“I’m happy that she’s the one that said my name. She’s the one that said she wants to fight me,” Belbiţă said. “Before that, I didn’t really think that I’m at her level, but when she said my name, I was like, ‘Oh, this girl really thinks that I deserve it, so I’ve earned my spot step-by-step.’”
READ: The 10 Biggest Fights In October
“I always see in Karolina the heart that she has. Even if she had ups and downs, she never gave up, and even if she had bad times and she had a few losses, one day she said, ‘OK, that’s it; that’s enough. I just need one more chance and I’m going to shine again.’ It’s funny, because at that time I was down, too, and I was losing fights. I was watching her and [feeling] like, ‘If she can do this and be this sweet, cute, ‘fragile,’ I can do the same thing,’ and here I am.”
Belbiţă wouldn’t exactly call Kowalkiewicz her idol, but she’s definitely up there for the budding strawweight contender.
