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It was an evening of mixed
fortunes for the local
favourites on Sunday, September
11, at the Hall Omnisport in
Rebecq, Belgium. Two World
Boxing Federation (WBF) titles
were on the line, but only one
of them stayed in Belgium when
the night was over.
Fighting for the vacant WBF
Intercontinental Welterweight
title, Cedric Tita got off to a
good start in his encounter with
Ukrainian-born Polish banger
Mykola Vovk, and in the first
three rounds he continuously
befuddled the visitor with nice
movement and fast punching.
But in the fourth round, after
suffering a cut eye, Tita made
the mistake of standing in front
of Vovk to trade punches, which
suited his opponent better than
it did him. Vovk started to take
over, and was soon in control of
the fight and putting on the
pressure.
With hard punches to body and
head, Vovk scored three
knock-downs in round four, and
while Tita, 8-9-1 (5), gamely
beat the counts of referee
Brahim Ait Aadi every time, it
was clear that the end was near.
After three more knock-downs in
rounds five and six, Aadi
stopped the fight and declared
Vovk, now 11-1 (8), the new
champion.
In the co-headliner of the show
promoted by Nicolas Vinet,
Matingu Kindele captured the
vacant WBF International Super
Middleweight title with a
unanimous decision over
Congolese Evariste Kabongo,
after ten competitive and
well-fought rounds.
Kindele came out aggressive from
the start, but after weathering
the storm Kabongo found his
rhythm from the second round and
started to move well and use his
jab effectively. Kindele was
always looking to land his hard
power-shots, but Kabongo proved
tricky and difficult to hit with
combinations.
It was a fight with two very
different styles, and the
come-forward style of Kindele,
who improved to 8-5 (3), was the
most effective in the end.
Judges Philippe Wouters, Toni
Tiberi and Bhahim Ait Aadi all
scored the fight in his favour
by 97-93. Kabongo´s record dips
to 9-9-3 (1).
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