Doha: Moroccan welterweight Mohammad Rabii capped the perfect end to a season by claiming gold in front of a packed house, including Wladimir and Vitali Kitschko, on the final night of the world championships in Doha on Thursday.

Rabii, who was also named the World Series of Boxing’s boxer of the year earlier in the week, outpunched Kazakhstan’s Daniyar Yeleussinov to become world 69kg champion and the first Arab boxer to take gold in the history of the championships.

It also meant he kept his astonishing unbeaten record for the whole season.

The ecstatic 22-year-old promptly set off on a spontaneous lap of honour at the Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena in Doha, to the delight of the huge number of Moroccans in the crowd.