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Thursday, 15 May 2008 |
Boxer Alex Arthur is new WBO super-featherweight champ
Scottish boxer Alex Arthur has been crowned the new WBO super-featherweight champion following Joan Guzman decision to relinquish it and step on up to the lightweight division.
A fight between Arthur and Guzman had been scheduled to take place on 3 May but the latter fighter was unable to get a visa in time for the bout.
Alex Arthur had been the interim champion after he defeated Koba Gogoladze in July of last year and he said: "I'm delighted with the decision by the WBO to give me full world champion status but I felt that I won the title when I beat Gogoladze."
Arthur also added: "I'm confident that I would have beaten Guzman had the fight been rescheduled but I believe that I am among the elite super-featherweights and want to prove myself as the best out there.
"I'm proud to be Edinburgh's first world champion for 30 years, and am looking forward to making the first defence of my title. My reign begins now."
And boxing promoter Frank Warren thinks that Alex Arthur will be a "long-term world champion".
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