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(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.
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