Jkitou defeats Natchoo, wins EBU title and defends WBC International

Per–Ake Persson

Bilel Jkitou (21-2) won the vacant EBU middleweight title and defended his WBC International title, defeating on Saturday night in Nanterre, France his countryman Diego Natchoo (31-4-5) by unanimous decision.

Natchoo was down in the first but got up and gave Jkitou a tough fight to the end but lost on scores of 118-109, 119-108 and 120-107.

In Spain on Saturday night was also fought for a EBU title. Rafael Acosta (16-1) defeated Frank Urquiaga (21-5-1) via unanimous decision (118:110, 118:110 and 117:112) in the fight for vacant EBU European lightweight title.

In Goeppingen, Germany on Saturday, Dream Boxing, Ruhe Boxing and Firat Arslan joined forces for a big event topped by a fight for the WBA Gold heavyweight title and Lani Daniels defending the IBF super-middleweight.

Daniels (11-4-2) she lost the title to German Sarah Scheurich (7-0) by a unanimous decision.

In the WBA Gold title fight Temur Mamoyan (11-0) wore down Djuar El Scheich (23-2-1) and won a stoppage in the eighth round. The show was streamed by DAZN and featured a poor undercard.

And in Hamburg, heavyweights Peter Kadiru (21-1) and Felix Langberg (17-2) headlined a show at the Sporthalle Braamkamp and both a bit two easily against overmatched opponents.

Langberg stopped 47-year-old Argentinian Ruben Acosta in the fourth round while Kadiru stopped Selcuk Tezer in the first round of a mismatch.