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Originally, WBF Female World
Super Featherweight champion
Ramona Kuehne was scheduled to
defend her belt last Saturday
night against dangerous
Brazilian Michelle Larissa
Bonassoli at an SES-Boxing
scheduled show at the
Bordelandhalle in Magdeburg,
Germany. Originally.
However, the challenger failed
to make the 130lbs-limit at the
official weigh-in on Friday. She
tipped the scale at 136.6
pounds, 6.6 lbs or 3 kilogram
over the super featherweight
limit, and was not able to lose
the extra weight in time for the
fight to go on as planned.
The search for a last-minute
replacement begun immediately
and SES promoter Ulf Steinforth
came through on Saturday when he
signed little known but
previously unbeaten Czech Arleta
Krausova for the fight.
Krausova never went more than
six rounds in her professional
career but when the bell rang at
the Bordelandhalle, she gave a
great account of herself against
the bigger, more experienced and
technically better Kuehne. The
challenger went for the knockout
early on but the defending
champion kept her at bay in
front of her hometown crowd.
Kuehne started to dictate the
action in the middle rounds and
closed strong with an
all-out-rally in the tenth and
final round, nearly dropping
Krausova. The 30-years old
Czech, who falls to 4-1 with 1
K.o., bravely stood on her feet
and made it to the final bell.
Still, the decision was just a
formality. All three judges were
in agreement and scored the
fight unanimously for Ramona
Kuehne (99-91, 98-91, 98-92),
who made the second successful
defense of her WBF, WIBF and WBO
belts. Kuehne moves to 18-1 with
5 K.o.’s and is now looking for
a rematch against the German
boxing star Ina Menzer, the only
fighter to defeat her in a
professional boxing match. |
