(OCT 10) Irais Hernandez,
from Tijuana in Mexico, will get an unusually quick second
chance to win the World Boxing Federation (WBF) Women's World
Super Middleweight title when she rematches Slovenian Ema Kozin
five weeks after they fought to a draw for the vacant crown on
September 8th in Croatia.
On Sunday, October 14th, at the
Technikum in Munich, Germany they will try to settle the score,
as Hernandez hopes to win her first world championship and Kozin
attempts, again, to add the Super Middleweight crown to the WBF
World Middleweight title she already holds.
Despite a mediocre 2-1-2 (2) record, Hernandez must be
considered one of the very best in the world, in and around her
weight class, as she already has more significant results than
most of her fellow contenders. Before drawing with Kozin, she
did the same with 10-0 WBC World Heavyweight titlist Alejandra
Jimenez.
Kozin, 14-0-1 (8), will be focused on rectifying the only
non-victory on her record. She won the WBF World Middleweight
title exactly one year before this upcoming fight, and has
successfully defended it twice against former IBF World Champion
Eva Bajic.
Hernandez gave the Southpaw from Ljubljana more problems than
anyone else she has faced in her pro career, so it is very much
to Kozin´s credit that she has agreed to face the Mexican
box-of-tricks again so soon after.
Should 19-year-old Kozin emerge victorious from the rematch, she
will be only the second two-weight world champion from Slovenia,
joining former IBF Welterweight and WBF Super Welterweight
Champion Jan Zaveck.