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After four previous failed
attempts
at world honors, Hungarian
veteran Renata Domsodi finally
achieved her goal of becoming
world champion on Sunday, July
24, when she defeated tough and
skilled Romanian Gabriella Mezei
for the vacant World Boxing
Federation (WBF) Womens World
Bantamweight title.
Despite fighting in extreme heat
and humidity at the small but
totally packed Gentlemen Fight
Club Boxing House in Budapest,
both boxers were able to put on
a good and fast-paced
performance with many quick
exchanges in a very evenly
contested match-up.
While Mezei appeared to be the
busier of the two, Domsodi was
more cunning and wasted much
less energy as she landed the
cleaner shots, and after ten
entertaining rounds the
home-girl was declared the
winner by unanimous decision.
Judge Miklos Dory scored the
fight 97-94 while judges Tamas
Sasvari and Janos Baranyi both
had it 97-93, but to the fans at
ringside it appeared closer than
that. Referee in charge of the
action was Bence Kovacs, son of
former world Featherweight
Champion Istvan “Koko” Kovacs.
After five years as a
professional, fighting all over
the world, Renata “The Hardcore”
Domsodi improved her record to
15-10 (6). Amazingly, this was
only the fifth time she boxed in
Hungary as a pro. Mezei, losing
her second world title-attempt,
drops to 7-6-2 (2). '
Domsodi vs. Mezei was the main
event of a show promoted by
Profibox-Promotion.
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