Benjamin Mendes Tani, 28, of Pont-Audemer, Eure, Normandy, France was one of the winners at “Glory in Giza” at the Pyramids of Giza in Giza, Egypt on May 23, 2026. The victory improved his professional boxing record to 10 wins and 1 loss.
Benjamin Mendes Tani vs Daniel Lapin
There were 10 professional boxing bouts on the “Glory in Giza” card including the light heavyweight match between Tani and Daniel Serhiyovych Lapin, 28, of Kyiv, Ukraine. The French boxer is 6’0″ tall and his Ukrainian opponent is 6’6″ tall.
Danrex Tapdasan served as the referee while Matteo Montella, Mikael Hook and Manuel Oliver Palomo were the judges. The referee stopped the fight after 1 minute and 35 seconds in the fourth round when Tani defeated Lapin via technical knockout.
The loss broke Lapin’s undefeated record. He now has 13 wins and 1 loss.
When Tani made his professional boxing debut on March 12, 2022, he defeated Fabrice Lewis Menayame via points decision. On May 14, 2022, Tani lost via points decision to Aboubacar Yoada, which is the first loss of the former.
“Glory in Giza”
Commissioned by the Egyptian Professional Boxing Association, “Glory in Giza” was promoted by Spencer Brown, Eddie Hearn and Sergey Lapin. The matchmaker was Tom Dallas.
Thomas Trieber was the ring announcer while Todd Grisham, Adam Smith, Darren Barker and Barry Jones were the television announcers. Jamie Ward conducted the post-fight interviews.
In the main event, Rico Verhoeven, 37, of the Netherlands challenged World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, 39, of Ukraine. The challenger lost to the defending champion via technical knockout after 2 minutes and 59 seconds in the 11th round.
Including Egypt, France, the Netherlands and Ukraine, a total of 15 countries were represented. The others were Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cuba, England, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, the United States and Uzbekistan.
Tani solely represented France. Lapin and Usyk were the only representatives of Ukraine.
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