Right this moment, boxing world title fights happen across the globe and are extra accessible to observe than ever earlier than. Generally, championship bouts don’t obtain as a lot consideration and go underreported. Large Struggle Weekend commits to writing about boxing information, previews, and recaps. As such, the positioning now has a recurring phase on championship bouts – from all over the world from the previous week.
The main focus of those items shall be on clashes starting from atomweight to heavyweight that had the WBA, WBC, IBF, and/or WBO titles on the road. This version of “Title Fights From Across the World” consists of two recaps. In Germany, a brand new featherweight champion was topped. Over within the Philippines, a reigning minimumweight champion held on to his title.
Title Fights From Across the World
Melvin Jerusalem Retains 105-lb Title Towards Luis Castillo
Melvin Jerusalem (23-3, 12 KOs) stays the WBC minimumweight champion with a unanimous resolution win over Luis Castillo (21-1-1, 13 KOs).
Scores had been 120-107 (x2) and 118-119. With the victory, Jerusalem makes the primary defence of his title. He had received the belt with a cut up resolution victory over Yudai Shigeoka earlier this yr.
The battle headlined a September 22 MP Promotions card at Mandaluyong Metropolis Faculty in Metro Manila, Philippines. Boxing followers within the Philippines might catch the motion stay on One Sports activities. These in Latin America might accomplish that with ESPN Knockout.
Within the opening spherical itself, a straight proper hand from Jerusalem despatched his opponent down. Castillo was in a position to rise up and make it to the top of the spherical. Regardless of his greatest efforts, he was unable to beat the flurries and potshots from Jerusalem, who was simply quicker. In the long run, the Filipino received broad on the scorecards to retain his minimumweight title.
Nina Meinke Turns into Featherweight Champion
Nina Meinke (19-3, 4 KOs) grew to become the brand new IBF featherweight champion with a majority resolution win towards Daniela Bermúdez (32-5-3, 12 KOs).
Whereas one decide had the motion 114-114, the opposite two noticed it 119-109 and 118-110. Not like a number of different girls’s world title fights, this was fought over 12 three-minute rounds. With the victory, Meinke wins the IBF belt on her second try. She had beforehand misplaced a unanimous resolution to Sarah Mahfoud in 2022.
The bout headlined a September 21 P2M occasion on the Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany. Boxing followers might catch the motion stay on DAZN, however solely in Germany. For the reason that battle, P2M have uploaded the bout to their YouTube channel.
With a minute to go in spherical two, an unintended conflict of heads opened a minimize on the brow of Meinke. For the rest of the battle, blood poured from the minimize but it surely was by no means trigger for ending proceedings. Bermúdez was totally on the entrance foot whereas her opponent was content material with shifting across the ring throughout their grueling conflict. Each fighters appeared assured in having their hand raised in the long run, but it surely was Meinke’s work over 12 that the judges most popular.
