Britain suffered its first real boxing defeat of the year last night when Belgian Ermano Fegatilli dethroned Salfords Steve Foster Jnr at the Reebok premier suite in Bolton. The Challenger Ermano became only the 2nd fighter in Belgian history to win the European title.
Immediatley after the fight the Foster camp blamed the defeat on a virus which sapped Steve Jnr energy???. Maybe there is a bit of truth in this because from round 6 onwards Foster severely tired and the light hitting Fegatilli was able to floor the champion 5 times. The fight started quite even both fighters probably winning 2 of the first 4 rounds. Fegatilli did look a little faster although Foster Jnr seemed to be landing the harder shots especially to the body.
The 5th was Fosters Jnrs biggest round and he dominated the Belgian and then looked like taking over the fight but when the 6th started Foster jnr seemed to lack energy and was content to sit on the ropes whilst Fegatilli blasted away. Now as mentioned before Fegatilli isn't a big puncher (5 kos in 22) tell you that but he was beginning to repeatably hurt foster to the body. I had the fight even going into the 9th but then the fight began to go sour for the champion as Fegatilli dropped him with a vicious body shot. Foster took an 8 count and survived the round.
Body shots then floored Foster 3 times in the 10th. Foster was very lucky there wasn't a 3 knockdown rule as the fight would have been over but now he was way behind on the cards (i had it 96-90) and his corner were very close to throwing in the towel. The 11 th went the same way for Fegatilli as he floored Foster Jnr again , this time it did look that Maurice Hope in Fosters corner was going to end the fight but he gave his fighter the benefit of the doubt which when using the "virus" claim could have been dangerous for Foster.
Credit where credits due. Foster came out in the 12th clearly still hurt but he pushed himself forward throwing punches and won the round. Fegatilli seemed to play it safe as he knew with 5 knockdowns he had the fight in the bag. It was a great effort by the Belgian and a great bit of bravery by Foster Jnr to see the fight out.
The judges had this fight closer than many on TV and on the boxing forums sites etc. My full scorecard is below along with Eastsideboxing member (put em up). As always i have added the scores from all the boxing sites , TV etc
BOXINGSCORECARD PUT EM UP
Round 1.....10-9 Foster jnr..............................................10-9 Foster Jnr
Round 2.....10-9 Fegatilli.................................................10-9 Fegatilli
Round 3.....10-9 Fegatilli.................................................10-9 Fegatilli
Round 4.....10-9 Foster Jnr.............................................10-9 Fegatilli
Round 5.....10-9 Foster Jnr.............................................10-9 Foster Jnr
Round 6.....10-9 Foster jnr............................................. 10-9 Foster Jnr
Round 7.....10-9 Fegatilli.................................................10-9 Fegatilli
Round 8.....10-9 Fegatilli.................................................10-9 Fegatilli
Round 9.....10-8 Fegatilli.................................................10-8 Fegatilli
Round 10...10-6 Fegatilli.................................................10-6 Fegatilli
Round 11...10-8 Fegatilli.................................................10-8 Fegatilli
Round 12...10-9 Foster Jnr.............................................10-9 Foster Jnr
TOTAL.....115-108 FEGATILLI....................................116-107 FEGATILLI
Judges Scorecards : Franco Chiminale... 114-110 Fegatilli
Soren Saugmann .. 114-109 Fegatilli
Arnold Golger.........114-109 Fegatilli
ERMANO FEGATILLI WINS BY UNANIMOUS DECISION
TV, Boxing Forums , Websites and Written Press Scores
Glen McCrory (sky)..... 116-107 Fegatilli
Bob Mee (sky)..... 115-108 Fegatilli
John Rawling (sky).... Fegatilli won clearly
Alexey Sukachev (boxingscene)...115-108 Fegatilli
Boxingscene forum...4-0 in favor of Fegatilli , 1 card of 117-108 was posted
Eastsideboxing forum ...9-0 in favor of Fegatilli , cards..116-107 , 115-108
Boxrec forum...9-0 in favor of Fegatilli , cards..116-107 , 116-110 , 116-108
Budweiser Forum...3-0 in favor of Fegatilli , cards..119-110 , 117-108 , 115-108
Boxing Asylum forum...1-0 in favor of Fegatilli , card...115-108
Saddo Boxing Forum...2-0 in favor of Fegatill although no cards were left
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