Piergiulio Ruhe becomes the WBC Mediterranean middleweight champion
Italian resident of Germany, Piergiulio Ruhe (8-1, 6KOs), defeated the pride of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sladan Janjanin (29-7, 23KOs), by majority decision in Alanya city, near Antalya, Turkey.
The match was very competitive, but 26-year-old Ruhe got the best of this action over the 10 championship rounds.
Janjanin only recently took four-time world title challenger Martin Murray the distance over eight rounds in 2019.
With this triumph, Piergiulio Ruhe conquered the Middleweight Mediterranean title of the World Boxing Council, a title formerly held by Emanuele Blandamura, who went on to become European champion and challenge for a world title. Janjanin fought for the super-middleweight version in 2018, but was unsuccessful, stopped in the fifth round by Yusuf Kanguel.
The Referee officiating was Robin Dolpierre. While Sergio Silvi, Jürgen Langos and Maurizio Renaudo were the Judges at ringside. The Supervisor was Houcine Houichi, Vice President of the WBC and President of the ABU (African Boxing Union).