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Segolene “Majestic” Lefebvre put
on a very impressive performance
on Friday night, March 10, when
she captured the vacant World
Boxing Federation (WBF) Womens
World Super Bantamweight title
in front of a near sell-out
crowd of 1400 fans at the Salle
Gayant in Douai, France.
Fighting a game challenger in
Simone Da Silva Duarte from
Brazil, Lefebvre, who had won
the WBF Intercontinental title
last November, was very poised
throughout. Da Silva Duarte had
her moments, and especially did
enough in rounds four and eight
to edge those stanzas with good
combinations.
But in round nine Lefebvre
definitively got the upper hand,
as Da Silva Duarte tired
massively. Landing some hard
hooks and uppercuts, the
home-girl forced the visitor to
bend down without defending
herself, and referee Alexander
Plumanns did the only right
thing and waved the fight off.
Lefebvre improved her
professional record to 7-0 (1),
and at only 23 puts herself in a
fine group of French female WBF
world champions that over the
years have included the likes of
Anne Sophie Mathis, Myriam
Lamare and Nadia Hokmi, and
currently Anne Sophie Da Costa,
Myriam Dellall and Leatitia
Arzalier.
Having boxed at world class
level almost her entire career,
former South American champion
Simone Da Silva Duarte (33),
from Sao Paolo, drops to 15-11
(6), with eight of her losses
amazingly coming in fights for
world championships.
Promoter was Douai Boxing Club.
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