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Amira Hamzoui is still the
Unified Womens World Flyweight
Champion after successfully
defending her crown on Saturday
night, April 25, at the Hall des
sports Pierre Gaspard in her
hometown of Epernay, France,
defeating challenger Alexandra
Vlajk from Hungary.
Having won the World Boxing
Federation (WBF) World title
last October with a victory over
Raja Amasheh, Hamzaoui is the
first boxer to defend a Unified
Womens World Title, after the
WBF launched its cooperation
with the WIBF and GBU last month
and merged the three
championships into the most
prestigious title in female
boxing.
On a show promoted by the
Epernay Boxing Club, Hamzaoui
and Vlajk both decided to have a
punch-up from the start, and
traded on even terms in most
rounds, which made for an
entertaining scrap.
However, Hamzaoui came out of
most exchanges a little bit
better than the challenger and
was the better boxer over-all,
but Vlajk always came back
strong, wanting to throw bombs
even when momentarily stunned,
and must be praised for a very
spirited and ambitious effort.
After ten well-fought rounds,
judges Jean-Marcel Nartz,
Christophe Hembert and Arnold
Golger scored the fight
unanimously for the defending
champion: 97-93, 98-92 and
99-91. Referee in charge of the
action was Smail Alitouche.
29-year-old Southpaw Hamzaoui
improved her professional record
to
12-1 (5), while
Vlajk (35) lost for only the
second time in the paid ranks
and drops to
7-2 (2).
Also on Saturday night, in
Dettenheim, Germany, Melanie
Zwecker captured the vacant WBF
Womens Intercontinental
Featherweight title, with a
victory over experienced
co-challenger Diana Garcia from
the Dominican Republic.
In front of a sold-out crowd of
1500 fans at the Pfinzhalle,
local hero Zwecker controlled
the bout with clean, long jabs,
while Garcia tried to take over
by being aggressive and
attempting to land big shots.
Technical boxing prevailed, and
in the end there was no doubt
about who was the winner.
Judges Kazim Kurnaz, Dominique
Schmit and Uwe Lorch scored it
98-92, 97-94 and 96-94, all in
favor of new champion Melanie
Zwecker.
Zwecker, who won her second WBF
title after lifting the
International crown less than a
year ago at the same venue, is
now
7-0 (3), with one
No-Contest, since turning pro in
December 2012. Reigning
Dominican national Super
Featherweight champion Garcia
falls to
13-21 (4).
Promoter was Baden Box
Promotion, headed by Michael
Siegel.
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