There were two good cards in République française over the weekend and we start on Saturday's action at Salle L'Albanais in Rumilly where local man Sebastien Madani upset reigning French Light Middleweight Champion Alban Mothie over twelve rounds.

Madani followed up his WBC Mediterranean title winning effort in December with his 18th consecutive victory in front of a raging hometown crowd in this mountainous town in the French Alps, just 50 miles from Geneva, Switzerland.

Turning up in fantastic physical shape, Madani never let the champion into fight as he pressed Mothie and kept the Châtellerault man on the defensive for the entire bout despite Mothie's best efforts to reverse the tide.

After a cautious first round, the early part of the contest saw Madani force Mothie onto the backfoot behind a torrent of hooks and while the champion managed to slip most of the shots, there were a good many that found the mark.

The sixth frame saw Madani swarm over Mothie and hurt the champion, who had to draw upon his long experience to survive before backing off the challenger by round's end.

The ninth saw the two engage in a terrific slugfest that had Mothie teetering on the edge but Madani was unable to finish the job before cruising to a unanimous decision victory.

Sebastien Madani improves to 25-1 (7) and wins the French Light Middleweight title while Alban Mothie drops to 28-18-3 (8) and sees the end to his second reign as domestic champ.

On Friday, the Palais des Sports in Toulon saw a good bill headlined by local hot prospect Jeremy Parodi, 20-0-1 (7), who annexed the vacant European Union Super Bantam title with a solid twelve round points decision against Italian Champion Fabrizio "Popeye" Trotta, 12-4-2 (4).

Also on the card, French Welter Champion Frank Harroche Horta, 16-6-3 (4), won his sixth straight while pulling out a narrow eight round split decision against Frederic Serre, 7-3 (2), in a non-title rematch.

One of the best female light welters in the world, Myriam Lamare, 16-2 (9), won her third straight since losing two WBA/European title fights to Anne Sophie Mathis by forcing a referee stoppage in the third of British southpaw Angel McKenzie, 2-9 (0), in a rematch.

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