Hagar Finer ( he, הגר פיינר, born 1984) is an Israeli boxer. She is the

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champion 2009.

Biography

Hagar Finer was born in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

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, on October 15, 1984. She took up

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at the age of 13 and became the Israeli

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champion for her age group. At 17, she switched to boxing at the urging of her coach, Raanan Tal. Between 2009 and 2012, she was managed by

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. In 2012, she started training with a new coach named Lior David.

Boxing career

Finer first won the

bantamweight title in a match against Ukrainian boxer Oksana Romanova which was held in

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on October 10, 2009. Finer won by a technical

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in the sixth round. This match was preceded by several attempts to win the world championship title in different weight categories, one of which being veteran German boxer

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's farewell fight on November 30, 2007. On April 29, 2010, Finer retained her title after defeating the Armenian boxer Agnesse Boza, whom she knocked out a minute before the end of the fifth round. The match took place in the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv. On October 30, 2010, Finer defended her title again against German boxer

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in a match that was held in

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. The match was ten rounds long and was won by umpire decision. On January 22, 2011, Finer defeated French boxer Nadege Szikora in a match that was held in

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, thus retaining her title for the third time. On July 14, 2012, Finer defended her title for the fourth time, this time in

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. She defeated Austrian boxer Bettina Granasi by a knockout in the third round.

Professional boxing record

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Finer, Hagar 1984 births Living people Jewish boxers Israeli women boxers Israeli Jews Sportspeople from Tel Aviv Israeli female karateka World boxing champions Bantamweight boxers

Biography

Boxing career

Professional boxing record

See also

References