Mexican Jeanette Zacarias Zapata died yesterday after receiving several hard blows to the head during the match against Canadian Marie-Pier Houle last weekend.
She lost consciousness in the ring and was then cared for at a hospital in Montreal, where she later died.
This contributes to Patricia Berghult's title match having to wait even longer. The match against Marie-Ève Dicaire was supposed to take place already in June, but the escalating corona situation in Canada contributed to the match being postponed. A new date was set for September 17, but all professional boxing in Canada has been temporarily stopped and now the match for the WBC title has been postponed further, with no set date at present.
- She was just ready and topped and felt strong, everything was perfect.
We had obtained visas and done X-rays, blood tests, eye tests, weigh-ins - everything was ready.
We are desperate and cursed that they cancel the match again.
We have turned down more other options to get this match, and it has been a long time since Patricia last played a match and it is becoming harder and harder for her to keep her motivation up, says coach Kamran Kabinejad to NA.
- I have never been with my husband, that a match is postponed several times, and we get no answers from Canada about new dates.
I have sent four to five emails, but get nothing back.
We're starting to get desperate, but have said we can give it this week.
Then we can shit in them and contact WBC directly instead