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RAGOSINA AND KENTIKIAN TONIGHT IN GERMANY
By Ewan Whyte
WBAN
Sept 17 2005
(SEPT 17) Two women's matches feature on the bill for tonight's SES
Box Gala in Ilsenburg (Germany), parts of which will be broadcast live
on the Astra satellite by D:SF (23:00-00:30 CET): the 7th fight on
the bill pits 17-year-old Susianna Kentikian (6-0 5KOs), an Armenian
now resident in Hamburg (who has won her last four fights in either
the first or second round), against Renata Vesecka of the Czech
Republic; whilst the 8th fight - a late addition to the programme -
is a sharpening-up operation for Natascha Ragosina prior to a promised
world title fight with Jacqui Frazier-Lyde.
Ragosina, who was born in Karaganda (Kazakhstan) but fights out
of Magdeburg, is matched here at super middleweight against Maria
Velichkova of Sofia (Bulgaria), who is making her professional debut.
In her last outing, in which she coped easily enough with the veteran
Valerie Mahfood of the States without ever finding the finish, Ragosina
seemed still to be suffering the after-effects of an illness that
had put her out of action for several months earlier in the year;
nonetheless, in terms of style she seemed markedly improved, having
abandoned the rather upright stance (once compared with that of Vitali
Klitschko) that had brought her the world championship as an amateur
in favour of a more fluid shoot-from-the-hip style reminiscent of
Muhammad Ali.
A strikingly beautiful 28-year-old with tremendous natural athleticism,
Ragosina won European championships in 1996 and 1998 as a kickboxer
before switching disciplines in 1999. This will be her eighth fight
as a professional; her record currently stands at 7-0 (5 KOs).
In a second women's match, Susianna Kentikian defeated Renata Vesecka
in the fourth round by 58 seconds TKO.
http://www.womenboxing.com/NEWS2005/fight071705ragosinakertikian.htm
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
By Ewan Whyte
WBAN
Sept 17 2005
(SEPT 17) Two women's matches feature on the bill for tonight's SES
Box Gala in Ilsenburg (Germany), parts of which will be broadcast live
on the Astra satellite by D:SF (23:00-00:30 CET): the 7th fight on
the bill pits 17-year-old Susianna Kentikian (6-0 5KOs), an Armenian
now resident in Hamburg (who has won her last four fights in either
the first or second round), against Renata Vesecka of the Czech
Republic; whilst the 8th fight - a late addition to the programme -
is a sharpening-up operation for Natascha Ragosina prior to a promised
world title fight with Jacqui Frazier-Lyde.
Ragosina, who was born in Karaganda (Kazakhstan) but fights out
of Magdeburg, is matched here at super middleweight against Maria
Velichkova of Sofia (Bulgaria), who is making her professional debut.
In her last outing, in which she coped easily enough with the veteran
Valerie Mahfood of the States without ever finding the finish, Ragosina
seemed still to be suffering the after-effects of an illness that
had put her out of action for several months earlier in the year;
nonetheless, in terms of style she seemed markedly improved, having
abandoned the rather upright stance (once compared with that of Vitali
Klitschko) that had brought her the world championship as an amateur
in favour of a more fluid shoot-from-the-hip style reminiscent of
Muhammad Ali.
A strikingly beautiful 28-year-old with tremendous natural athleticism,
Ragosina won European championships in 1996 and 1998 as a kickboxer
before switching disciplines in 1999. This will be her eighth fight
as a professional; her record currently stands at 7-0 (5 KOs).
In a second women's match, Susianna Kentikian defeated Renata Vesecka
in the fourth round by 58 seconds TKO.
http://www.womenboxing.com/NEWS2005/fight071705ragosinakertikian.htm
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress