Rising inkanyezi zesifazane, Elena Gradinar of Saint Petersburg, Russia, zizofuna ubuqhawe ibhande lokuqala umsebenzi wakhe lochwepheshe lapho uthatha ku wangaphambili iqhawe emhlabeni Olivia “I Predator” Gerula ngokuba IBF Intercontinental featherweight Championship.

I 10-round Gradinar vs. Gerula impi kuzokwenzeka Saturday, March 24, ngesikhathi Energia Ezemidlalo Hall Narva, Estonia.

I Ezingakanqotshwa Gradinar oneminyaka engu-27 ubudala (8-0, 2 Kos) waya 73-8 njengoba an amateur, ngokuwina eziningi ezweni noma emhlabeni jikelele tournaments amateur. Gradinar futhi attained ekubizweni Ezemidlalo Master of Russia.

A ohlonishwayo futhi wafeza lochwepheshe, gerula, kusukela Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, iyona wangaphambili WBC World Female Super featherweight Champion futhi wenza izivikelo yimpumelelo ezimbili. Wabuye uye ebanjwa ohlonishwayo WIBA World Championship.

“Ngiyajabula ukulwela IBF Intercontinental ibhande ngokumelene wangaphambili WBC World Champion Olivia Gerula,” Said Gradinar. “We will bring for boxing fans a dramatic and exiting clash between us. Ngiyaziqhenya kakhulu ukuthi ngiyakunicelela mina amelela ezweni lami Russia nase Ngithemba ukuthi IBF Intercontinental ibhande uzothola yokuhlala okhazimulayo edolobheni Russian of St. Petersburg!”

“Ngijabule kakhulu mayelana nokuthi yini ukuza. I look forward to visiting Estonia and soaking up some of its culture while proudly representing Canada,” wathi Olivia Gerula. “Ngazi Elena has an umxhwele umlando amateur i amarekhodi professional Ezingakanqotshwa, kodwa angikholelwa ukuthi owake waba kule indandatho fighter izinga lami nesipiliyoni, ngakho ngiyilindele kuphazamise izinto.”

Gerula sika co-umgqugquzeli Dmitriy Salita, kanye Russian-based Alexander Nevskiy Promotion Group, uthi ukulwa Gerula ezizoba okuningi inguqulelo Gradinar ukuze ezinhlwini lochwepheshe.