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Two French Olympic quarter-finalists fight among the pros on Friday

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Two quarter-finalists from the 2024 Olympic Games, Wassila Lkhadiri (-50 kg) and Davina Michel (-75 kg), will compete in a professional fight on Friday (8 p.m.) at the Cirque Bormann, rue Lucien Bossoutrot, Paris 15th. The meeting will be organized by Le Labo, Abadila Hallab’s club in Guerville (Yvelines).

After beating the Irish Daina Moorehouse, Wassila (29 years old, 1.60 m) lost 2 judges to 3 against the Philippine Aira Villegas in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games, on August 3. However, the Frenchwoman had won two of the three rounds. Lkhadiri, who has already competed in two professional fights (on points in 2021 and 2022), will face Colombian Basilia Mancilla (35 years old, 1.58 m, 8 wins, 2 draws, 10 losses) on Friday in eight two-minute rounds. .

Four other professional fights on the program

As for Michel (26 years old, 1.83 m), who had previously eliminated the Thai Baison Manikon, she was beaten by the Cameroonian (playing in the Refugees team) Cindy Ngamba on points 5-0 on August 4. For her first pro fight, the Frenchwoman will face the Hungarian Nora Komjathi (19 years old, 1 fight: 1 defeat) in six two-minute rounds.

Four other professional fights will complete the Cirque Bormann gala, notably with the former French champions Christ Esabé (feather) and Elie Konki (rooster).

In eight three-minute rounds, Esabé (24 years old, 1.68 m, 15 wins, including 3 before the final, 0 d.), challenger number five for the European title, will face the Venezuelan Victor Matute (32 years old, 1.67 m, 13 v., including 11 before the limit, 3 d.). As for Konki (32 years old, 1.70 m, 14 v., 2 l), he will face the Venezuelan Ernesto Martinez (30 years old, 15 v., 2 n. 8 l.) in six rounds. During his last fight, the Frenchman lost on points two judges to one against the European champion, the Englishman Thomas Essomba, in February in Sheffield.

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