Photo from Brian Cohen, Team Empire and Linardatou’s Manager: “And the NEWWWWWWWWW!!!!!”
Real Deal Sports and Entertainment was back in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday night at the Davis Arena.
Real Deal Boxing’s Super Featherweight Alycia Baumgardner (6-1, 4 KOs) of Detroit, MI has been training hard at Kronk Gym for her first defense of her WBC Super Featherweight title that she won in February over Nadia Feliciano.
Team Empire Management sent another one of their warriors up against Baumgardner on Saturday, This time, Greece’s Christina “Black Mamba” Linardatou (10-1, 5 KOs).
Linardatou has been involved in a lengthy camp in Philadelphia with Kali Reis as she was preparing for her HBO match with Cecilia Brækhus and then the win over Paty Ramirez), Natasha “The Nightmare” Spence, Schmelle Baldwin, and more.
The hard-work paid dividends for the Black Mamba as she was aggressive and pressured the champ the entire8 rounds of action, forcing Baumgardner backwards, popping the jabs and hooks to earn the points.
Official scores: 75-77, 77-75, 77-75 for the new WBC International Champion – Linardatou
Linardatou also holds the UBF International Lightweight title, collecting in a points win over Sam Smith in the UK in 2015.
Her only blemish in her 4 year career is a Unanimous Decision against WBC Lightweight powerhouse Delfine Persoon in 2016.
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