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Laetitia Arzalier from France is
now a two-time, two-weight World
Boxing Federation (WBF) Womens
World Champion after defeating
veteran compatriot Anne Sophie
Da Costa for the vacant WBF
World Flyweight title on
Saturday night, June 8, in her
home-town Balaruc-les-Bains.
At the Complexe Sportif Pech
Meja, 35-year-old Arzalier, who
held the WBF World Strawweight
title in 2016 and is also a
former European Light Flyweight
title-holder, won a clear
unanimous decision in the main
event of s show staged by Ring
Olympique Boxe.
After ten quality rounds of
boxing, judges Mohamed Hireche
and Jerome Lades both scored the
fight 100-90, while judge
Jean-Marcel Nartz had it
slightly closer at 98-92, all
for Arzalier who improved her
record to 14-1 (3). Also a
former two-time, two-weight WBF
World Champion, Da Costa (36)
drops to 28-6 (11).
On Friday night, June 7, at the
Centro de Eventos in Tijuana,
Mexico, undefeated Esteban “El
Towy” Sanchez captured the
vacant WBF Mexico Lightweight
title with a controversial split
decision over Ricardo
“Explosivo” Torres Lopez.
Many felt that Torres Lopez had
done enough to deserve the
victory, as did judge Fernando
Renteria who scored in 97-92 in
his favour, but judges Carlos de
la Rocha and Roman Cruz had it
95-94 and 96-93 respectively for
Sanchez.
Sanchez, still only twenty years
of age, takes his professional
ledger to 13-0 (7), while Torres
Lopez (22) is now 10-4-2 (8).
Promoter was Terrazas Boxing
Promotions, and a rematch would
not be uncalled for to settle
the score.
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