Ferid Ben Jeddou’s Cardiff Title Bid Ended With Regan’s
Ferid Ben Jeddou faced Robbie Regan for the IBF interim flyweight championship in Cardiff on December 16, 1995. Regan won by second-round knockout, finishing the contest with a left hook.
Career highlights
Ben Jeddou was born in Tunis, Tunisia, and based in Celano, Abruzzo, Italy. The southpaw’s international career brought him to Wales for the meeting with Regan, a boxer from Blackwood fighting close to home.
The contest’s championship status was settled only after a disagreement before the fight. At the rules meeting, the supervisor initially described it as a final eliminator. Promoter Frank Warren then contacted IBF president Bobby Lee, and the interim-title designation was confirmed.
The Regan contest
Regan delivered the decisive punch in the second round, ending Ben Jeddou’s championship opportunity before the bout reached its later stages. The Cardiff assignment remains a central international result in the Tunisian-born boxer’s career and a major breakthrough for his Welsh opponent.
Ben Jeddou later won IBF Inter-Continental flyweight contests against Juan Camero and Sandro Orlando Oviedo in 1997. He also faced Irene Pacheco in Colombia in 1999 before defeating Sipho Mantyi by majority decision for the vacant WBU super flyweight title in Avezzano in December 2000. His compiled record contains twenty-four wins, three losses and three draws.
Sources
- BoxRec: Ben Jeddou’s birthplace, home base and stance
- The Independent: Regan–Ben Jeddou result and interim-title designation
- BoxerList: Ben Jeddou’s regional titles and later professional contests
