Ghanaian referee, Erasmus Owoo was in the middle for the first of three professional bouts at the IBA Champions Night last in Dubai, officiating two-time world champion Muslim Gadzhimagomedov of Russia’s round 9 TKOwin over Artur Mann of Germany.
According to our man in UAE Prince Dornu, in the main event of the IBA Champions’ Night Dubai on Saturday night, Albert Batyrgazie of Russia retained his perfect record after inflicting a first prodefeat on Lazaro Alvarez of Cuba in the first ever IBA professional title fight in history, over 10 rounds. Winner received 300,000 USD and the loser, 200k USD.
By Sammy Heywood Okine
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