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Thousands of miles apart, but
equally impressive, Irma Sanchez
and Ramona Kuehne retained their
WBF Women’s Flyweight and Super
Featherweight World titles on
Saturday night by stopping their
opponents in front of packed
crowds in Mexico and Germany.
At the Coliseo Olimpico de la UG
in her hometown of Guadalajara,
Irma “La Guerita” Sanchez, got
rid of Thailand’s Fahpratan
Looksaikongdin already in the
second round.
After dominating the first
stanza, Sanchez found a perfect
right in the second that send
the challenger crashing to the
canvas, and referee Juan Manuel
Rincon wisely stopped the fight
at 1:27 of the round.
Televised by Mexico Televisa and
promoted by HG Boxing, this was
the second successful defense
for Sanchez of the World
Flyweight title she won last
July, and judging by the loud
reception she received from the
spectators Saturday night she is
clearly a superstar in
Guadalajara, and another title
defense in the beautiful capital
of Jalisco state would likely be
welcomed by the local boxing
fans.
With the victory Sanchez
improved her professional record
to 22-5-1 (7), while
Looksaikongdin, who in her last
bout came close to stopping WBF
World Junior Flyweight Champion
Ju Hee Kim before losing on
points in South Korea, fell to
7-4.
WBF President Howard Goldberg
was present to supervise the
bout, but also to present an
honorary belt to the family of
former WBF World
title-challenger Rafael “Chocho”
Guzman, who was tragically
killed in a drive-by shooting in
Guadalajara last October.
A few hours earlier, at the
Baden Arena in Offenburg,
Germany, Super Featherweight
Champion Ramona Kuehne improved
her impressive record to 19-1
(6) by dominating Hungarian
challenger Renata Domsodi (7-1,
3 KOs) for seven rounds before
ending matters at 1:24 of the
eighth.
At the time of the stoppage she
was ahead by 70-63 on all
scorecards.
Kuehne never let Domsodi in the
fight, and every time the
Hungarian attempted something
she was firmly put in her place
by hard and precise shots from
the champion. The longer the
fight went, the longer the
combinations from Kuehne were,
and she really showed off all
her boxing skills in a
master-class performance.
In round eight Domsodi suffered
a cut over her left eye from an
accidental clash of heads, but
was allowed to continue after
inspection from referee Ingo
Barrabas. However, it was only a
matter of time, as Domsodi,
confused by the dripping of
blood, was quickly overwhelmed
by Kuehne who went in throwing
until Barrabas rightly
interfered and waved it off.
This was the third defense of
the WBF title for Kuehne, who
also retained her WBO and WIBF
championships in the process.
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