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The World Boxing Federation
(WBF) crowned three new
champions on Friday night, May
12, as women’s world title
fights were main events on shows
in two different cities in
France, and one Intercontinental
title fight headlined a card in
the Philippines.
At the Gymnase Des Materies in
Strasbourg, France, former WBF
World Featherweight Champion
Stephanie Ducastel moved up in
weight to win her second world
title, defeating Maria Soledad
Capriolo from Argentina to lift
the vacant WBF World Super
Featherweight crown.
Ducastel had a slight upper hand
from the start, and kept her
momentum throughout despite
Capriolo giving it a game effort
all the way. Scores from judges
Jean-Marcel Nartz, Smail
Alitouche and Alexander Plumanns
were 97-93 across the board.
With the victory, Ducastel (37),
also a former European
Featherweight Champion, improved
her professional record to
8-3-1 (2),
while “La Bonita” Capriolo (35)
drops to a deceiving
7-6-4 (4).
The fight was promoted by Panza
Gym headed by Andre Panza.
950 kilometres away at the
Espace Cordouan in Royan,
undefeated European Super
Featherweight Champion Angelique
Duchemin (25) moved down in
weight to beat former French
national champion, and
compatriot, Ericka Rousseau (30)
for the vacant WBF World
Featherweight title.
Judge Pierre Derval scored the
entertaining fight 96-94, while
judges Mohamed Hireche and
Bertrand Chagnoux both had it
wider at 98-92.
The new world champion, who
entered the fight as a slight
favourite, is now 14-0 (3) since
turning pro in 2012, and
Rousseau, who also entered the
paid ranks in 2012, loses for
the second time and falls to
11-2 (0). Promoter was Franck
Weis and Rocboxe.
As part of the 3rd
Games & Amusement Board (GAB)
Philippines Boxing Convention
held at the Waterfront Insular
Hotel in Davao City, former WBF
International Flyweight ruler
Jake Bornea repeated a previous
victory over fellow countryman
Renerio Arizala to win the
vacant WBF Intercontinental
Super Flyweight title.
Promoted by Sanman Promotions,
21-year-old Bornea floored and
stopped Arizala (23) round
eight, improving on his first
victory from April 2016 where he
somewhat struggled to prevail by
unanimous. Bornea is now 12-2
(6), while Arizela goes to
13-7-1 (5).
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