By Erik Schmidt: Unbeaten WBA female flyweight and WIBF Women’s International Boxing Federation flyweight champion Susi Kentikian (23-0, 16 KOs) will be making a defense of her titles on Friday night against American Elena Reid (19-4, 5 KOs) in a 10-round bout at the Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, in Hamburg, Germany. Kentikian, 21, faces a tough opponent in the 27-year-old Reid, an experienced fighter with loses top talented opponents Regina Halmich, Alicia Ashley and Eileen Olszewski in the past four years.
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Kentikian Defeats Toktaulova
By Erik Schmidt: WBA female flyweight and WIBF Women’s International Boxing Federation flyweight champion Susi Kentikian (23-0, 16 KOs) defeated Anastasia Toktaulova (13-10, 2 KOs) by a 10-round unanimous decision at the Sporthalle Brandberge, Halle an der Saale, in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. Kentikian, 21, dominated the fight with her more powerful combinations for most of the fight. However, she struggled to land throughout the fight, missing often with her punches against the constantly moving Toktaulova.
Kentikian-Toktaulova on December 5th – Boxing News
By Erik Schmidt: In a stay busy fight WBA/WIBF flyweight champion Susi Kentikian (22-0, 16 KOs) will defend her titles in a 10-round bout against Russian Anastasia Toktaulova (13-9, 2 KOs) on December 5th at the Sporthalle Brandberge, Halle an der Saale, in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. Kentikian, only 22, has breezed through seven title defenses of her WBA belt since winning it against Carolina Alvarez in a 9th round stoppage in February 2007.
Susi Kentikian vs. Hagar Finer on August 29th
By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated WIBF/WBA world female flyweight champion Susi Kentikian (21-0, 16 KOs) will be facing perhaps her toughest opponent of her short career on August 29th when she takes on Hagar Finer (17-6-3, 4 KOs) in a scheduled 10-round title bout at the Burg-Waechter Castello, in Dusseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Kentikian, only 20, will be making the 7th defense of her WBA flyweight title and her 3rd defense of her WIBF title, both of which she earned in the past year. Since turning professional in 2005, Kentikian has quickly moved up the ranks, beating experienced top fighters in the flyweight division, and has taken over the mantle left behind by the previous top female boxer in Germany Regina Halmich who retired in November 2007 after holding onto the WIBF title for an incredible 12 years in succession. Kentikian can hope to be as good as Halmich was while holding onto her title for so long.
Originally from Yerevan, Armenia, Kentikian immigrated to Germany and has lived in Hamburg since 1996. At 5’1″, she’s short but powerfully built, with fast hands and knockout power in either hand.
Kentikian Destroys Ortega
By Erik Schmidt: Undefeated WIBF Women’s International Boxing Federation flyweight and WBA Female flyweight champion Susi Kentikian (21-0, 16 KOs) successfully defended her titles with a destructive 1st round TKO of American Mary Ortega (29-5-2, 8 KOs) of a scheduled 10-round title bout at the Brandberge Arena, Halle, an der Saale, in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, on Saturday night. Kentikian, 20, making her second defense of her WIBF title, dropped Ortega twice in the 1st round and was pummeling her against the ropes afterwards causing the referee to come to Ortega’s rescue and stop the fight.
Ortega, 27, never had a chance in the bout, as she was stopped with a blistering 1-2 combination from Kentikian just seconds into the fight. I’m not quite sure whether Ortega ever recovered from the knockdown because it was a devastating combination, which Ortega seemed to never see coming. The reason for that, perhaps, is because Kentikian started slow in the round, mostly throwing weak combinations with very little power put on the shots. She seemed to just be trying to make contact with Ortega and wasn’t loading up with her shots like she usually does against her opponents. Ortega, though, should have had an idea that Kentikian can punch a little because she’d knocked out 15 of her 20 opponents going into the fight, which should have been evidence enough that Kentikian is a fighter that you have to be very careful with in the ring.
Kentikian Destroys Goodson
By Jim Dower: Undefeated WBA Female flyweight/ WIBF Womens International Boxing Federation flyweight Suzi Kentikian (20-0, 15 KOs) successfully defended her titles with a 3rd round stoppage of challenger Sarah Goodson (26-16-1, 4 KOs) on Friday night at the Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, in Hamburg, Germany. Kentikian, 20, hurt Goodson with a series of a body shots in the 3rd round, prompting for referee Mikael Hook to move in and stop the one-sided bout at 0:57 of the 3rd round.
The fight was never close, for Goodson, 34, naturally fights two divisions below Kentikian as a minimumweight and appeared to have bulked up to make weight for the fight, with most of the weight appearing to be fat judging by the generous coat of fat around the midsection of Goodson. Though Kentikian was only three inches taller than Goodson at 5’1″, Kentikian seemed much more muscular and powerful than Goodson.
In the first round, Kentikian opened up with jabs on the outside, moving a lot and making it difficult for Goodson to land her own shots. Near the end of the round, Kentikian landed a big right hand to the head of Goodson, who took the shot but looked a little unsteady.
Kentikian-Goodson On February 29th
By Eric Schmidt: Female flyweight boxing champion Susi Kentikian (19-0, 14 KOs) will put both her WBA Female flyweight and WIBF Womens International Boxing Federation flyweight titles on the line when she meets up with challenger Sarah Goodson (26-15-1, 9 KOs) in a scheduled 10-round bout on February 29th, at the Sporthalle, Alsterdorf, in Hamburg, Germany.
Goodson, a fighter that usually fights in the minimumweight division, will likely be at a decided disadvantage against the larger Kentikian, as she doesn’t have the power or the size, it would seem, to compete in this fight. This bout may end earlier, with Kentikian possibly stopping the over-matched Goodson by the 3rd or 4th round. It’s going to be tough for Goodson, only 4’10”, for she’s going to have to try and outwork the taller 5’1″ Kentikian, and hope to take control of the fight in the 2nd half of the bout, a time when Kentikian traditionally fades. However, just making that far will an accomplishment, since Goodson will be no doubt be taking tremendous punishment in the early rounds.