German Female boxing super star
Ina Menzer added another, and
reportedly final, chapter to her
impressive career on Saturday,
August 24, when she captured the
World Boxing Federation Womens
World Interim Featherweight
title at the Warsteiner
Hockeypark in her hometown of
Moenchengladbach.
In front of 3500 spectators in
the open air arena, and millions
of viewers live on Europe’s
biggest sports broadcaster
Eurosport, Menzer put on a
convincing performance to win
her fourth world title with a
unanimous decision over former
WBF World Champion Goda
Dailydaite.
Born in Kazakhstan, the
32-year-old had proclaimed that
this would be her final bout and
that she would do everything in
her power to leave the sport as
world champion, and she did just
that by dominating Dailydaite
with pressure and excellent
skills.
Dailydaite started the fight
well, but it would not be long
before Menzer was in full
control and had the visitor
boxing off the back foot. In the
early rounds Menzer was very
effective with her uppercuts,
and it looked like she would be
able to finish the fight early
when she floored Dailydate twice
in round three.
However, Dailydaite proved
strong and game, although
clearly outboxed, and managed to
beat the counts of referee
Juergen Langos. She gave it her
all, but after ten rounds of
boxing there was no doubt who
was the victor, as judges Jean
Marcel Nartz, Herbert Urich and
Rainer Gottwald scored the bout
100-88, 100-88 and 97-92 in
favor of Menzer.
Menzer improved her outstanding
professional record to 31-1
(11), while Dailydate loses for
the first time and drops to 8-1
(2). If the new WBF champion
stands firm on retirement, she
could not have wished for a
better way to end a wonderful
career that started in 2004 and
saw her go 18-1 in title fights.
The show was promoted by Team
Menzer in cooperation with the
Warsteiner Hockeypark.