"It's her or me" (the Hamburger Abendblatt informed us on Monday) is Susianna Kentikian's motto. Last night it was neither. In the sweltering heat that has brought most of Europe to a standstill, the 18-year-old (dubbed 'The Pitbull' by her sparring partners) drove Daniela Graf from Karlsruhe all round the ring for twenty minutes without ever quite getting a grip. "It was very hot," explained Kentikian. "As early as the first round, I was fighting for breath."
 

They were fighting for a belt, too: the curiously styled "International German Flyweight Title" as well as a prize of 3,000 euros, which they should have split – after all, it was hot, too, for the Armenian's 23-year-old opponent, who proved despite her unimpressive [3-4-1] record every bit as tough as trainer Detlef Loritz had promised.
 

On the same bill, the Lukasik-Bojare fight also went to the cards.

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Venue: Sportschule Sachsenwald (Hamburg)

Date: 25th July 2006

Super Welterweight (4 Rounds)

Karolina Lukasik (Poland) vs. Olga Bojare (Latvia)

Result: W PTS 40:36, 40:35, 40:36

International German Championship (10 Rounds)

Susianna Kentikian (Armenia) vs. Daniela Graf (Germany)