WBAN
Jan 21 2007
Kentikian and Alvarez meet in World Title fight
By Torben L. of Denmark
January 20, 2007
(JAN 20) Thursday PRO7 released the news of a new boxing show
"ProSieben Fight Nights" in co-operation with Spotlight Boxing. The
launch of the new show will take place on 16th February at 8.15 pm
CET, where one of the main events will be a fight for the WBA
Flyweight Title between Susi Kentikian (14-0-0) and Carolina Alvarez
(8-0-1) of Venezuela.
The show will also include a WBO Intercontinental Middleweight fight
between Spotlight’s Sebastian Zbik vs. Alfonso Mosquera of Panama.
Two other Spotlight fighters, heavyweight Sebastian Köber and
featherweight Vitali Tajbert, will also climb through the ropes;
opponents yet to be revealed.
According to the press release, the four young German talents
Kentikian, Zbik, Köber and Tajbert will be the new "boxing" faces of
ProSieben with three shows planned from February to May so far.
The opportunity to appear live on prime time nationwide TV in a World
Title Fight, is no doubt a tremendous encouragement – and well
deserved – for young Kentikian. So far she has been overshadowed by
Halmich, Menzer, Graf and Sahin as far as TV exposure is concerned.
Her TV appearances has been limited to a couple of undercard fights
on the German DSF sport channel and a Intercontinental title fight
against Maya Frenzel shown EUROSPORT.
Despite the lack of TV exposure, the young Armenian has proved her
huge popularity among the German boxing fans recently. She caused an
upset, when overtook both Ina Menzer and Alesia Graf in the 2006
Female Boxer of the Year poll run by the only German hardcopy boxing
magazine "BOXSPORT" and came second only to Regina Halmich, who won
the award for the 5th year running.
A current internet poll on the ZDF website shows a similar picture to
the question "Who will be the successor to Regina Halmich". Kentikian
leads this poll "neck by neck" with Ina Menzer.
Another recent acknowledgement has been the 2006 WBAN "Most
Inspirational Boxer Award", shared with Ann Marie Saccurato.
Regina Halmich will be a further attraction to the premiere of
"ProSieben Fight Night". She will appear as an expert commentator.
Halmich is certainly no newcomer to ProSieben. Her famous show fight
against Stefan Raab was broadcast by ProSieben, and achieved the
highest ever viewer rating of the Station.
Spotlight Boxing’s contract with EUROSPORT will continue, although
with a reduced number of shows in 2007.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
