Eight minutes of what was described as a 'merciless struggle' wasn't enough for either Olga Bojare or Irina Peliha to establish a decisive advantage over the other when they met in Riga on the 10th September and left the Latvian crowd thundering for more.
 

They'll have to travel to Germany to get it : Jan Joe Zamboni, the managing director of Elite Box Promotions, who was in the crowd, wasted no time in signing up the pair of them to settle things on his 'Night of the Next Champions' bill in the EWE Arena, Fürstenwalde, on the 28th October. "We scour the world looking for attractive match-ups," says Zamboni, "but a battle like their last one has not been seen in a very long time!"
 

On the same bill, Ramona Kühne (26) of Großziethen, who on Saturday was interviewed and signing autographs at the annual 'Day of the Martial Arts' in the Gropius-Passage, Berlin's largest shopping centre, will be moving up for the first time from four to six rounds. "I've only been boxing professionally since April 2006, so I need to take things one step at a time," she explained.
 

After getting the nod from the judges against Natalija Dolgova of Latvia and Slovakians Jarka Blahova and Miroslava Durinova, Kühne, who is trained by her boyfriend, Stephan Böstfleisch, and managed by Adil Cift, had been scheduled to take on the rangy Lívia Sándorfi of Budapest (Hungary) in her fourth outing, but a new opponent had to be found at only two days notice after the Hungarian boxing federation refused to release her. Into the breach stepped Danielle Camerling of the Netherlands — like her opponent a former kick-boxer, here fighting for the first time under the marquess of Queensberry rules.
 

Camerling's attempts in the first round to establish a bridgehead in the new sport were repulsed with a certain brutality; Frau Kühne was not in a welcoming frame of mind! Rocked several times in the opening two minutes by an opponent able, seemingly, to connect at will with either hand, the big Dutch girl was dropped by a combination in the final seconds and only saved from a count-out by the bell. Wisely her corner decided in the interval not to let her come out for the second round (photo).

Kühne's opponent on the 28th has not yet been named. It could be one of the Polish girls that were canvassed but unavailable on the last occasion, Dorota Kosatka or Monica Herzilla, or else Sándorfi, if permission can be obtained this time. At 1.78m (5'10"), Sándorfi is unusually tall for a junior welterweight (-63 kg) and would enjoy an 8 centimetre height advantage over Kühne if the two were to fight. According to Fight Night Boxen, after two outings as a professional, Sándorfi remains undefeated.
 

(Sources: Elite Boxing, Fight Night Boxen, Slimtrax Promotion)