35
Despite his modesty, Éric Tormos has trouble hiding his immense emotion. “It does something anyway,” sighs the coach of Red Star Audonien who saw his son Lyad (21) win his 5th pro fight (welterweight) on Saturday at the Zénith at the start of the Yoka-Takam evening. A little over two years ago, in February 2021, Lyad, victim of a terrible motorcycle accident, had even been declared dead on a road in Villepinte (Seine-Saint-Denis). “The police had started to write my death certificate”, explains the boxer.