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Another highly interesting World
Boxing Federation World title
fight will take place on October
20 in Sedan, Ardennes, France,
when undefeated Anne Sophie Da
Costa takes on former two-time
World Champion Teeraporn
Pannimit from Thailand for the
vacant WBF Women’s Strawweight
Crown.
While it may not exactly have
the “Super Fight” status of the
December 7 Holly Holm vs. Myriam
Lamare WBF World title fight in
Albuquerque, it is a genuine top
fight between two of the world’s
best in the weight class, and on
paper it looks like a real 50-50
matchup.
30-year-old Da Costa turned to
professional boxing in 2009, and
made her debut in December of
that year with a second round
stoppage of Bulgarian Ivelina
Ivanova. Since then she has not
looked back, and can now enter
her first world championship
bout with an unblemished 13-0
(6) record.
Teeraporn Pannimit is, although
not undefeated, far more
accomplished than her French
adversary. Since turning pro in
2007, with a loss, she has
compiled a 17-6 (5) ledger
against some of the best female
fighters in the world. In 2010
she won the WBO World
Minnimumweight title, and made
one successful defense before
losing on points in Germany to
Susi Kentikian in a bid for the
WBO, WBA and WIBF titles at
Flyweight last year.
In her next fight, this past
January, she lost a world title
challenge at Light Flyweight to
Jessica Chavez in Mexico, but
three months later she rebounded
to win her second world
championship when she beat
Filipino Gretchen Abaniel for
the WBO title she gave up when
challenging Kentikian.
She lost the title two months
later to undefeated South Korean
Su-Yun Hong in China, but came
back with a victory in July to
tune up for the opportunity to
become a three-time world
champion against Da Costa on
October 20. Da Costa will have
the fans on her side at the
Salle Schmitt in Sedan, but
Pannimit has a major advantage
in experience.
Whoever wins, it is bound to be
a fantastic fight! |
