(APRIL 16) Geovana Peres loses her debut amateur Muay Thai fight against IFMA Junior Gold Medalist and GAMMA World Champion Roezala Su'e. However, she earned the respect of the kickboxing and Muay Thai community, plus she feels like a winner.

Geovana Peres said that 2020 was not a good year for her. She was mentally not in a good place and having four-fight camps that ended up being cancelled in the end putting her into depression and anxiety. The ring is where she feels she belong and the ring is what she loved. But due to covid19 and at the same timing having a world champion status, she could never fight.

Being able to fight again has taken her out of that dark place. She was able to lose a lot of weight that she gain due to being less active, from just being able to train again for this fight. Now she is the happiest she has ever been. She doesn’t feel like she lost, more that she has found her fire against. Now her fire is burning and she is hungry to fight again.

This fight between Geovana Peres and Roezala Su'e is something that you don’t often see in New Zealand. First of all, we have a major Boxing world champion fighting an amateur Muay Thai world champion and amateur MMA world champion. On top of that, you never see a boxer transition to fight as a Muay Thai or kickboxer. It’s incredibly rare to see as it is always easier to fight an MMA fight, kickboxer or Muay Thai fighter in a boxing fight than going over to their combat sport to fight their combat rules. Due to this, Geovana Peres has earned the respect of the Kickboxing and Muay Thai fight community.

Before this fight, Geovana Peres was not sure if she will continue on this fight pathway. Now after the fight, despite the loss, she feels hungrier and happier than ever and will continue to fight as a Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer. The next plan is to get a couple more fights and experience, then to Roezala Su'e in a rematch for a title in the future.

Geovana accomplished so much in her career so far. She became the first person from the rainbow community to win the Professional New Zealand National Boxing title and the first person from the rainbow community to represent New Zealand to win a major world boxing title. She now has a new goal in her career to become the first person from New Zealand to have won a major world boxing title and Kickboxing/Muay Thai title. She is halfway there, now it’s time for her to climb those rankings.

Despite the loss, she has made her friends, her team and her community extremely proud. We will continue to support Geovana and how far she will go in her career.

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