No German boxer held until Saturday night a world champion belt - then came light heavyweight Dominic Bösel. The Freyburger won against Swedish IBO champion Sven Fornling in the night of Sunday with a knockout in round eleven and picked up the IBO title and the world championship belt of the higher ranked World Association WBA.
The World Cup title of the WBA was declared as interim World Cup. It is exactly the belt that Henry Maske missed during his last world title fight in November 1996 at the unification fight with Virgil Hill. Maske was a live TV expert.
"By the sixth lap, I was clearly ahead, then I realized I could beat him, I felt he could not hurt me, so I wanted to knock him out," Bösel said of his tactics. The Swede had to be taken to a hospital for control after the fight. "I hope he's fine and he has no brain bleeding or anything," said Bösel.
Bösel plays "Katz und Maus"
In his 31st professional fight (1 defeat) Bösel of the SES boxing stable began in front of 3500 spectators concentrated in the fair arena of resounds, "although I was never so excited before a fight". With a right he put in lap one, the first effect hit. In round two Bösel had his opponent with a knockdown on the ground. Fornling scrambled up and became stronger, he scored especially in close combat.
Bösel had advantages from a distance, but was repeatedly forced into the corner by Fornling. As a result, the defending champion took the initiative, Bösel was able to free himself thanks to his survey again and again and let the Swedes auspowern. SES promoter Ulf Steinforth said, "Bösel is the smartest boxer I've ever had, he has the whole fight strategically planned, almost a master plan. " From round ten Bösel struck his opponent with a hail until referee Jean Robert Laine from Monaco broke off the fight.
