Odelia Ben Ephraim, Tania Alvarez Make Weight Ahead of European Title Fight

Both Odelia "Thunder" Ben Ephraim and Tania "La Violencia" Alvarez weighed in under the junior featherweight limit of 122 pounds ahead of their clash tomorrow at Casal Cultural i Recreatiu in Castellbisbal, Spain. The contest is for Alvarez's European junior featherweight title.

Ben Ephraim (5-3) is a 25 year old from Blagnac, France. She weighed 119.5 pounds, the lightest of her pro career. Her previous lightest came before her last fight when she was 122.8 pounds in June. Her heaviest was 126 in her debut in 2021. To this point, she has been a career featherweight.

Alvarez (11-1, 2 KOs) came in at 121.7 pounds. The 22 year old champion from Barcelona, Spain has had most of her fights at featherweight as well. She had one scheduled fight at 130 pounds a year and a half ago. This will be her third fight at the 122 pound limit. Alvarez won the vacant Spanish junior featherweight title two fights ago and the vacant European super featherweight title in her last fight.

After the weigh-in, Ben Ephraim immediately ate a banana and drank a glass of water. She then had lunch, which consisted of salmon, rice, and vegetables. Later, she drank some tea and indulged in some chocolate, which she had been missing during training.

This bout is scheduled for ten two-minute rounds. The title is on the line! For a preview of the fight, click here. So far, no live stream has been announced.

courtesy of Toni Moreno's IG page via Tim Boxeo