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Three World Boxing Federation
titles got new owners on
Saturday night (May 4), as
Christina Hammer dethroned Zita
Zatyko for the WBF Women’s World
Super Middleweight crown on the
big Klitschko vs. Pianeta show
in Mannheim, Germany, and Gogi
Knezevic and Timy Shala won
Intercontinental titles in
Austria.
Hammer, also the current WBF
World Middleweight Champion, put
on a dominant performance and
used her superior boxing skills
to outbox her heavier opponent.
In round four Hammer scored a
knockdown, and only the bell
saved the visibly hurt, but
brave, Hungarian.
In the following rounds Hammer
went on the attack, but Zatyko
weathered the storm and after
ten rounds of top-class boxing,
judges Patricia Morse Jarman,
Zoltan Enyedi and Oliver Brien
scored the fight 100-89, 99-90
and 99-90 all in favor of the
new champion.
22-year-old Hammer improved her
record to 14-0 (7), while Zatyko
lost for the first time in
seventeen professional fights
and drops to 15-1-1 (11). The
fight was promoted by SES Boxing
in cooperation with K2
Promotions.
600 kilometers away in Austria,
Gogi Knezevic delighted his
hometown fans at the Multiversum
arena in Vienna-suburb
Schwechat, by narrowly but
unanimously decisioning
Hungarian veteran Jozsef
Matolcsi to win the vacant WBF
Intercontinental Middleweight
title.
Knezevic had the advantage of
speed over his older and more
experienced opponent, and used
it well at times along with his
combination-punching. Matolcsi
tried his best, and his grit and
determination won him some of
the close rounds along the way.
The three judges at ringside
turned in scores of 115-114,
114-113 and a much too wide
117-112, all for Knezevic, who
is now 25-4-1 (12) in the
professional ranks. Matolcsi,
who once challenged for the WBF
World Welterweight title, falls
to 32-20-1 (20).
In the evenings co-feature,
unbeaten Timy Shala put in a
good performance to pass his
careers biggest test and win the
WBF Intercontinental Light
Heavyweight title by edging
Tomas Adamek from the Czech
Republic.
Scores: 117-113, 115-113 and
114-114.
Shala took his pro ledger to
16-0 (6), and Adamek is now
19-8-1 (7). The show was
promoted by BoxTeam Vienna, who
put on a well-organized and
entertaining event for the
spectators in attendance.
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