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Anne Sophie Da Costa retained
the World Boxing Federation
(WBF) Womens World Light
Flyweight title on Saturday
night, May 12, beating Tanzanian
challenger Halima Vunjabei by
unanimous decision at the Cirque
de Reims in Reims, France.
With a loud home-town crowd
cheering her on, Da Costa took
control of the fight in the
second round, after allowing
Vunjabei to steal the first
stanza on aggression. From the
second and onwards, the
defending champion boxed
excellently and was very
effective in combinations.
Vunjabei never gave up and did
have some moments of success,
catching Da Costa coming in, but
in the end it was a near
masterful performance from Da
Costa, who came close to scoring
a stoppage in the final stages
of the bout.
Judges Mohamed Hireche and
Brahim Ait Aadi scored the fight
99-91, and Judge Jean-Marcel
Nartz scored it 98-92 for Da
Costa (35), taking her
professional record to 25-3
(11). 25-year-old Vunjabei, from
Dar Es Salaam, drops to 6-4-1
(3).
At the Bucheon Gymnasium in
Bucheon, South Korea, Qixiu
Zhang from China upset local man
Nak Yul Park to win the vacant
WBF International Lightweight
title in crushing fashion and
stun the many fans in
attendance.
In a competitive and
entertaining fight, Park was
slightly ahead on all three
scorecards when Zhang brutally
knocked him out in round eleven
with a series of hard punches,
leaving the Korean out on the
canvas for almost five minutes.
Zhang, a 22-year-old from
Chinese port-city Dalian, moves
to 9-4-1 (3), and Park (30)
drops to 8-3 (4) after winning
his previous seven outings.
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