It is in a very confidential atmosphere that Hugo Legros won the belt of champion of France super-bantamweight, this Saturday, at the Salamandre room of Pont-Sainte-Maxence.
During a fight played behind closed doors due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the boxer from the Olympic Boxing Club of Pont won on points (97-93, 96-94, 98-92) against Normand Thomas Barber, holder of the title, at the end of a bitter and close duel.
Upon learning of the judges' decision, the 27-year-old Picard long raised his arms to the sky, greeted by some applause.
Hugo Legros (now 11 V, 1 D, 2 N) is very offensive from the first exchanges.
If his opponent seeks to advance, the Pontois prints a significant rhythm, based on a large flow of blows.
Little by little, the fight hardens and becomes balanced.
"Come on Hugo, you'll rest tomorrow, don't even recover!"
»Encourages him his trainer, Giovanni Boggia, at the foot of the ring.
If the two boxers engage in an intense duel, neither of them manages to find the blow and too many attacks finish their races in the gloves.
An end of the fight to the advantage of Pontois
The super-rooster of Oise resumes its domination in the last rounds.
Faced with a physically blunt opponent, he finds more and more often the opening, and the end of the face-to-face meeting is to his advantage.
This will also be the case for the decision of the judges, unanimously.
Two years after having failed during his first attempt, while still wearing the colors of his former club Sérifontaine, Hugo Legros has finally won the national title.
“I had a good feeling, I felt that I had put the hardest blows, breathes the winner, his belt around the waist.
Thomas Barbier is a brave fighter, it is an honor to beat him.
It is happiness, there is no other word.
It is also a reward, because it was not won in advance.
I had not boxed for a year and a half, it was my first fight with my new club.
But, given the context, I also had the chance to be able to fight today… ”
BCO Pont's light heavyweight, Daniel Blenda Dos Santos,
defeated Serbian Aleksandar Petrovic by KO on the second round.
The Pontois thus won his twelfth success and remains undefeated.
