comer Kevin Lerena
captured his paid careers first
championship when he captured
the vacant All Africa
Cruiserweight crown in an
explosive performance against
Ghanaian and West African
Champion Ibrahim Labaran.
Lerena was a level above the
visitor, and dominated Labaran
from the start, knocking him
down in the first round and
finally stopping him in the
second.
With much promise for the
future, 21-year-old Lerena takes
his record to 8-0 (6), and sends
Labaran back to Accra with his
third career defeat (10-3, 9
KOs) after ten straight
victories.
The impressive WBF Championship
tripleheader, dubbed “No Guts,
No Glory”, was promoted by Real
Steel Promotions, headed by
former world-class Super
Middleweight Andre Thysse.
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