Swiss Shocker! WBA Boxing Champ Viviane Obenauf Arrested For Beating Her Husband to Death
By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent
Birsfelden, Switzerland, (December 6th, 2020)– Former World Boxing Association International Female Super Featherweight champion Viviane Obenauf, 34, a Brazilian now living in Birsfelden, Switzerland, has been arrested on suspicion of beating her 61-year-old husband Thomas to death. Obenauf married Thomas in January 2020, according to El Globo. The man’s death in the home he shared with his professional boxing wife has been described as a ‘violent assault’.
Obenauf, 14-6 with seven knockouts, is also a former World Boxing Federation International Lightweight champion, last fought in November 2019 at Manchester Arena in the United Kingdom, when she lost a 10 rounds unanimous decision to undefeated Terri Harper for the International Boxing Organization World Female Super Featherweight title.
According to RT news, Martin Soche, a friend of Obenauf’s husband, was one of the last people to see the man alive. “He was easy to get along with and worked with passion,” he told Blick after the tragedy.
“I had borrowed glasses from him for a birthday party and had to bring them back.
“Then we had another beer together. And now he’s just not there anymore. It has shaken everyone up.”
A bricklayer and bodybuilder who had a relationship with Obenauf after meeting her in a restaurant told Blick that the Brazil-born former Olympian “always had two faces,” describing her temperament as “like flicking a switch. ”
“It was Good Friday, and for once we wanted to drink some red wine to celebrate the day,” he claimed of one incident with Obenauf, saying she had become “very jealous” about his frequent contact with a colleague.
“She hit me directly in the face with her fist about three or four times. Then I heard that she was getting dressed in the bedroom.”
While he alleged his mouth had been bloodied by a split lip, the man said Obenauf had been preparing to go for a drive.
An 82-year-old man, described as a “close confidante” of Obenauf, gave a speech at their wedding.
“I knew both of them very well and the death has shocked me,” he said. “I was a little skeptical [about their marriage] but when I got to know [him], I knew, ‘this is [the right] man.’
“We celebrated in a hotel on Lake Thun and they were both very happy. She is a sensitive soul – this loss will sadden her incredibly. On the outside, she will take what has happened with composure.
“[She] was always very popular with men. It is possible that someone who had been rejected saw how great the relationship between them was and wanted to beat him up out of jealousy.”
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