Rising poj niam lub hnub qub, Elena Gradinar ntawm Saint Petersburg, Russia, yuav lwv rau lub thawj championship siv ntawm nws tus kws ua hauj lwm thaum nws yuav siv sij hawm nyob rau hauv yav tas los lub ntiaj teb no yeej Olivia “lub Predator” Gerula rau lub IBF intercontinental Featherweight Championship.
Lub 10-round Gradinar vs. Gerula sib ntaus sib tua yuav coj qhov chaw nyob rau Saturday, Lub peb hlis ntuj 24, nyob rau Energia Kev ua si nawv Hall nyob rau hauv Narva, Estonia.
Lub undefeated 27-xyoo-laus Gradinar (8-0, 2 Kos) mus 73-8 raws li ib tug pib xyaum ua, winning heev heev lub teb chaws thiab thoob ntiaj teb pib xyaum ua tournaments. Gradinar kuj attained los ntawm kev ua si nawv Master ntawm Russia.
Ib tug zoo-saib taus thiab ua tiav kev, Gerula, los ntawm Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, yog tus qub WBC ntiaj teb Poj niam Super Featherweight zus thiab ua rau ob vam meej defenses. Nws kuj muaj nyob rau hauv lub zoo-respected WIBA ntiaj teb Championship.
“Kuv zoo siab heev rau sib ntaus sib tua rau IBF intercontinental siv tiv thaiv qub WBC ntiaj teb tau zus ib Olivia Gerula,” hais tias Gradinar. “We will bring for boxing fans a dramatic and exiting clash between us. Kuv zoo siab heev hais tias kuv yuav sawv cev rau kuv lub teb chaws Russia thiab kuv cia siab hais tias IBF intercontinental siv yuav nrhiav tau qhov chaw nyob nyob rau hauv lub glorious Lavxias teb sab nroog ntawm St. Petersburg!”
“Kuv pog heev txog dab tsi tuaj. I look forward to visiting Estonia and soaking up some of its culture while proudly representing Canada,” hais tias Olivia Gerula. “Kuv paub Elena muaj ib tug impressive pib xyaum ua cov ntaub ntawv thiab ib tug undefeated kev cov ntaub ntawv, tab sis kuv tsis ntseeg hais tias nws tau puas tau nyob rau hauv lub nplhaib nrog ib tug fighter ntawm kuv zoo thiab kev, li ntawd kuv thiaj xav tias yuav co yam.”
Gerula tus co-neeg pab txhawb Dmitriy Salita, nrog rau Lavxias teb sab-raws li Alexander Nevskiy Promotion Group, hais tias lub Gerula sib ntaus yuav ua pov thawj ib tug ntau yam txog Gradinar tus hloov mus rau cov kev ibyam.
“Qhov no yuav tsum yog tus toughest kev xeem ntawm Elena lub cov tub ntxhais ua hauj lwm,” Hais lus. “Olivia Gerula tau tiv thaiv thiab nrua ntaus ntau top-level poj niam fighters nyob rau hauv lub division. Kuv tab tom nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej mus rau ib tug zoo sib ntaus thiab, nrog ib tug yeej, lub txuas ntxiv txoj kev loj hlob ntawm peb cov neej yav tom ntej ntiaj teb no tus yeej.”
