Beatriz Ferreira goes to the final of the Boxing World Cup after beating Italian

Beatriz Ferreira won the fight against Alessia Messiano by unanimous vote of the judges in the category between 57 and 60 kilos and now she will fight for the gold in Istanbul

Beatriz Ferreira is qualified to fight for the gold medal at the World Boxing Championships, which is scheduled to take place in Istanbul, Turkey. The Brazilian boxer got her spot in the decision after beating her Italian opponent Alessia Messiano unanimously by the judges in the category between 57 and 60 kilos.

The Brazilian used her aggressiveness a lot throughout the fight and didn’t give the Italian any space to even breathe in the fight. With that, Beatriz Ferreira bet a lot on speed to get her hits in, while Alessia Messiano spent most of the fight protecting herself from the onslaughts.

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Thus, more than qualified for the next phase, Bia Ferreira now faces the North American Rashida Shakilya Q. Ellis in contention for the gold medal. The grand final of the Boxing World Championship is scheduled to take place next Friday, 20th, from 12:00h (Brasília time), in Istanbul.

Brazilians commanding

In addition to Bia, another Brazilian fighter also secured her medal in the boxing world championship. Despite Caroline Almeida have lost the semifinal to Indiana Nikhat Zaaren, took bronze in the under-52 kg category of the competition. To get an idea of ​​the athlete’s feat, she took her first medal in her first world championship.

Bia Ferreira wins spot in the World Boxing Championship final (Credit: GettyImages)

In this way, it is also important to highlight that with the two medals guaranteed this week, with Caroline in the under 52 kilos category, and Bia Ferreira in the 57 to 60 kilos category, this became the best participation of Brazil in the entire history of the dispute. of the Women’s Boxing World Cup.


Source: sportbuzz

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