Argentina’s Carolina Raquel “The Turk” Duer won the World
Boxing Organization bantamweight title for first time on Friday.
Duer defeated another Argentine boxer, Mayra Alejandra
Gomez, by unanimous decision (96-94, 98-92, 96-94) in the July 26 bout,
achieving her second world boxing title. The Jewish boxer raised her
professional record to 15-3.
Duer, 35, was previously the World Boxing Organization’s
super flyweight champion, a title which she defended six times.
Known by her nickname, “The Turk,” Duer is the daughter of
Syrian immigrants to Argentina. She attended the capital’s Jaim Najman Bialik
Primary School and spent more than a month in Israel in her younger years
working on a kibbutz and touring the country.
On weekends she went to the local
Maccabi club and attended Jewish summer camp.
“The Turk” is one of Argentina’s national attractions in
sports. The country’s National Public Television covered the fight live and
broadcast it free to the country under a federal program designed to make
satellite television more accessible, including in a high-definition version.
As an amateur Duer won 19 of 20 fights. In 2007, she turned
professional. Three years later she won the World Boxing Organization’s super
flyweight title by defeating Italian Lorena Pedazza by decision.
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