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Saturday June 24 was a big night of
World Boxing Federation (WBF)
championship boxing, with title
fights taking place in Alfdorf,
Germany and Basel, Switzerland.
In Alfdorf, Germany, Gashi Promotion
presented a WBF double-header, with
legendary former WBF World Light
Heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr.
in attendance at the Sporthalle.
WBF Womens World Super Welterweight
titlist Ema Kozin retained her crown
by scoring a unanimous decision over
Timea Belik from Hungary.
Judges Rosario Triolo, Alessandro
Commercio and Thomas Laschuk all
scored it the same, 100 – 90, giving
the defending champion every round
on her way to a dominating victory.
Slovenian Southpaw Kozin, who is
also the WBF World champion at Super
Middleweight and a former WBF World
Middleweight champion, improved her
pro ledger to 23-1-1 (12). Belik,
losing her second world
title-opportunity, is now 7-9 (3).
In the second championship contest
of the evening, Ikram Kerwat became
the new WBF Womens World
Welterweight champion when she
decisioned former WBA and IBF world
champion Claudia Andrea Lopez from
Argentina.
After a competitive fight, judges
Thomas Laschuk and Alessandro
Commercio both scored the fight
96-94, while judge Rosario Triolo
scored it 97-93, all for Kerwat.
Trained by Roy Jones Jr., Kerwat
(39) improved her professional
record to 13-3 (5). Lopez (43) falls
to 26-15 (6).
At the Airporthotel Basel, reigning
WBF Intercontinental Heavyweight
champion Arnold “The Cobra” Gjergjaj
successfully defended his title for
the first time, stopping Latvian
Kristaps Zutis.
Gjergjaj, who had won the title last
March, proved a level above the
otherwise game Kristaps, and got the
victory in the fourth round.
Now 36-3 (27) since turning pro in
2009, the Kosovo-born Gjergjaj could
be a prime candidate to fight for
the WBF World Heavyweight title in
the near future. Kristaps falls to
7-4-2 (7).
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