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On a big night of championship
boxing promoted by Sauerland
Event at the
Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in
Ludwigshafen, Germany, World
Boxing Federation (WBF) Womens
World Lightweight Champion
Nicole Wesner successfully
defended her title in one of the
main fights.
Making her third title-defense
only a few kilometres from where
she grew up in Mannheim,
39-year-old Wesner took on young
and tough Germany-based Bosnian
Hasna Tukic (22), and quickly
showed that she was a level
above her game challenger.
Wesner was clearly technically
superior, and picked her punches
nicely both on the inside and at
range, but Tukic did well to
stay in the fight with will and
grit. In round five Wesner
scored a knock-down, and after
ten rounds of boxing, as the
fight went to the scorecards,
there was no doubt that Wesner
would remain champion.
Judges Ruven Zaburov, Ronald
Rapp and Marco Zubrot scored it
99-90, 98-91 and 98-91
respectively. Referee in charge
of the action was Alexander
Hermann.
A World Champion since December
of 2014, Wesner improved her
undefeated professional record
to 13-0 (6). Fighting out of
Regensburg and with all her
professional bouts taking place
in Germany, Tukic drops to 9-7
(8) after losing what was her
first major title fight.
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