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On Friday October 21 at the
Brandenburg Halle in Frankfurt,
Germany, undefeated World Boxing
Federation (WBF) Women’s World
Middleweight Champion Christina
Hammer (10-0, 7 KOs) will defend
her title against American
Vashon Living (5-1, 1 KO).
In what will be Hammer’s second
defense of the WBF title, the
pair will square off on a show
promoted by Ulf Steinforth of
SES Boxing and televised live in
Germany by Sport1.
21-year-old Hammer, born in
Kazakhstan but now a German
citizen hailing from Magdeburg,
captured the WBF World title
with a seventh round stoppage of
Hungarian Diana Kiss in
February, and successfully
defended it with a unanimous
decision over WIBA Light
Middleweight World Champion
Maria Lindberg from Sweden this
past May.
Prior to winning the WBF title,
Hammer had picked up the vacant
WBO crown in October 2010 by
beating Teresa Perozzi from
Bermuda. That belt will also be
on the line in Frankfurt.
Vashon “Lady V” Living will
enter her first World
Championship fight against
Hammer, and she will do so as
the underdog. After a stellar
amateur career, the 30-year-old
from Houston, Texas unexpectedly
lost her professional debut in
2005 and didn’t fight again
until 2009.
However, she has gone undefeated
in her comeback, racking up five
straight victories to line up
the big opportunity in Germany,
and has reportedly looked
sharper and more focused than
ever in training.
Living is trained by Aaron
Navarro at the Main Street
Boxing Gym in downtown Houston,
and promoted by former
heavyweight contender Lou
Savarese, so she has a strong
team behind her in her quest to
become a world champion in her
first attempt.
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