(MAR 25) Last night at the Gong Ju's Baekje Arena, in  Gongiu City, Korea, In front of a crowd of 3000 fans, Eun Young Kim, 118,  won a  10 round unanimous decision over Japan's Natsuki Fujimoto, 116 ¾.

According to the IFBA,  Kim got off to quick start, clearly winning the first three rounds, and hung on to win the intercontinental IFBA bantamweight title. The courageous Japanese opponent rallied to almost even the score by 8th round, but Kim dug deep to take the 9th to pull it out. About 30 people came from Japan to cheer on Natsuki.

In another bout, Super bantamweight Hee Jung Yuh, 120 ¼, won a four-round unanimous decision over Eun Hee Lee, 118. Final judges scores were 39-37, 40-36, and 39-37. 

In the main event, Ji Hye Woo dominated Chinese challenger Tian Meng to become the 7th Korean female world champion by unanimous 10 round decision. Woo was much stronger, and Meng had 2 points deducted for excessive holding. 

 

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