Kick-boxing: the Boxing Fighters System has become a benchmark gala in Nîmes

Vainqueur ici de Tavares, l’an dernier à Nîmes, Alassane Kamara (à gauche) affrontera le Belge Saing samedi 25 janvier.

Saturday, January 25, the Parnasse in Nîmes will host the 5th edition of an event organized by the Americaine Contact Club. The fights on the program promise to be promising and close.

On Thursday, at Marseille airport, while he was waiting for the arrival of the Swede Dalian Dawody, on the bill for the Main Event, Saturday January 25 in Nîmes, Habib Bakir, one of the organizers, with Stéphan Manquenouille and Olivier Cerdan, from BFS (Boxing Fighters System), started playing the prediction game with a friend of his.

''Regarding the Main Card (see box), we try to make predictions and we can't do it, smiles the resident of the Americaine contact club. There are only big fights.''

Samy Si-Ahmed, last lap at home

At the Parnasse, where everything is already in place on D-1, the organizers have really found their happiness, the setting lending itself wonderfully to the show. On and off the ring.

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''The 4th edition, last year, was as if it had been the first. The gala has really taken off since it has been at the Parnasse (at Pablo-Neruda, previously), explains Bakir. The room, we are changing it completely. There is also a sound and light show.

Thanks to the town hall, which trusts us, to the Metropolis and to the hundred volunteers. For an evening to be successful, you need a good town hall, good sponsors (there are 50), a good audience and good athletes.''

Twelve fights on the bill including a WKN world championship

PROGRAM – Twelve fights (eleven pros + one amateur) and nothing but heavy stuff in the Parnasse ring. Literally, with the 100kg category fight between Robert and the Italian Pugliese (''100kg of muscle, no fat'', Bakir says) as figuratively, with this WKN world championship (75kg) between Nijhove and Dawody.

In addition to Si-Ahmed, three regional boxers, Pignolo, Kirat and Laroudie, will be out. The weigh-in will take place on Friday, January 24 at 6:45 p.m. at the Audi dealership in Nîmes. On Saturday, doors open at 6 p.m., fights begin at 7 p.m. Prices: €25; €15 for under-15s. Refreshments and catering on site.

Ticketing link: https://my.weezevent.com/bfs-round-5

A gala with a rugby and handball, family atmosphere

Over time, the Parnasse has become a good address: ''We want to show and present beautiful boxing to the people of Nîmes, with a rugby and handball, family atmosphere. Our ambition is to make Nîmes an essential place for boxing.

This is starting to become the case, with an organization recognized at the international level. At first, it was a bit complicated but now, when you call a boxer, he comes right away.''

On Saturday, Samy Si-Ahmed from Nîmes, 39, will bow out of the ring at home.

''A night for the people of Nîmes made by the people of Nîmes''

''The BFS is a night for the people of Nîmes made by the people of Nîmes, Bakir sums up nicely. This gala is also made for our boxers, but only when they have reached maturity. They will then be the ones who will occupy the ring. Cadet Elgy Lopes, for example, Occitanie champion, 8 victories in 8 fights, is the future of the BFS. By making international exchanges, you know that tomorrow, you will be able to bring boxers out internationally.''