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The World Boxing Federation is
about to become part of boxing
history when it sanctions the
first-ever female world
championship bout in the
cruiserweight division on June 4
in Györ, Hungary.
After thorough consideration,
the WBF Championship Committee
has approved the application by
Profibox Promotion, the
promotional outfit headed by
Hungarian heavyweight champion
Zoltan Petranyi, and pairs local
heroine Zita Zatyko and
Romania’s Izabella Torok for the
WBF womens world cruiserweight
crown.
The WBF set the weight limit for
the division at 86,182 kg (190
lbs), the old male cruiserweight
limit.
The 30-year-old Zatyko will
certainly start a huge
favourite, having defeated Torok
twice before in non-title
fights. Currently, Zita is rated
the # 1 female boxer in the
world by boxrec and boosts an
unblemished pro record of 11-0-1
(9 KO’s).
She has been mentioned as a
possible future opponent for WBF
womens world heavyweight champ
Natascha Ragosina, the
undefeated Russian who cleaned
out the supermiddleweight class
prior to her jump to
heavyweight, and if Zatyko can
clinch herself the WBF title at
cruiser it may move her closer
to the big-money match.
However, Torok will be the
heavier of the two and just
might be coming into her own at
just 21 years of age. Her
current record stands at just
5-3 (2 KO’s), but she has won
her last two by knockout.
The WBF Championship Committee
invites all female cruiserweight
contenders around the world to
forward their applications for
future challenges for this title
to the office of the General
Secretary Diana Spasova (diana.spasova@worldboxingfederation.net)
for further consideration. |
