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Tibor Feja and his Feja
Promotion is staging a major WBF
doubleheader on Saturday May 12
in Budapest, Hungary, featuring
an interesting female world
title defense, and two local
boxers clashing for the vacant
Intercontinental Super
Middleweight strap.
World Boxing Federation women’s
World Bantamweight Champion
Renata Szebeledi, 15-9 (8), is
making the first defense of her
title against tough Romanian Eva
Marcu, 7-3 (2), in a rematch.
The two fought last June, with
Szebeledi coming out on top
after a rough encounter, and now
Marcu will get her chance at
redemption and her first world
championship.
In her first bout after
defeating Marcu last year,
Szebeledi travelled to Germany
to capture the WBF World title
with an inspired performance
against local favorite Pia
Mazelanik. Since then she has
racked up three non-title
victories, before dropping a
close decision in an IBF Super
Flyweight challenge against
Simona Galassi in Italy.
ow back at her natural weight,
Szebeledi is looking forward to
defending her world championship
in front of her local fans, and
with Marcu coming off a fresh
victory last month she is sure
to be in for another hard
challenge.
In the second WBF title fight of
the night, Budapest-rivals
Attila Baran, 9-2 (4), and Janos
Olah, 10-8-1 (3), will duke it
out for the vacant
Intercontinental Super
Middleweight championship. Both
have mixed in minor championship
territory in their careers, but
Baran (19) has youth on his
side, while Olah (30) is the
more experienced and tested.
It shapes up to be an
interesting night of
championship boxing in Budapest
on May 12, and while Szebeledi
and Baran must be considered
slight favorites, it is bound to
be competitive action in both
fights. |
