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12/06 16:23 CST Turkish boxer Elif Nur Turhan pummels Beatriz Ferreira to take
IBF lightweight title
Turkish boxer Elif Nur Turhan pummels Beatriz Ferreira to take IBF lightweight
title
MONACO (AP) --- Big-punching Turkish boxer Elif Nur Turhan stopped Beatriz
Ferreira with a fifth-round barrage to take the Brazilian's IBF world
lightweight belt on Saturday.
Turhan (12-0, 8 KOs) came out swinging and dropped the two-time Olympic
medalist in the first round before finishing the job in the fifth, handing
Ferreira (8-1, 2 KOs) her first professional loss.
"I've done everything I could to show that women can fight as hard as men. I
want to continue to show that," Turhan said in translated post-fight comments
in the ring.
Ferreira took heavy shots to the head midway through the fifth and went down in
the corner. She got to her feet but was wobbly and the referee stopped the
bout. The 30-year-old Turhan has won her last four fights via stoppages.
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn said the Istanbul native could look to fight WBC
lightweight champion Caroline Dubois, or potentially go again with Ferreira.
"It's not always pretty but she will hunt you down and when she catches you
you're in big trouble," Hearn said of Turhan's all-out style. "This journey is
only just getting started."
The 32-year-old Ferreira, who won the IBF belt in April 2024, was a silver
medalist at the Tokyo Olympics and won a bronze medal at the Paris Games.
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