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Belgian-born, French-based World
Boxing Federation (WBF) Womens
World Light Welterweight
Champion Oshin Derieuw is in for
a tough task when she makes her
first title-defense on November
10 in her home-town of
Henin-Beaumont.
Undefeated Derieuw, 9-0 (4), who
won the WBF world title with a
unanimous decision over Lina
Tejada last April, takes on
another Dominican in former IBF
and WBA World Champion Dahiana
Santana, 36-9 (15), headlining a
show at the Espace Francois
Mitterand.
Since becoming world champion,
Derieuw returned to her
birth-country for a stay-busy
fight against former European
title-challenger Elfi Philips
(9-4-3) in early October,
winning a hard-fought decision
after eight close rounds.
33-year-old Santana made her
professional debut as a
seventeen year old Featherweight
in 2002, and has since been
successful in moving up and down
in weight to take on some of the
best in the world. Now
campaigning at Light
Welterweight, she is aiming to
become a three-time world
champion.
Also on November 10 at the
Palestra BFIT in Quartino,
Switzerland, Andrija Petric, 8-0
(1), will square off with
hard-nosed Bulgarian Ivan
Emilov, 4-3 (3), for the vacant
World Boxing Federation (WBF)
Eurasia Cruiserweight title.
For both Petric (36) and Emilov
(30) it will be their first
chance to win a professional
title. While Petric is a healthy
favourite on home ground, Emilov
has only lost to undefeated
opponents, and never inside the
distance, so he is expected to
make things difficult for the
local man.
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