After Leonie Müller from Heidelberg, Maxi Klötzer and Zeina Nassar are also eliminated. The 21-year-old from Chemnitz lost to the more robust Filipino Aira Cordero Villegas in the light flyweight class up to 50 kilograms with 0:5 judges’ votes. The third of this year’s U22 European Championship was constantly in attack mode, but didn’t score enough goals.
Clear defeat for Nassar
Nassar also failed in her first fight. The 24-year-old Berliner lost to Turkey’s Hatice Akbas in the bantamweight class up to 54 kilograms, also clearly with 0:5 judges’ votes. Fighting with a headscarf (hijab) under her head protection, Nassar had problems finding the right distance to hit. The physically stronger Turkish hit less often but scored more. “Nevertheless, Zeina has shown that she is on the right track. She is mentally very strong and a candidate for the 2024 Olympics“said team leader Martin Volke.
Von Berge fails in an unclean fight
Germany’s greatest hope for a medal, 21-year-old Stefanie von Berge from Cologne, lost 5-0 to Argentinian Lucia Noelia Perez in the welterweight division up to 66 kilograms. The U22 European champion of 2021 and 2022 did not find her line in a messy fight in which the second of the Pan American Games in particular often clung. “Stefanie is a technically strong and agile boxer, but she didn’t follow the tactical route and let herself be forced into the half-distance, which isn’t her thing‘ said Volke.
Two German boxers are still in the tournament. 22-year-old Lena Marie Büchner from Assel in Lower Saxony is ill and cannot compete. 310 athletes from 73 countries take part in the World Cup.
Source: dpa