The two best records in the women's division will settle it in Odesa. Both are unbeaten in the league: Olena Kovalchuk has won all three of her bouts, Amara Okafor all three of hers, one of them by stopping Marta Nowak with three knockdowns in Lviv. Tickets are on sale …
**You lost to Okafor on a split decision in October 2024. What changed since?** My conditioning. In taekwondo the rounds are short; here the third round decides everything, so we rebuilt the camp around it. **And the bout with Kovalchuk?** I took the first round and then she found the …
Marta Nowak left the ring in Odesa on the doctor's advice after a cut above the eye in the second round. "It looked worse than it was," she said. "I will be back in September."
Naomi Mensah used her reach to keep Marta Nowak at the end of her jab for two of three rounds and won on all three cards.
