A high-level international gala: the story of the kick boxing evening in Nîmes, with a world championship

Frenchman Hamidi retained his world title against Korean Yoon. FREE MIDI – ROMAIN FIORE

Alésien Romann Laroudie (red shorts) winner of the Gard duel against Nîmes Doudou Ayou, black shorts FREE NOON – Romain Fiore

The Catalan Aurore Llorens (golden shorts) won the women's clash against Clara Pennequin. FREE NOON – Romain Fiore

Alassane Kamara (red shorts) dominated Mathieu Tavares (blue-red-gold) in one of the three main events of the evening.ts main event FREE NOON – Romain Fiore

The 4th edition of the Boxing fighters system, kick boxing gala, took place in Nîmes, Saturday March 9. Parnassus was full and the fights, including the world championship, kept their promises.

For its fourth edition, the BFS (Boxing fighters system) took place for the first time at Parnasse and succeeded in filling it on Saturday. In front of more than 3,000 people, it was above all an opportunity to bring together 10 professional fights, including a WKN world championship which concluded the evening in apotheosis.

French Hamidi on Korean Yoon: "I'm very proud to have beaten him"

The French Akram Hamidi (Team Valente) put his belt back on the line (- 54 kg) against the Korean Deok Jae Yoon, a formidable opponent on the Japanese circuit. The Strasbourg resident quickly noticed it during the five-round fight: "He’s a boxer who didn’ come for nothing, I’ felt that he saw that he was in trouble and that he was trying to knock me out. I am very proud to have beaten him". Thanks to controlled and calm boxing, Hamidi logically won, thus retaining his world title.

The two Gardois seduce as amateurs

In the only amateur fight of the day, which opened the gala, two Gardois were on display. Romann Laroudie (Full contact Cévennes), the Alésien who has just been crowned French junior champion in his under 71 kg category, dazzled the room by winning against Doudou Ayou, although at home in Nîmes. "I tried to box more calmly from the 2nd and 3rd rounds. Cardio and experience made the difference. I was able to let the storm pass and it worked", rejoiced Laroudie in the locker room.

Then, in this evening with an international atmosphere, the first professional fight saw the Italian Luca Anglesio, 18, dominate the Belgian Morro Vecio on points. The French Fabio Lois (Team Spica) and Thomas Kerroumi (Team HH) also won on points against foreigners. Clément Adrover (Club

The twins on the track

In the Franco-French duels, Yoann Trille (KD Boxing) narrowly won against Christopher Walter (Team Valente), then Dawson Delys (Team Spica), who did not win was able to face Tra Nesmone, fell back on Damien Grégoire, warned two days before the fight and knocked out in the 1st round.

In the Kamara family (Club Émergence), then, I first ask Alfousseynou, fighter in – 77 kg and European French boxing champion, but beaten by the Belgian Aziz Felak. Then his twin brother Alassane, 3 times French champion in – 71 kg and defeated his compatriot Mathieu Tavares in one of the three main events of the gala.

"It’was an intense fight, from start to finish it’was strategic, said& nbsp;the winner of the evening. I had to protect myself more than usual because he hits hard, but I had more cardio, and I knew how to score points from the touchline. »

And the best French woman is…

The third being the only women's clash, between the Catalan Aurore Llorens, reigning European champion, and the Roubaisian Clara Pennequin, reigning WAKO world and French champion in – 63 kg. Or the two best French women in – 61 kg. If the two young fighters were still undefeated, the judges decided after 3 close rounds in favor of Llorens (Carcharias Boxing club).

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