|
On Friday night, November 27, on
a show promoted by Ring
Olympique Marseille at the Salle
Vallier in Marseille, France,
Karine Rinaldo was crowned as
the new World Boxing Federation
(WBF) Womens World Super
Bantamweight Champion when she
defeated late substitute
Alexandra Lazar from Hungary for
the vacant title.
Originally scheduled to face
Argentinean Carolina Marcela
Gutierrez, Rinaldo was forced to
switch her focus to Lazar, who
jumped at the unexpected
opportunity when the former
world titlist pulled out of the
fight only a few days before her
expected arrival in France.
Rinaldo didn’t leave anything to
chance, as she came out fast in
the first round and overwhelmed
Lazar with punches from all
angles. The 19-year-old
Hungarian was forced to
back-peddle, and while she tried
to throw some counter punches
she had little success.
After surviving a knock-down
from a Rinaldo right hand in the
second round, the outclassed
Lazar was rescued by referee
Zbigniew Lagosz in round three
when she went down again
following a flurry. Official
time of the technical knockout
victory for Rinaldo was 1:08.
Rinaldo (26), who improved her
record to 14-1-1 (5), is now due
to face Interim champion
Gabisile Tshabalala from South
Africa next year. Lazar drops to
4-1 (2), but at her young age
she has plenty of time to come
back strong and put herself in
line for other opportunities in
the years to come.
Also on Friday night, in
Khayelitsha, South Africa,
Southpaw Mfundo Gwayana captured
the vacant WBF Intercontinental
Flyweight title by unanimous
decision after a pulsating
battle with fellow countryman
Dalisizwe Komani.
After twelve rounds of
back-and-forth, high-octane
action, judges Rassie Erasmus,
Elroy Marshal and Clifford Mbelu
all scored the SABC TV televised
fight in favor of Gwayana by
scores of 115-110, 115-109 and
116-113 respectively.
The new Intercontinental
Flyweight champion improves his
ledger to 19-9-3 (9), while
Komani falls to 14-7-1 (8) after
winning his previous four bouts.
The fight was promoted by CSUNS
Boxing Promotions.
|
