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Professional boxing shows are
few and far between in Greece,
and world championship fights
even more so, but on Saturday
May 9 in Athens, Areti
Mastrodouka will vie for the
vacant Unified Womens World
Super Featherweight title
against Spaniard Loli Munoz.
The fight, which will also be
promoted by Mastrodouka in
association with Stylianos
Politis, is the
second Unified Womens World
Title fight after the WBF
launched its cooperation with
the WIBF and GBU in March, and
merged the three championships
into the most prestigious title
in female boxing.
Known as “The Master”,
39-year-old Mastrodouka, 8-0
(2), was a very accomplished
amateur, winning silver at the
2002 world championships and
bronze at the European
championships a year later.
However, she didn’t turn
professional until March 2012,
after setting up base in the
United Kingdom, where she had
her first six paid bouts.
In March 2014 she returned to
Greece and won a clear decision
over Slovakian Claudia Ferenczi,
in what was a warm-up for a much
bigger fight in Athens seven
months later where she won the
GBU World Lightweight title by
defeating Hana Horakova from the
Czech Republic.
Loli “Sugar” Munoz, 12-14-3 (7),
is one of the most experienced
campaigners currently on the
scene, and has fought at world
class level the last ten years.
While her modest record is
deceiving, she has come up short
in four previous world title
bouts, but has always been
competitive against the very top
names.
A true road-warrior, Munoz has
been in with much superior
opposition, and previously boxed
in her opponents country
thirteen times. That fact, along
with a draw against future
European champion Nicole Boss
and a victory over current WBC
World champion Mikaela Lauren in
2012, makes her confident of
victory against Mastrodouka.
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