​Romanian boxer Flavius ​​Biea won the vacant IBA middleweight world title by defeating Argentina’s Juan Jose Velasco on points in a 12-round bout on Friday night at the pro gala event hosted by The Multipurpose Hall in Mioveni. .

Flavius ​​Biea, IBA world middleweight champion

Although he was clearly dominated by the South American, who punched more clearly, more grouping and showed more speed, two judges considered Biea the winner (115-112 and 116-112), while the third awarded Velasco the victory (115-112).

Biea, 33, was sent to the floor in the sixth inning and made a choice in the 11th with a broken arch after being headbutted involuntarily by Velasco.

Both boxers, but Biea in particular, had problems with balance, due to the wet floor they slipped several times.

Flavius ​​Biea became the fifth Romanian professional boxing world champion after Mihai Leu, Leonard Doroftei, Lucian Bute and Adrian Diacona. Several big names in boxing fought for this title, such as Floyd Mayweather, Oscar De la Hoya, Roberto Duran, Roy Jones Jr. or Arturo Gatti, reports Agerpres.

Biea has a remarkable career in amateur boxing: 298 victories in 316 competitive matches, one world championship title, one more competitive world final, three European championship titles, 8 national champions.

In professional boxing, Biea has a record of 22 wins (10 KOs) and only one loss (KO) as WBA Continental Champion, four-time IBA Intercontinental Champion and WBC Continental Latin Silver Champion.

Velasco (age 36) is currently 24 wins (15 by KO) and 4 losses (3 by KO), a two-time WBA Latino champion and a one-time WBC Latino champion.