From WBC:
FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE… IGNITION! WOMEN’S BOXING AT ITS BEST!
A bonanza global upcoming weekend of female boxing with five female championships, involving four shows, in three different countries on two continents, with “Won aim,”…fortune/fame!
and almost zero time to lose, because the sum of the parts combines and then culminates this Saturday December 2nd!
Firstly, from out of Africa:
December 2nd, 2017 – Nairobi, Kenya
WBC Women’s World Superbantamweight Championship
Fatuma Zarika vs. Catherine Phiri
In her homecoming bout, Fatuma Zarika will make the first defense of the WBC Women’s World super bantamweight Championship, which she won against Alicia Ashley in October 2016.
Zarika faces former World Bantamweight Champion Catherine Phiri who became a superstar in her home country Zambia, when she defeated Yazmin Rivas to become World Champion in January 2016. Phiri eventually lost the bantamweight title to Mariana Juarez in April. Now she wants to win the super bantamweight championship in this All-African showdown.
December 2nd, 2017 – Kuehbach, Germany
WBC Women’s Interim World Minimumweight Championship
Tina Rupprecht vs. Anne Sophie Da Costa
After winning the WBC Silver Minimumweight title in October 2016, Tina Rupprecht became the mandatory challenger to fight World Champion Yuko Kuroki from Japan.
At the WBC Convention in Baku, “Tiny Tina” and her team requested the championship to be ordered. Because Kuroki is already scheduled to face World Atomweight Champion Momo Koseki in a huge fight for Japan, Rupprecht will get the chance to fight for the Interim World Championship against French veteran Anne Sophie Da Costa.
December 2nd, 2017 – Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic.
Double Feature – WBC Women’s Silver Featherweight Championship (Lucie Sedlackova vs. Irma Balijagic Adler) and WBC Women’s Silver Minimumweight Championship (Fabiana Bytyqi vs. Fatuma Yazidu)
“Fabulous” Fabiana Bytyqi and “Luscious” Lucie Sedlackova are the fighting pride of Czech Republic. After winning WBC Youth World Championships in 2016, Bytyqi and Sedlackova will take the next important step towards stardom by simultaneously fighting for the WBC Silver titles in their respective weight division.
Minimumweight Fabiana is taking on Fatuma Yazidu from Tanzania, while Featherweight Lucie faces veteran Irma Balijagic Adler from Bosnia Herzegovina. The championship double features takes place in Usti nad Labem and will be broadcast live on TV Nova in Czech Republic.
December 2nd, 2017 – Potsdam, Germany
WBC Women’s Silver Lightweight Championship
Ramona Kuehne vs. tba
Ramona Kuehne is arguably one of the best German female boxers of all time. In her eleven-year career she has held multiple world titles and won 26 of her 27 pro fights with her sole loss coming to WBC World Champion Ina Menzer in a Unified title fight back in 2010.
Now Kuehne will fight for the vacant WBC Silver Lightweight Championship in the main event of a card promoted by Sauerland Event in her hometown of Potsdam, Germany.
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