SecondsOut
Aug 30 2008
Kentikian & Zbik Win in Dusseldorf
Sat 30-Aug-2008 04:51
At Burg-Wächter-Castello in Dusseldorf, Germany, Susi Kentikian
retained her WIBF/WBA flyweight titles with a hard-fought unanimous
decision over Hagar Shmoulefeld Finer. Scores were 99-91, 98-92 and
97-93.
Both women had their moments in the exciting bout that turned into a
brawl early on and continued that way to the final bell.
Kentikian, 20, from Yerevan, Armenia, was recently granted German
citizenship. Her record now stands at 22-0, 16 KOs. The 23-year-old
Shmoulefeld Finer, from Tel Aviv, Israel, falls to 17-7-3, 4 KOs.
In the co-feature, Sebastian Zbik successfully defended his WBO
Intercontinental middleweight title for the fifth time via 12-round
unanimous decision over John Anderson Carvalho. Zbik established his
jab early and boxer circles around the aggressive Brazilian
challenger. Scores read 120-108 and 119-109 twice.
German Zbik, 27, is now 24-0, 9 KOs, while Carvalho dips to 18-3-1, 11
KOs.
Undercard:
Junior Welterweight Marcos Rene Maidana w ko 8 Juan Carlos Rodriguez
Flyweight Anastasia Toktaulova w pts 10 Rebekka Herrmann
Super Middleweight Eduard Gutknecht w pts 8 Philippe Mendy
Super Featherweight Vitali Tajbert w pts 8 Ermano Fegatilli
Featherweight Marcel Meyerdiercks w pts 6 Pascal Bouchez
Heavyweight Markus Tomala w tko 1 Stefan Kusnier
Lightweight Magomed Jangubaev (pro debut) w pts 4 Ntallulu Pierre Gwango
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