21 years old, and considered the
number-one female middleweight
in the world, Christina Hammer
is making her third defense of
the World Boxing Federation
World title on Thursday April 5
at the Vodova Arena in Brno,
Czech Republic.
Hammer, 11-0 (7), is taking on
South African challenger Julie
“Queen” Tshabalala, 4-1-1 (1),
on a show promoted by SES Boxing
that also features a
championship fight between local
hero Lukas Konecny and Frenchman
Salim Larbi.
Born in Novodolinka, Kazakhstan,
the nationalized German has
become something of a
Globetrotting champion, winning
the WBF World title in Slovenia
in February 2011 and defending
it in the Czech Republic three
months later before returning to
Germany for her second defense
last October. Now she will go
back to the Czech Republic for
the Tshabalala encounter.
Julie Tshabalala from
Johannesburg is the reigning
South African Middleweight
Champion. Making her
professional debut in August
2008, she captured the national
title almost exactly a year
later with a ten-round unanimous
decision over Bomkazi Klaas. She
defended the title the following
year in a rematch with Klaas,
and again last summer with a
stoppage over Lilian Molala.
While Hammer has five more
professional bouts than
Tshabalala, and been in four
title fights compared to the
South Africans three, the
champion will do herself a favor
by not underestimating her
challenger who is known for her
fighting spirit and
determination.
The Christina Hammer vs. Julie
Tshabalala WBF Women’s World
Middleweight title fight will be
streamed live and exclusively to
the world via
www.bild.de from 8 PM local
time. |
