There are some nice treats in store for
fans of women's boxing in Europe, who are able to receive German TV.
No less than 3 world championship fights will be shown live over the
next two weekends.
First up is Susianna Kentikian (19-0-0) against Sarah Goodson
(25-15-1) with two titles at stake. The fight will take place at the
Alderdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg on Friday 29th February. This will
be Kentikians first double title defence. She won the WBA Flyweight
Title against Carolina Alvarez title just over a year ago,
while the WIBF belt was added to the collection on 7th
December last year, after she a hard fought bout with Nadia
Hokmi.
This will be the Sarah Goodsons first
fight outside the US and only her second title fight. But with the
solid experience of 41 previous encounters in the ring, that should
hardly worry Goodson too much. Kentikian has really made a name for
herself on the German boxing scene, and earlier this month she also
received recognition outside the boxing circles, when she was
elected Hamburg's Sportswoman of the Year. The Kentikian vs
Goodson fight will be shown live on ProSieben Fight Night, Friday
29th February. The broadcast begins at 10.15 pm CET.
Saturday 8th March is another date to
keep in mind. ZDF shows two women's world championship fight live
from König Palast, Krefeld. Ina Menzer 19-0-0 will be defending her
WIBF Featherweight belt against Canadian Sandy Tsagouris (7-0-0).
Tsagouris holds the Canadian Featherweight Title which she won by
defeating Olivia Gerula on points in October last year. Her fight in
Krefeld will be her first world title fight. Ina Menzer comes off a
win against veteran Laura Serrano. The two produced an exiting and
close fight in November of 2007.
The other world championship fight of
the night is for the WIBF and GBU Super Flyweight titles. Title
holder Alesia Graf (19-1-0) will be facing Fatuma Zarika (17-3-1) of
Kenya. Alesia Grafs last two fights were both close, action packed
and very enjoyable to watch. The opponents were Zulina Munoz in
September and Esmeralda Moreno in November, and both made Graf work
very hard for her purse.
Zarika has fought in Germany once before. She met Ina Menzer in
Munich on 27th May 2006, where she suffered one of her 3 defeats.
However, she proved a difficult and uncomfortable opponent for
Menzer, and could well prove to be the same for Graf. ZDF begins
their live broadcast of the Menzer vs Tsagouris and Graf vs Zarika
fights at 11 pm CET on 8th March.
