What title does Souris Manfredi hold?

She is the WLC's only Women's Bantamweight Champion, a title she won by TKO (retirement) in round 4 against Maisha Katz at WLC 12: Hideout Battle on 28 August 2020, and held for 157 days without a defence.

What was Souris Manfredi's WLC debut?

On 2 August 2019, at WLC 9: King of Nine Limbs, she defeated Cambodia's Eh Yanut by unanimous decision over three rounds — the WLC's first female fight.

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SOURIS MANFREDI

bantamweight, modern

4 min readUpdated: 2026-04

In Short

Souris Manfredi is a French fighter who became the WLC's only Women's Bantamweight Champion, defeating Maisha Katz by TKO (retirement) in round 4 at WLC 12: Hideout Battle on 28 August 2020. She debuted in the WLC's newly created women's division on 2 August 2019 with a unanimous-decision win over Cambodia's Eh Yanut, and later competed in bareknuckle boxing in Thailand.

Record

Records incomplete

KO %

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Titles

Active years

2019–2023

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Biography

French fighter Souris Manfredi became the first winner of the WLC's newly created women's division, defeating Cambodia's Eh Yanut by unanimous decision at WLC 9: King of Nine Limbs (2 August 2019), then won the WLC Women's Bantamweight Championship by fourth-round TKO over Spain's Maisha Katz at WLC 12: Hideout Battle (28 August 2020) — a 157-day reign with zero defences before the WLC stopped promoting events. She later moved into bareknuckle boxing, losing a split decision for the inaugural BKFC Thailand Women's Strawweight Championship in May 2022; her most recently documented activity is a 2023 novelty match at Fight Circus 6.

Titles & honours

WLC Women's Bantamweight Champion (won 28 Aug 2020, no defences)

Reading this record

No systematic bout record survives for Souris Manfredi. Myanmar kept no central sanctioning archive for sandpit-era Lethwei and festival cards were often undocumented, so this profile rests on the historical account rather than a verifiable win-loss line. Treat the absence of numbers as missing paperwork, not a short career.

Souris Manfredi is the only fighter profiled here at bantamweight. No stance is documented for this fighter.

Rules & scoring →Judging & scoring →Weight classes explained →Techniques & strikes →

Greatest fights

vs Maisha Katz — WLC 12: Hideout Battle, 28 August 2020

Manfredi defeated Maisha Katz (Spain) by TKO (retirement) in round 4 to win the WLC Women's Bantamweight Championship — her only WLC title, which she held for 157 days without a defence.

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Frequently Asked

What title does Souris Manfredi hold?: She is the WLC's only Women's Bantamweight Champion, a title she won by TKO (retirement) in round 4 against Maisha Katz at WLC 12: Hideout Battle on 28 August 2020, and held for 157 days without a defence.
What was Souris Manfredi's WLC debut?: On 2 August 2019, at WLC 9: King of Nine Limbs, she defeated Cambodia's Eh Yanut by unanimous decision over three rounds — the WLC's first female fight.
Did Souris Manfredi fight after the WLC?: Yes. She fought in Thai bareknuckle boxing, including a split-decision loss to Fani Peloumpi for the inaugural BKFC Thailand Women's Strawweight Championship on 7 May 2022, and a KO win over Saowaluk Nareepaengsri in a separate BKFC Thailand bout.

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