Former WBC strawweight champion Tina Rupprecht, below, will move down in weight to problem Fabiana Bytyqi for her WBC atomweight world title on Saturday, Jan. thirteen at Verti Music Hall in Berlin, Germany. Rupprecht (12-1-1, 3 KOs) is coming off a choice loss to Seniesa Estrada in March. Bytyqi (20-0-2, 5 KOs) is making the first defense of the belt she won in opposition to Elizabeth Lopez Corzo again in April. “Sithebe is a quality player and must work hard and understand that he is now taking half in for an even bigger team,” mentioned ex-Chiefs star Nomvethe.

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