Amina Zidani, 5-0 as a pro, to compete in Olympics next year
Amina Zidani, 5-0 as a pro, to compete in Olympics next year
Source: WBA
13/09/2023
Source: WBA
13/09/2023
Amina Zidani TKO7 Liliana Palmera ... France's undefated Amina Zidani stopped Colombia's Liliana Palmera via seventh-round knockout in a junior lightweight bout. Zidani, age 30, recently achieved her dream of qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games when she triumphed at the 2023 European Games. This was her fifth professional bout since her debut in 2021, and she intends to continue in the Olympic circuit as well. As a child, Zidani practiced karate and then many years of basketball, but at the age of 18, when she saw Laila Ali for the first time, she was inspired to venture into boxing. By 2012 she won her first amateur championship title in France and earned her direct pass to the national team of which she is still a part. Palmeras, age 41 years, falls to 31-15-3. She was interim WBA super bantamweight champion from 2014 to 2017.