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In another busy weekend for the
World Boxing Federation, Women’s
World Bantamweight Champion
Renata Szebeledi retained her
title and Attila Baran captured
the vacant Intercontinental
Super Middleweight crown in
Hungary Saturday night, while
Klara Svensson took home the
female ditto at Light Welter on
a show in Germany the day
before.
Szebeledi, who won the WBF World
title by going to Germany to
defeat hometown favorite Pia
Mazelanik in Lemgo last July,
took on former foe Eva Marcu of
Romania in Budapest, and once
again the two women, both only
twenty years old, gave each
other a good scrap before the
champion pulled home the
victory.
The end came at 0:30 into round
number eight when Szebeledi, at
this point clearly on top of
things, caught Marcu with some
stinging blows, forcing the
referee to intervene as the game
Marcu seemed unable to defend
herself. Having won ten of her
last eleven bouts, Szebeledi
improved her professional record
to 16-9 (9), and Marcu fell to
7-4 (2).
On the same card, promoted by
Feja Promotion, youngster Attila
Baran (19) made short work of
fellow countryman Janos Olah in
their fight for the
Intercontinental Super
Middleweight strap. After a
one-sided first round where
Baran dominated his foe, the end
came mercifully in the second of
the scheduled twelve.
Baran put on an impressive
performance, knocking down Olah
two times before referee Janos
Baranyi had seen enough and
waved off the onslaught at 2:55.
In time, Baran, who is now 10-2
(5), could be an interesting
name to follow, while the best
days of 30-year-old Olah, 10-9-1
(3), are probably in his past.
On the previous night in
Goeppingen, Germany, talented
Swede Klara Svensson won her
first professional title when
she thoroughly dominated game
but outclassed Hungarian Zsofia
Bedo on a card put on by EC
Boxpromotion for the vacant
Women’s Intercontinental Light
Welterweight title.
Svensson, now 5-0 (1) and
managed by former European
Champion Oktay Urkal, chased
Bedo, 5-25-1 (1), for most of
the ten rounder, and only guts
and a big heart saved the
Hungarian girl from going down
or even being stopped. It was a
flawless performance by the
Malmo-boxer, who, if anything,
lacks a bit of power in her
punches.
In the end German judges Arno
Pokrandt, Frank Michael Mass and
Holger Wiemann all scored it the
same: 100-90. Klara Svensson is
undoubtedly one of the female
stars of the future. |
