European Boxing Results: Monrose Stuns Jensen To Take Cruiserweight Title

It was shock-city last night for European Cruiserweight Champion Johny Jensen as the Dane was hammered in a single round by challenger Jean Marc Monrose at the Palais des Sports in Marseilles, France.

Monrose, 24-1 (15), got off to a fast start and reeled off a series of left hooks that shook Jensen badly before the Frenchman canvassed the champion with uppercuts. Jensen, 23-1-2 (10), made ot to his feet in time but was unable to defend himself from a barrage by Monrose and the bout was called off at 1:30 of the first.

The 26 year old Marseilles based Monrose wins his 24th fight in a row to become the new European Cruiserweight king while Jensen tastes the sting of defeat for the first time in his seven year professional career.

Another reigning European Champ bit the dust last night when Italy’s Andrea Sarritzu was stopped in a rematch with France’s Bernard Inom at Pala Santoru in Sassari on the Mediterranean island of Sardegna.

The flyweights went at it hot and heavy until Inom nailed Sarritzu to the floor in the fourth but the champion beat the count and the action resumed. It was a torrid affair until the eighth frame when Inom again hit paydirt and levelled Sarritzu before stopping the Italian shortly afterward.

Bernard Inom gains revenge for his loss to Sarritzu last year as well as the European Flyweight title, moving his record to 19-1-1 (10), while Andrea Sarritzu falls to 27-4-4 (10).

At the Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium, European Welterweight titlist Jackson Osei Bonsu, 28-1 (23), retained his belt for the fourth time by outpointing Ukrainian Viktor Plotnikov, 19-1 (9).

Bonsu started in the offensive right away, hammering the challenger with both hands while Plotnikov covered up and tried to counter between the champion’s big shots.

In the second half of the bout, Plotnikov sensed that Bonsu had begun to tire and went on the offensive, taking the seventh and eighth frames with crisp boxing skills but the Eastern European couldn’t shut down Bonsu.

Plotnikov became desperate in the later rounds, winging big shots but was unsuccessful in his attempt to turn the fight around as Bonsu was awarded the unanimous decision to keep the European bauble.