(DEC 4) Australian Combat Sports Athlete Jasmine Parr repeats win in a rematch against New Zealander Nicila Costello in her third fight for the WIBA World Flyweight title.   

19 year old Jasmine Parr is the Daughter of ten time world kickboxing/Muay Thai champion John Wayne Parr and two time world kickboxing/Muay Thai champion Angela Rivera-Parr. With 12 world titles between them, Jasmine Parr adds her own World title in this family of World Combat Sports Champions. 

Jasmine Parr (2 - 0 - 0) took on New Zealand born Australian boxer Nicila Costello (4 - 2 - 0) one year after their first fight. Last time they fought for the Australian National title, this time they fought for the WIBA World title. This fight wasnt without controversy with Costello not making weight for the fight, weighing in 3 kgs or 6.6 Ibgs overweight for the 50.8kg or 120 ibs limit. The fight still went ahead but Parr was the only one that could win the world title. 

Costello improved in this fight compared to the last fight when she got knocked out in the 6th round in December 2021. At one point in this world title fight, Costello looked like she could have stopped the fight when she pinned Parr in the corner in round 2. However, Parr maintained her composure to last the round. 

Parr used her boxing skill to maintain the fight, winning seven out of the ten rounds. Parr winning the fight by Unanimous Decision, now can call herself World Flyweight champion at just a young age of 19 in her third fight. 

The question is what is next for both boxers? For Nicila Costello, there is interest for a future fight between her and New Zealand boxer Holly McMath. McMath team from Mayhem Boxing in Auckland, New Zealand trained by Terry Reid-Batchelor has expressed their interest for a fight between McMath and Costello. It would be interesting if the fight could happen, especially if it was for a New Zealand title. If that fight happen, and Costello win, that would make her the first person to win Australian and New Zealand national titles since Steve Renwick, who won the New Zealand title in 1985 and the Australian title in 1986. 

As for Parr, there are multiple possible fights for her next both in Australia and internationally. For the Flyweight division she could take on Colombian born Austrlian Viviana Ruiz Corredor. In the Super Flyweight division there is Sweden born Australian Linn Sandstrom and Australian IBF World Youth World Champion Taylah Robertson. She could also go for the WIBA Super Flyweight Champion Susie Ramadan who just came off a bloodied loss to Cherneka Johnson. 

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