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Germany´s former World Boxing
Federation (WBF) Womens World
Featherweight Champion
Goda Dailydaite was
born in Lithuania on August 19,
1985.
A graduate of the Duisburg-Essen
University, she studied Spanish
and Sport while competing in the
amateurs, where she had more
than sixty bouts and won several
German championships before
turning professional in 2010.
Athleticism is something of a
“family-thing”, as Dailydaite´s
mother, Alma Ruppel, besides
being a successful biochemist,
was a top-level Olympic-style
Diver who, at forty-eight, won
the European Masters.
On June 12, 2010, Dailydaite
entered the paid ranks on a
small show at the Halle Suden,
located in an industrial area of
German town Dorsten. Goda fought
compatriot and fellow debutant
Lisa Schewe, winning by fifth
round knockout.
Her second fight didn't come as
quickly as she probably would
have preferred, as she had to
wait six months before recording
a unanimous decision over Czech
Hana Horakova (1-2).
But the wait between fight one
and two was thoroughly made up
for in her third bout, April 2,
2011, when Dailydaite won a
land-slide ten round decision
over Austria´s former world
title-challenger Doris Koehler
(7-8-1), who was coming off two
victories.
That victory proved that
Dailydaite was one to look out
for, so when she was matched
with Adriana Tertilte (2-2) a
couple of months later she was a
big favorite. But Dailydaite´s
fight on June 17, 2011 in
Gelsenkirchen, stood out for
something else than her
third-round victory.
17-year-old Tertilte was the
opponent sanctioned to fight
Dailydaite, 25 at the time, and
she was announced as the person
coming to the ring, just as she
was announced in the ring. But
later it was revealed that she
was not really the boxer
fighting.
Instead it was discovered by the
German boxing commission that
Sarah Huebner (0-1) was in the
opposite corner, and that major
foul play had occurred. It was
determined that Dailydaite and
her team knew nothing about the
scam, so she rightfully kept the
victory.
Dailydaite finished 2011 with
two more decisive victories, and
since she insisted on being
moved along quickly, she, and
her team, jumped at the chance
when a fight with Arleta
Krausova (6-1) was made
possible, with the vacant WBF
World and Interim WIBF World
Featherweight titles on the
line.
Krausova, from Usti nad Labem in
the Czech Republic, had only
come up short against one of the
best in the game, when she lost
a decision to another German in
Ramona Keuhne (17-1) for the
WBF, WBO and WIBF world titles
in April of 2011.
So she was certainly a stern
test, and a very worthy
co-challenger, when the two
squared off on April 20, 2012 in
Dortmund. Some would even say
that Krausova was the more
deserving of the world
title-opportunity, but
Dailydaite was not about to let
the opportunity pass her by.
After ten entertaining and
competitive rounds, where
Dailydaite was just a little bit
busier and more sharp, she was
rightfully declared the winner
and new WBF (and Interim WIBF)
World Featherweight champion by
scores of 98-92, 99-92 and
99-91.
At this point it looked as if
the sky was the limit for
Dailydaite. 26 years old, 7-0
and with two world championship
belts on her mantelpiece.
Unfortunately it was not to be,
and she would only win one more
fight before calling it a day.
On September 29, 2012, back in
Dortmund, she beat Bosnian
former world champion Irma Adler
(12-2) in what ended up being
for the Interim WIBF Super
Featherweight title, when both
were not able to make the
featherweight limit.
It was an excellent victory, a
clear unanimous decision, over a
very good and accomplished
opponent, and the momentum
appeared to be intact for the
new budding super star of womens
boxing. But then almost a year
of inactivity followed.
When Dailydaite returned to the
ring, August 24, 2013, she
fought undoubtedly the best and
most accomplished opponent of
her career in Ina Menzer (30-1),
who had held WBC, WBO and WIBF
world titles, and was 16-1 in
world championship fights.
Due to her inactivity, the WBF
and WIBF titles had been
stripped from Dailydaite, so she
didn't enter the ring as
champion. While the vacant WIBF
world title was on the line,
only the Interim WBF World
Featherweight crown was up for
grabs as Australian Shannon
O´Connell now held the full
version.
Menzer was just too good for
Dailydaite on the night, and
floored here twice in the third
round. While she beat the count
both times, and showed plenty of
heart, it was an up-hill battle
from that point, and Menzer won
a clear unanimous decision
(97-92, 100-88, 100-88).
Menzer (32) had announced before
the fight that win, lose or
draw, this would be her last
fight. At 8-1 (2), after only
three years as a pro and only
just turned 28, Goda Dailydaite
decided to follow suit, and also
retired from boxing.
Since then she has worked for
the city of Dortmund, and stays
connected to boxing by training
youngsters alongside her own
former trainer Thorsten Bruck.
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