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When Wladimir Klitschko defends
four heavyweight world titles
against Francesco Pianeta on
Saturday May 4 at the SAP Arena
in Mannheim, Germany, two
undefeated World Boxing
Federation World Champions will
clash in a very interesting
match-up on the undercard.
WBF Women’s World Super
Middleweight Champion Zita
Zatyko will defend her crown
against World Middleweight
titlist Christina Hammer on the
massive show televised by RTL in
Germany and promoted by K2
Promotions and SES Boxing.
32-year-old Hungarian Zatyko,
15-0-1 (11), won the WBF World
Super Middleweight title in
November 2011 with a decision
over compatriot Diana Kiss in
hometown Szekszard. Since then
injuries kept her out of the
ring for a year, before she
returned to action last November
with a stoppage of Esther Cloete
in a non-title bout.
Her first title-defense against
Hammer, 13-0 (7), will be a real
female Super Fight, as both are
arguably number one in their
respective weight classes, and
considering the fact that around
forty thousand spectators will
be in attendance and millions
will potentially watch on TV, it
rarely gets any bigger than this
for women’s boxing.
Kazakhstan-born German Christina
Hammer turned professional in
2009 and captured the
Middleweight WBF World title at
only 20 years of age in 2011.
Now 22, she is already a
seasoned champion with four
successful defenses under her
belt, and ready for a new
challenge at Super Middleweight:
“My goal is to become the best
champion in boxing pound for
pound, and winning my second
world title in two weight
classes by beating Zatyko will
be another step towards
realizing that goal”, Hammer
explained when the fight was
announced.
Zatyko likely have similar goals
for herself, and while Hammer
will be boxing on home ground in
Germany it remains anybody’s
guess who will leave the SAP
Arena as WBF World Super
Middleweight Champion on May 4.
Will the reigning title-holder
be able to over-power the
challenger, or will Hammer
manage to use her technique to
out-box Zatyko?
No matter what happens, it
should be an interesting
encounter. As they say,
“Somebody’s O has to go!”
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