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World Boxing Federation (WBF)
Womens World Light Welterweight
Champion Oshin Derieuw made a
successful first defense of her
title on Saturday night at the
Espace Francois Mitterand in her
home-town of Henin-Beaumont,
France.
Having won the title last April
at the same venue, the
undefeated 31-year-old
France-based Belgian remained
champion by scoring a unanimous
decision over former IBF and WBA
World titlist Dahiana Santana
from the Dominican Republic.
Emmanuel Demanet scored it a
100-90 shut-out for Derieuw,
while Mohamed Hireche and
Christophe Hembert gave Santana
one round, both handing in 99-90
tallies, but despite the wide
scoring it was in reality an
interesting and entertaining
fight.
Slightly too apprehensive at
times, Derieuw appeared in
control from early on, boxing
nicely from a distance and on
the inside, but Santana, who had
one point deducted for being
careless with her head, remained
dangerous throughout and never
stopped trying.
In round eight Deriuw shook
Santana (34) badly, and might
have been able to force a
stoppage had she taken more risk
especially at that point, but
the Dominican´s toughness and
experience saw her last to the
final bell.
Also on Saturday, at the
Palestra BFIT in Quartino in
Switzerland, Andrija Petric won
the vacant World Boxing
Federation (WBF) Eurasia
Cruiserweight title by clear,
but hard-earned, unanimous
decision over Bulgarian brawler
Ivan Emilov.
Much better technically, Petric
won the first four rounds
clearly, but got floored by a
left uppercut from Emilov in
round five and needed a few
rounds to recover before taking
over again in the final stages
of the fight. Emilov was also
deducted a point for spitting
out his mouthpiece in the ninth.
Judges Armin Bracher and
Claudine Pascale scored the
fight 97-91, while judge Paolo
Bolognesi scored it 98-91, all
for Andrija Petric (36) who
improved his unblemished record
to 9-0 (1). Emil Emilov (30)
travels back to Sofia at 4-4
(3).
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