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World Boxing Federation (WBF)
Womens World Light Flyweight
Champion Anne Sophie Da Costa
will defend her title for the
first time on Saturday May 28 at
the Salle Frederique Bronquard
in Tinqueux, France, only a
stones-throw from her hometown
of Reims, when she takes on
Soledad Macedo from Uruguay.
Da Costa, 20-2 (9), made her big
breakthrough in 2012 when she
captured the WBF World
Srawweight crown. Last November
she became a two-division world
titlist, winning the WBF Light
Flyweight title by stopping
Thailand´s Ploynapa Sakrungrueng
in five rounds.
The 33-year-old champion has
left nothing to chance in her
training camp leading up to the
fight with Macedo, and has
reportedly sparred almost 140
rounds with various sparring
partners, including former WBF
World Flyweight Champion Amira
Hamzaoui.
With a record of 13-11-1 (4),
Soledad “La Negra” Macedo (33)
doesn’t immediately appear to be
a world class fighter, based on
the numbers, but nothing could
be further from the truth.
Having mostly lost to top-notch
opposition, she is a two-time
Uruguayan national champion, and
three times challenged for world
championships.
In her most recent outing, this
past March, she proved her class
by moving up to Super Flyweight
to win the Uruguayan national
title with a unanimous decision
over another former world
title-challenger in Stefany
Bizquiazo, and she travels to
France full of confidence that
she can finally become world
champion in her fourth attempt.
Da Costa vs. Macedo is the main
event of a show promoted by
William Guillaume, and will be
preceded by four additional
professional fights and six
amateur bouts. Usually a big
draw in and around Reims, Da
Costa is expected to have
massive support on the night.
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