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Both women’s world champion
Ramona Kuehne and International
champion Denis Simcic
successfully came through their
respective first defences of
their World Boxing Federation
crowns this past weekend (Dec.
3) in Dresden, Germany.
‘The Wild Dragon’ Kuehne
overcame undefeated challenger
Irma Balijagic Adler of Bosnia
Herzegovina in a solid rather
than spectacular fashion,
retaining her women’s world
super featherweight title for
the first time (the WBO and WIBF
titles of the triple champion
also being on the line). Her
trainer, and partner, Stefan
Boestfleisch had given Ramona a
perfect gameplan and the fighter
followed through to near
perfection.
Her defence being much improved,
Ramona kept the fight at a high
pace and always landed the
better punches to come away with
a unanimous verdict (twice
100:90 and 97:94). The
30-year-old Kuehne improved to
17-1 (5).
Denis Simcic, the Slovenian
under contract to promoter SES
Boxing, also gave a near
flawless performance at light
heavyweight in the inaugural
defence of his International
title. Challenger Jindrich
Velecky was outboxed and
outfoxed and quickly started to
bleed from the nose. The Czech
puncher, in the rare moments he
got close to Simcic, could never
really get through, as the WBF
champ also showed a solid
defence and quick moves.
The decision after 10 rounds was
a near formality: Two judges
scored it a shutout at 100:90,
while the third gave a single
round to Velecky at 99:91.
Simcic’ record now stands at an
impressive 25-1 (14).
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