By Per-Åke Persson French bantamweight prospect Ibrahim Boukedim (6-0) defends the WBC Youth title on November 18 in Metz against Mexican Erick “Paris” Lopez (10-0-1). Boukedim, writes L’Équipe, resides in Dubai, where he operates a gym, but is currently training in Japan. He won the Youth title with a victory over Argentinian Tiago Dylan Gonzalez earlier this year, and this is his first defense. The 22-year-old Lopez has mainly fought four- and…
This story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.
For three weeks, Ibrahim Boukedim trained in Tokyo, Japan, home to the best boxers in his weight class. On September 18 in Metz, the undefeated Lorraine native will defend his world youth bantamweight title against Mexican Erick Yahir Lopez.