{"id":23291,"date":"2019-11-08T20:33:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T20:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/?p=23291"},"modified":"2019-11-08T20:33:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T20:33:42","slug":"zarika-wont-give-up-on-her-chores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/zarika-wont-give-up-on-her-chores\/","title":{"rendered":"Zarika won`t give up on her chores!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zarika won`t give up on her chores!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

World Boxing Council super bantamweight champion Kenyan Fatuma Zarika (32-12-2, 17 Ko’s), 34, conquered the world crown in October 2016 by defeating the\u00a0elegant\u00a0\u00a0Jamaican southpaw Alicia Ashley,\u00a0 becoming \u00a0the first boxer\u00a0from \u00a0Kenya to conquer a WBC world belt.<\/p>\n

The champion, a single mother of two daughters, interrupted her studies at age 16 to help her mother in household chores. At that moment she realized that she had to do something to radically change her life.<\/p>\n

She began training boxing at age 19 in an improvised gym, working tirelessly until becoming a professional in 2000.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinning the WBC belt changed my life. I was at the lowest point mentally and winning was the way God asked me not to give up, \u201d Fatuma said.<\/p>\n

Next week she will face up to another exacting challenge in her successful career, when faces the dangerous Mexican Yamileth Mercado in a rematch.<\/p>\n

The fight will be held at the home of the challenger at the Poliforum of Ciudad Cuauht\u00e9moc, Chihuahua, Mexico. The fight is expected to be\u00a0an absolute thriller,\u00a0as the fight they held in 2018, was ranked as one of the best of the year.<\/p>\n

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Zarika won`t give up on her chores! World Boxing Council super bantamweight champion Kenyan Fatuma Zarika (32-12-2, 17 Ko’s), 34, conquered the world crown in October [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n

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