(SEPT 30) Lucia Morelli will travel to Marseilles on November 6th as challenger to Myriam Lamare's WBF Light Welterweight title. Morelli has suffered with health issues throughout her career, and this year is no
exception. She tore a muscle in her right arm in early May, and has only been able to resume her full training schedule 4 weeks ago. Until then she was restricted to keep in shape by running and mountain biking. Morelli has shown an admirable amount of perseverance and determination in
her quest to reach the top, despite her many setbacks.

The preparations for the fight are going well, according to trainer/manager Andreas Preuss. They travel to Nadia Hokmi's gym in nearby Strassbourg/France twice a week, where Lucia is sparring with some of the male boxers in the gym; Hokmi will join the sparring in a couple of weeks. At home Lucia is benefitting from sparring with some of the best German and Swiss women amateur boxers in such a Tasheena Bugar, Sandra Brügger, Ulrike Brückner and Sandra Brugger. Lucia Morella enters the ring with a 14-1-0 record. Her only defeat occurred in a world title fight against Cecilia Brækhus.

Myriam Lamare is one of the most respected female boxers in Europe. She is also the only European
to hold a WBAN belt, which she won by defeating Ann Saccurato on October 10th, 2009. There are plenty of big names on Lamares record list, which shows 17-3-0. She travelled to Albuquerque to fight Holly Holm in her own backyard in the beginning of last hear, and has fought Anne Sophie Mathis (twice), Belinda Laracuente (also twice) and, UK pioneer, Jane Couch to mention a few."

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