TWO NEW WBC CHAMPIONS CROWNED IN GERMANY

Two new WBC champions emerged  in Munich, namely Austria’s Eva Voraberger who needed only 73 seconds to win the vacant WBC Women’s Silver Superflyweight Championship by stopping previously unbeaten Alexandra Lakatos from Hungary.

At the same show local hero Flamur Mehmeti defeated Georgia’s Ramazi Gogichashvili by unanimous decision to win the vacant WBC Youth World Cruiserweight title.

Voraberger and Lakatos who both weighed in at the Superflyweight limit of 52.1 kg (115 lbs.) wasted no time but went straight to work after  the opening bell.

Impetuous 17-year-old Lakatos stormed out of her corner attacking Voraberger with a furious flurry of punches. But the experienced Austrian moved well to get out of harms way and knocked her opponent down with a pinpoint counterpunch. The young Hungarian beat the count but was hurt.

Voraberger followed up with a well timed combination forcing referee Maurizio Rinaudo to stop the fight after 1:43 minute of the first round.

In the second title fight of the night, 23-year-old Mehmeti (89 kg / 196 lbs.) earned a ten-round unanimous decision win over Gogichashvili (90.2 kg. / 199 lbs.). Judge Ernst Salzgeber (Austria) scored the bout 99-91, Goran Filipovic (Germany) saw it 98-91, Irene Kostenko (Russia) scored it 100-89. Mehmeti tried to control the mostly ugly fight from the ring center but the gutsy Georgian stayed competitive and dangerous landing hard left hooks every now and then. In the final round, referee Maurizio Rinaudo deducted one point from Gogichashvili for repeatedly taking his head too low.

“Steko’s Fight Night” took place in front of a capacity crowd of 2,500 fans at Zenith Kulturhalle in Munich, was promoted by Mladen Steko, a former kickboxing World Champion and broadcasted on Sat.1.