(JUNE 26) On Saturday, June
24th, it was a big night of World Boxing Federation (WBF)
championship boxing, with title fights taking place in Alfdorf,
Germany and Basel, Switzerland, with Gashi Promotion presenting
a WBF double-header, includinglegendary former WBF World Light
Heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr. in attendance at the
Sporthalle.
WBF Women's World Super Welterweight titlist Ema Kozin retained
her crown by scoring a unanimous decision over Timea Belik from
Hungary. Judges Rosario Triolo, Alessandro Commercio and
Thomas Laschuk all scored it the same, 100 – 90, giving the
defending champion every round on her way to a dominating
victory.
Slovenian Southpaw Kozin, who is also the WBF World champion at
Super Middleweight and a former WBF World Middleweight champion,
improved her pro ledger to 23-1-1 (12). Belik, losing her second
world title opportunity, is now 7-9 (3).
In the second championship contest of the evening, Ikram Kerwat
became the new WBF Women's World Welterweight champion when she
decisioned former WBA and IBF world champion Claudia Andrea
Lopez from Argentina.
After a competitive fight, judges Thomas Laschuk and Alessandro
Commercio both scored the fight 96-94, while judge Rosario
Triolo scored it 97-93, all for Kerwat.
Trained by Roy Jones Jr., Kerwat (39) improved her professional
record to 13-3 (5). Lopez (43) falls to 26-15 (6).
At the Airporthotel Basel, reigning WBF Intercontinental
Heavyweight champion Arnold “The Cobra” Gjergjaj successfully
defended his title for the first time, stopping Latvian Kristaps
Zutis.
Gjergjaj, who had won the title last March, proved a level above
the otherwise game Kristaps, and got the victory in the fourth
round.
Now 36-3 (27) since turning pro in 2009, the Kosovo-born
Gjergjaj could be a prime candidate to fight for the WBF World
Heavyweight title in the near future. Kristaps falls to 7-4-2
(7).
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