Mazelanik, Szebeledi clash for vacant WBF bantam belt

On July 2, 2011 the vacant World Boxing Federation (WBF) female world bantamweight title will be on the line when Germany’s Pia Mazelanik and Hungary’s Renata Szebeledi meet inside an open-air ring at the Regenstorplatz in Lemgo, Germany. The admission to the event will be free to all boxing fans. After the main event, there will be a public viewing of the highly anticipated Wladimir Klitschko versus David Haye fight for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world.

The main event, of course, will be the battle between two of the rising stars in female bantamweight boxing. At age 23, Pia Mazelanik (12-3-1) is slowly graduating into a world class fighter and will be in for her very first shot at a major world title in Lemgo. The hard-hitting 20-years old Renata Szebeledi (11-8, 6 K.o.’s) already fought for the world title three times. She lost decisions against Unathi Myekeni for the WBF female super bantamweight belt and against Oksana Vasilieva for the WBF female featherweight strap in 2010. But she also captured the UBO super bantamweight title last year against Gabriella Insperger. Still, Szebeledi is considered the underdog against Mazelanik.

Mazelanik herself is on a three-fight winning streak. She last lost in 2009, a very close split decision to Doris Koehler – a fighter she had beaten before. Winning the WBF belt would fulfill her dream to become world champion and make some noise in boxing. The bout between Mazelanik and Szebeledi is being promoted by Kai Gutmann and Thomas Mrutzek.