Jasmina Zapotoczna (born 19 April 1994) is a Polish

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who has held the European

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title since March 2025.

Biography

Zapotoczna moved from Poland to England for work reasons in December 2018 and settled in

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. Unbeaten in her first six fights as a professional, she was brought in at short notice to face Shannon Ryan for the vacant WBA female

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International title at

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in London on 10 February 2024, losing by unanimous decision. Dropping down a weight division, Zapotoczna took on the previously undefeated Maisey Rose Courtney at the

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in London on 6 July 2024, with the vacant WBA female

International championship on the line. She won via unanimous decision to claim her first pro-title. She was due to challenge European female flyweight champion Chloe Watson in September 2024, but the bout was postponed when her opponent suffered an injury. The contest was rescheduled to take place on an all-female card, headlined by a welterweight world title unification fight between

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and Lauren Price, at the

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in London on 7 March 2025. Zapotoczna won by split decision with two of the ringside judges scoring the contest 96–95 in her favour, while the third had it 97–93 for Watson.

References

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