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On Saturday, November 4, two new
World Boxing Federation (WBF)
Womens Intercontinental
champions were belted only a few
hours but around 8000 kilometres
apart in Atlanta, USA and
Henin-Beaumont, France. And both
new titlist were victorious in
convincing fashion.
Former World champion turned
trainer and promoter, Terry “The
Boss” Moss, brought WBF
championship boxing to Atlanta,
Georgia, as US-based Nigerian
Helen Joseph took on Elizabeth
Anderson for the vacant WBF
Womens Intercontinental
Bantamweight title.
Joseph had little trouble
handling Anderson, pummelling
the Salt Lake City native in the
first round before knocking her
down in the second. Anderson was
allowed to continue by referee
George Chip, but her corner
didn’t let her come out for the
third round, making Joseph the
winner by technical knockout.
With fights all over the world,
including Togo, Dominican
Republic, Burkina Faso,
Australia, Zambia and South
Africa, besides Nigeria and the
United States, Joseph is now
15-3-1 (10) in a career that
started in 2004. Taking part in
her first title bout, Anderson
drops to 5-9 (1).
Quite impressively, just
twenty-four hours after a
capacity crowd saw WBF Womens
World Super Bantamweight
Champion Segolene Lefebvre
retain her title only fifteen
kilometres away in Douai, it was
another sell-out in
Henin-Beaumont, France, for
local girl Oshin Derieuw´s WBF
Intercontinental Light
Welterweight title-challenge.
Derieuw, who entered the fight
as WBF International ruler, was
originally scheduled to face
Lela Terashvili, but when the
experienced Georgian pulled out
ill less than a week from
fight-night, old foe Aleksandra
Vujovic from Serbia stepped in.
Having done well in their first
encounter, despite losing a
decision, Vujovic tried her
hardest but was up against a
much improved and superior
opponent. Derieuw (30) put on a
master-class, with excellent
movement, reflexes, combinations
and power.
In round six Derieuw scored a
knock-down with a
picture-perfect power-shot, but
a game Vujovic beat the count of
referee Mohamed Hireche and
managed to get through the
stanza. But it would soon be
over, as the same happened again
in round seven, and this time
there was no getting up for the
Serbian.
The new Intercontinental Light
Welterweight champion proved
without a shadow of a doubt that
she is ready for the world
stage, as she took her
unblemished record to 7-0 (1).
Vujovic, 3-5-1 (1), deserves
plenty of credit for accepting
the fight so late, and for
giving her best effort.
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