Why title holder boxer Waguthii won’t defend her title

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In her dark joggers and a white best, Judy Waguthii approaches her rec center session at Colosseum Fitness Center with a smiling face.

However, when the 34-year-old fighter at long last gets a break from her teacher Ambrose Muga for a snappy talk, her irresistible grin vanishes as she is a stressed lady.

The World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver Super Lightweight victor could lose her belt on the off chance that she doesn’t shield it by May this year.

“A victor has as long as a year to guard their belt, inability to which the WBC announces it empty. I won the belt in May a year ago so I have until this May to sort out for a battle,” she says.

Waguthii beat Prisca Vicot from France on consistent choice to win the title in Glattbrug, Switzerland. She commanded in all the 10 rounds to score 100 against Vicot’s 92.

The mother of one was set to protect her title against Vicot on November 24, a year ago however the 43-year-old French hauled out in the most recent minutes leaving the weight of a safeguard session on Waguthii.

“It is costly to get ready for these battles particularly without a support or an advertiser coming in. Assent expense for my belt is set at about Sh 200,000 (2,000 dollars). I additionally need to provide food for every one of the costs for my rival including paying for their card just as pay for a WBC official,” Waguthii says.

Her silver title made her a best contender for the WBC World Female Super Lightweight title however she is yet to include in any battle. It has, in any case, not been a simple adventure for the Dandora-brought into the world expert fighter who began as a taekwondo player while in high. She was a functioning footballer and sprinter in secondary school and played taekwondo over the occasions. She proceeded to accomplish a red belt in taekwondo.

“Tae Kwondo was not satisfying so I moved to kick boxing as it accompanied a guarantee of an outing to Canada that never appeared, so I quit.

I remained latent for a year until David Kiilu presented me boxing,” she said adding that her greatest inspiration to join boxing was the cash and voyaging abroad.

She prepared for three months and made her presentation as an expert fighter against the accomplished Jane Kavulane, stunning everybody with a success at 20 years old.

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