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Ema Kozin from Slovenia failed
to become a two-weight World
Champion on Saturday night,
September 8, at the Arena Zagreb
in Zagreb, Croatia, when she
fought to a draw against Mexican
Irais Hernandez for the vacant
World Boxing Federation (WBF)
Womens World Super Middleweight
title.
Still only nineteen years old,
Kozin already held the WBF World
Middleweight crown, a title she
won last October and has since
defended twice. In Hernandez she
was facing an inexperienced but
worthy co-challenger, who in her
previous fight drew with WBC
World Heavyweight titlist
Alejandra Jimenez.
After ten rounds of entertaining
action, judge Predrag Aleksic
scored the fight by the
narrowest of margins for Kozin,
96-95, while judge Juergen
Langos scored it 97-93 for
Hernandez. Judge Alexander
Plumanns couldn't separate the
two, as his score was 95-95.
A pro for less than two years,
Kozin remains unbeaten at 14-0-1
(8). Hernandez is now a very
misleading 2-1-2 (2). The fight
was promoted by Sauerland Event.
On Friday night, September 7, at
the Big Punch Arena in Tijuana,
Mexico, Gilberto Mendoza won the
vacant World Boxing Federation
(WBF) Mexican Super Flyweight
title after ten competitive
rounds against Geovani Andrade.
Two well-conditioned boxers gave
each-other a very good battle,
and kept a consistent pace the
entire fight, with both having
their moments. But, while many
rounds where hard to score,
Mendoza appeared to land more
clean shots.
Judge Roman Cruz had the fight
all even at 95-95, but he was
overruled by judges Antonio
Villegas and Carlos de la Rocha
who scored it 96-94 and 98-92
for Mendoza. Referee in charge
of the action was Juan Manuel
Rincon.
Mendoza improved his record to
10-6-2 (3), while Andrade drops
to 5-4-1 (3). Promoted by
Borizteca Boxing Promotions, the
fight was streamed live
world-wide by Fight Hub TV.
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