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Germany´s Elina Tissen (37) won the
vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF)
world Featherweight title on
Saturday, January 6, at the
Stadthalle Muenster Hiltrup in
Muenster, Germany.
Tissen stopped Kenyan veteran Jane
Kavulani in round eight, and
announced her retirement from the
sport immediately after. Concluding
a pro career which has spanned
almost eighteen years.
“Elin
The Machine” finishes with a fine
26-3 (7) record, while Kavulani is
stopped for the first time and drops
to 19-18-5 (7).
Tissen first became world champion
in 2008 (GBU), and unified and
defended various belts over the
years.
In 2021 she won the WBF world title
beating another Kenyan, Everline
Odero, and made one successfully
defense, against Eftychia
Kathopouli, before losing the title
to Enerolisa de Leon in November of
2022.
She had to wait over a year for a
chance to regain her crown, but when
it finally came she delivered and
retires from the sport on top.
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