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Former
Moroccan national champion
Yassine Ettabouti
and Bakhtiyar Isgandarzada from
Azerbaijan will square off for
the vacant World Boxing
Federation (WBF) Eurasia Light
Welterweight title on Saturday,
December 10, at the Hall
Monconseil in Tours, France.
Billed as “Les Princes Du Ring”,
the scheduled ten-rounder is the
main event of a five-bout show
promoted by Association Elbaja
Boxing Academy de Tours, and
must be considered a significant
step up in class for Ettabouti
in what will be his first
international
championship fight.
While it will also be his first
professional fight outside his
native country, Ettabouti, so
far 9-1 (1) in the paid ranks,
can expect big support on the
night, due to the large migrant
population of Moroccan origins
in France. There is no doubt
that the man from Casablanca
will be the “home fighter”!
But in Isgandarzada, 11-9 (4),
who has already been involved in
five fights over ten or twelve
rounds, and challenged for minor
titles against very respectable
opposition, he will be severely
tested by an opponent who is not
fazed by fighting in his
opponents back-yard.
It shapes up to be a noisy and
action-packed event in Tours,
and it remains to be seen if the
partisan crowd will work in
favor of Ettabouti, or if the
pressure and expectations will
be too much for him. Against
Isgandarzada he can not afford
to have an off-night.
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