Gabriela Fundora became the youngest unified champion in her sport on Saturday, when she achieved a knockout. at the expense of Gabriela Alaniz in the seventh round of their fight presented at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas.
With this victory, Fundora (16-0, 7 KOs) – who owned the IBF flyweight belt – added those of the WBC, WBA, WBO, as well as The Ring.
She is the first unified champion of her weight division, and the youngest to achieve this among all categories.
“We trained for this,” insisted Fundora, whose brother Sebastian is also a professional pugilist.
“I told my father [Freddy, qui est aussi son entraîneur] that I was going to knock him out with a left. And that’s what happened,” she told DAZN after its success.
Alaniz (15-2, 6 KOs) suffered a second loss in his last three fights.
Her previous defeat came amid controversy, when a questionable majority decision was awarded to her rival Marlen Esparza last July in San Antonio.
Alaniz was the undefeated WBO champion at the time, but this setback ended her reign.
It was short-lived, however, as a rematch was called by the WBO higher-ups, and Alaniz regained his crown.
Foster regains his throne
After losing his WBC super featherweight title this summer to Robson Conceiçao, O’Shaquie Foster did what was necessary to return to the throne in New York.
He imposed himself, particularly at the end of the fight, to defeat the new champion by split decision. Two judges presented cards of 115-113 in favor of Foster, while the other judge had the same score, but for the one who lost the title.
Conceiçao started the fight in force, notably with his direct to destabilize the synchronism of his opponent. After gaining strength in the fight, Foster was particularly sharp in the 10th round. He firmly hit Conceiçao who bent his knees at that moment.
Foster’s hopes now are to have a date with the winner of the duel between Emanuel Navarrete and Oscar Valdez the next time he climbs into the ring.
