By Per Ake Persson

French flyweight Vincent Legrand (24-0) won the vacant EBU title with a landslide points win over veteran Valery Yanchy (25-5-2) - and 1-4-2 in fights for the EBU title with two of the losses by split or majority decisions) last night in Boulougne-sur-Mer in northern France. The judges had it 119-99, 119-99 and 118-100. Legrand has long been hailed as one of the best flyweights in Europe and on this occasion he proved it.

EU bantamweight champion Omar Lamiri (18-2)  retained the title with a unanimous decision over Anthony Buquet (13-8-2). After twelve it was scored 116-111, 116-112 and 119-108.

Middleweight Karim Abdessalam (16-10-1) won the French title with a ten round points win over Davey Armand (21-5-2). It was scored 97-93 twice and 98-92.

The show was promoted by EuroProm headed by Gerard Teysseron.

IN OTHER NEWS: Massive Hungarian Zsolt Bogdan was too big and powerful for fellow undefeated Revaz Karelishvili from Georgia, as he won the vacant Universal Boxing Organization™ World Heavyweight title on Saturday night (November 12) at the City Sporthall in Szegszard, Hungary.

After a fairly even first round with noth much between them, Bogdan came out aggressive in round two and put big pressure on Karelishvili.

The Georgian tried to fire back, but he was forced on the back foot and struggled to find success.

It was more of the same in round three, and it was just a matter of time before Bogdan landed with some of his big shots.

A left hook rocked Karelishvili and send him down, and when referee Janos Baranyi reached the count of eight he decided it was all over and waved the fight off at 1:03 of the round.

Fighting on a show promoted by Tibor Feja and his Fight Night Show Promotions, televised by Hungary DigiSport, the new UBO World Heavyweight Champion took his professional ledger to 12-0 (8). Karelishvili travels back to Gori at 7-1 (6).