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Former World Champion Ji Hyun
Park makes her first defense of
the World Boxing Federation
(WBF) International Strawweight
title on Saturday April 13,
headlining a card at the Bucheon
Gymnasium in Bucheon, just
outside of South Korea´s capital
Seoul.
Park, 23-3 (7), takes on
challenger Yu Fei Wu, who at
still only eighteen years of age
brings a record of 7-2 (1) and
must be considered a healthy
underdog, fighting outside of
her native China for the first
time, and taking part in her
first championship bout.
Park won the WBF International
title in July of 2018, scoring a
fifth round knockout of Nongnun
Sor Praithong from Thailand, and
another impressive performance
against Wu could set her up for
a shot at the vacant WBF World
title later this year.
The 33-year-old from nearby
Incehon, approximately ten
kilometres from Bucheon, is a
former IFBA, WIBF and WIBA World
Champion, and made an
astonishing fifteen defences of
the IFBA title between 2007 and
2014.
In March of last year she
narrowly lost a fight for the
WBO World title against Japanese
Champion Kayoko Ebata, coming
out on the wrong side of a
majority decision in Japan,
before rebounding by winning the
WBF International title four
months later.
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