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Australia’s Arlene Blencowe, a
former world class Muay Thai
fighter, made some kind of
boxing history on Thursday June
13 at the Trusts Stadium in
Auckland, New Zealand.
In only her third professional
boxing match, she upset local
favorite, and former World
Champion, Daniella Smith by
unanimous decision to win the
vacant World Boxing Federation
World Welterweight title
recently vacated by Holly Holm.
To make the feat even more
astonishing, Blencowe came in at
short notice to replace Smith´s
original opponent Sarah Howett
who pulled out with injury a few
days ago.
Blencowe, from Port Macquarie,
New South Wales, outworked Smith
from the start, and once she
found her rhythm she never
looked back, scoring to the body
and head, especially with her
right hand.
To her credit, Daniella Smith
never gave up and tried to the
end to turn the tide. She
continued to come forward
throughout, only to be countered
by the aggressive Blencowe.
After ten action-packed rounds
all three judges, Carrick
Belton, Gary Searle and Kylie
Bell, scored the fight 100-91 in
favor of the visitor.
WBF president Howard Goldberg
watched the fight from Ringside,
and presented the world
championship belt to an ecstatic
Blencowe who is surely going to
be a major force at Welterweight
in the future.
The new world champion improved
her record to 2-1 (0), while
Daniella Smith dropped to 12-4
(0).
The fight was promoted by David
Higgins of Duco Events, and was
televised live by New Zealand
Sky.
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