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Frenchman Nicholas Salsi won his
fourth fight in a row to capture
the vacant World Boxing
Federation (WBF) Eurasia
Cruiserweight title on Thursday,
January 25, in Grenoble, only a
few kilometres from his
home-town Pont-de-Claix.
Salsi (36), who improved his
record to 9-4-1 (3), faced game
22-year-old Georgian Paata
Aduashvili, 24-21-3 (16), and
impressed a nice crowd at the
Salle Malherbes, winning his
first professional title by
fifth round technical knockout.
Aduashvili came out strong and
fast in the first round, but was
unlucky to get an eight-count
after what seemed to be a slip
when his feet tangled with
Salsi´s. Rounds two and three
were fairly even, with both men
having their moments, and it
looked as if it would be a long,
hard night for the local
favourite.
But in round four Salsi landed a
clean body-shot to score a
genuine knock-down. Aduashvili
beat the count of referee
Stephane Nicolo, but he
continued to leave himself open
to body-punches. Salsi picked up
on this, and floored him again
with a beautiful left hook to
the body in round five.
Again the visitor beat the
count, but not long after Salsi
connected with a right hand to
the chin to score the fourth
knock-down of the fight. While
Aduashvili bravely got back on
his feet, referee Nicolo had
seen enough and wisely waved the
fight off. Time of stoppage was
2:30 of round five.
The fight headlined a show
promoted by Patrick Mallaizee.
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