Viviane Obenauf was born on 25 October 1986 and is a Brazilian former professional boxer who competed from 2014 to 2019.
15 Facts About Viviane Obenauf
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Viviane Obenauf has challenged three times for world titles; the IBO female lightweight title in 2017; the IBF female super featherweight title in 2018; and the IBO female super featherweight title in 2019.
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Viviane Obenauf attempted to establish herself as the aggressor from the opening bell, but the former Olympic champion used her defence to evade Viviane Obenauf's attacks and began stalking her around the ring while staying behind the jab, fighting in spurts and landing combination punches to the head and body.
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Viviane Obenauf had a moment of success in the third, catching Taylor with a right hook and a straight left that sent her opponent stumbling off-balance.
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Taylor began landing her speedy combinations with more frequency in the fifth, a round which saw Viviane Obenauf receive a cut above the left eye from an accidental clash of heads.
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Viviane Obenauf's next fight came on 25 March 2017, against Maja Milenkovic at the Congress Center in Interlaken, Switzerland.
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Viviane Obenauf won the fight with an eighth round technical knockout to capture the vacant WBF International female lightweight title.
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Viviane Obenauf lost the fight via sixth round corner retirement after Viviane Obenauf's corner withdrew her from the contest between rounds, suffering the first stoppage loss of her career.
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Viviane Obenauf scored an upset victory with a fourth round TKO.
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Viviane Obenauf came out swinging from the opening bell, smothering the former Olympian with combinations to the head and landing a few clean, straight right hands.
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Viviane Obenauf came out in the fourth employing the same tactics, walking Jonas down and throwing big shots.
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Halfway through the round, Viviane Obenauf landed another big right hand to put Jonas down for the third time.
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Viviane Obenauf landed another left hook that made Jonas sag into the ropes, at which point referee Michael Alexander stepped in and waved off the fight as Jonas' trainer Joe Gallagher threw in the towel with 18 seconds of the round remaining.
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Viviane Obenauf lost in her first challenge of a major world title via fifth round RTD.
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In December 2022, Viviane Obenauf was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 16 years in prison.