Elif Nur Turham claimed the IBF lightweight title with a fifth round stoppage win over Beatriz Ferreira in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
The hard-hitting Turham, 30, announced herself as perhaps the most entertaining fighter in women’s boxing with a sensational battering of champion Ferreira. Turkey’s Tuham, now 12-0 (8 KOs), showed the experienced Ferreira little respect, and immediately launched a ferocious attack at the 32 year old Brazilian. Turham’s punches were wild, but Ferreira just could not deal with intensity and the power of Turham’s punches. A right hand clipped the top of Ferreira’s head and she crumbled to the floor. The referee Diana Drews Milani strangely did not award Turham a knockdown, and Ferreira climbed to her feet, but looked unsteady. Turham immediately lunged in with another ferocious attack and again clipped the head of Ferreira with a right hand. Ferreira dropped to her knees and this time it was counted by the referee, Berreira again bravely fought on, and luckily for her there were just seconds left of the first for her to survive.
