19.11.2011                      22.Cheschwan. 5772                      Chaje Sarah

Sport:

Argentinian Jewish boxer defends her title

Carolina Raquel Duer, the World Boxing Organization’s super flyweight champion, steps back into the ring.

In many ways, Carolina Raquel Duer is a typical middle-class Jewish kid from Buenos Aires. She attended a Jewish day school, spent time working and traveling in Israel and celebrated her bat mitzvah at a Conservative synagogue.
But when she stepped into the ring Nov. 12 at Club Atletico Lanus, she showcased a set of talents not commonly associated with the Jewish women of Buenos Aires.
Duer, 33, is the World Boxing Organization’s super flyweight champion. Making the third defense of her title, Duer defeated Maria Jose Nunez by a technical knockout in the third round. Duer knocked down her Uruguyan opponent with a left cross, Nunez scrambled to her feet before her cornerman – also her husband – threw in the towel to stop the fight….