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Former World
Boxing Federation (WBF) Womens
World Strawweight Champion Anne
Sophie Da Costa from France is
moving up in weight and will
attempt to claim the vacant WBF
World Light Flyweight title on
Saturday November 21 in her
hometown of Reims.
Da Costa,
19-2 (8), won the Strawweight
crown in 2012 and made one
successful defense in 2013
before losing the title by split
decision to Mexican Susana Cruz
Perez in November 2014. Now the
33-year-old is ready to go for
glory in a new weight class,
taking on Thailand’s Ploynapa
Sakrungrueng.
While only 22
years old, Sakrungrueng, 13-6-1
(1), is quite the experienced
operator. Since making her
professional debut at only 16 in
2010, she
fought for a
regional strap in only her
second bout, and
has
challenged
for world titles three times,
but always come up short.
In 2012 she
twice
attempted to
dethrone
then WBF Light Flyweight
champion Ju Hee Kim in South
Korea, losing competitive
fights, and now she is traveling
again to get
another
crack against Da Costa.
Coming off a
win in her most recent outing,
she will be full of confidence
and determination
to make it
fourth-time-lucky for her.
On
the undercard of the show,
promoted by Christian Martin,
WBF World Light Heavyweight
Champion Tony Averlant returns
from injury in a non-title bout.
Averlant will fight a tune-up in
preparation for a January
title-defense against Interim
champion Denis Tsaryuk from
Russia.
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