Female Boxing Champions on Front Lines of Battle

By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent

 As Russian military forces had closed to within nine miles of the city of Kiev, with Wladimir Kitschko, Vitali Klitschko, Oleksandr Usyk, and Vasyl Lomachenko, present and former professional world boxing champions in the heat of battle, the souls of Alexis Arguello and Dick Tiger reborn in national conflict, the conflict takes on a new height as we examine the situation on March 11, 2022. The biggest confrontation is yet to occur, in days, or even hours.

 Adding to that conflict is the perplexing riddle of female world champions at war. Whereas the world presumed all women and children, and youth boys 15 and youth are evacuating to Poland, Hungary, Romania and other points, over two million individuals at this point, that statement is not a complete truth. Many women have opted to join the numbers and bear arms. This is one such story, and it has to be told, the final major conflicts occur, so it can be understood what has happened.

 Female flyweight Alina Shaternikova, 47, is now on the front lines, among those prepared to, and probably destined to die, in the Russian Federation versus Ukraine conflict. Bornin Depropetrovisk, Ukraine, on June 17, 1975, a kickboxer and professional junior flyweight boxer, Shaternikova was licensed by the Professional Boxing League of Ukraine, trained by Alexander Lixter, and managed by Vadim Bukhkalov. As a female amateur kickboxer, she won a Bronze medal at the 1993 WAKO World Amateur Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in 1993, became female kickboxing champion of Ukraine in 1994, and WAKO World champion in 1995.  In the first Acropolis Cup for female international boxers in Athens, Greece, in 1997, Shaternikova won a gold medal in the 48 kilograms female division win a win over Zsuszanna Szaternnowa of Hungary in the finals.

 In March 1996, Shaternikova made her pro boxing debut in Ekaterinberg with a four round points unanimous decision win over Natalia Nenacheva, a bout which does not appear on BoxRec. Her first female world title attempt was a 10 round split decision loss to Regina Halmich for the International Boxing Federation Female World Light Flyweight title in December 2000, though Shaternikova did win the European Female Flyweight title in her first attempt in January 2001, only five weeks later. In July 2001, Shaternikova lost a 10 round decision to Halmich again for the IBF Female World Light Flyweight title. In June 2002, Shaternikova won the vacant International Boxing Federation Female World Bantamweight title by 10 round decision. In February 2005, Shaternikova won the vacant Global Boxing Union Female World Super Flyweight title in her final ring appearance.




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