Christina Rupprecht Defends WBA Title, Unifies Belts in Gritty Showdown

Champion of all four important boxing associations, no one has done this before Tina Rupprecht in Germany. After her triumph, the sport hopes for an upswing and the world champion for a rest break.

Tina Rupprecht has written German boxing history. She is "uncontested world champion" in the so-called "Atomic weight": The 32-year-old holds all four World Championship belts of the most important associations WBO, WBA, WBC and IBF. No boxer and no boxer from Germany managed to do this before her.

Christina Rupprecht Defends WBA Title, Unifies Belts in Gritty Showdown

Christina “Tiny Tina” Rupprecht delivered a gutsy performance Saturday night at the MBS Arena in Potsdam, Germany, earning a majority decision victory (99-91, 96-95, 95-95) over Japan’s previously undefeated Sumire Yamanaka. With this win, Rupprecht not only defended her WBA world title but unified the Light Minimumweight division, adding the WBC, IBF, and WBO belts … Continue reading "Christina Rupprecht Defends WBA Title, Unifies Belts in Grit…

Tina Ruprecht became a unified champion The 32-year-old German Tina Ruprecht crowned unified atom champion, defeating the Japanese until then [...]

Not even the deafening fire alarm an hour after midnight could dampen Tina Rupprecht's spirits. When the press conference following the thrilling world unification fight had to be interrupted for ten minutes due to the annoying beeping, the boxer sipped a beer and gazed blissfully at the four world championship belts spread out before her on the table. With her historic points victory in Potsdam against the previously undefeated Sumire Yamanaka,…

Photo: Marco Baumann At the SES-Box-Gala in Potsdam, the Augsburger Tina Rupprecht wrote boxing history! For King Wusterhausener Nick Hannig, however, the evening was unhappy. Tina Rupprecht writes German boxing history: Four-time world champion in atomic weight In a historic night for German boxing, Tina Rupprecht united all four important world championship titles in atomic weight (up to 46.3 kg) in the MBS Arena in Potsdam.The 32-year-old Aug…