Hülya Şahin

Julia Sahin ( born February 23, 1974 in Siegen, Germany as Hülya Şahin ) is a German boxing activist Turkish descent and lives in Cologne.

She began her professional career at the age of almost 30 years. Julia Sahin was as a professional fights long 20 wins in a row, two times with knockout, and last undefeated world champion of the Women's International Boxing Federation ( WIBF ) in the junior flyweight.

At 35, she suffered on October 10, 2009 in Rostock their first defeat as a professional, but in the higher weight class flyweight and after one and a half years of unwanted lull.

Since 26 January 2011 she is also coach of the second women's team of the football club SV Fühlingen choral hamlet.

Career to World Champion

Julia Sahin was already seven years before her very successful professional career relatively late amateur boxer. She reached under her birth name Hülya Şahin - as a child of Turkish parents - four Turkish league title, was twice European champion and one -time world champion. Previously Sahin 1995 had become 21 years old world champion in kickboxing.

For her first professional contract with the Hamburg boxing stable universe her name was Germanized to its suggestion for marketing reasons. " Somewhere that is also related so'n bit " she said tersely, and even to many of their friends they had already called so because of the simple pronunciation.

On January 27, 2007 in Dusseldorf Sahin was in her seventeenth pro fight by one point victory over Russian Anastasia Toktaulova world champion in the WIBF junior flyweight to 49 kg. Then she defended that title in three fights successfully against challengers, first in Stuttgart against the Hollie Dunaway from the U.S., then again in Dusseldorf against the Mexican Delia Lopez and most recently on 5 April 2008 again in Dusseldorf against Yahaira Martinez from Puerto Rico.

Retired Unintentionally

In the summer of 2008, the fourth title defense was coming in a few days when she dropped her boxing stable in the short term in negotiations to fight fair. According to a press report it was not telegenic enough and therefore suddenly expendable. Sahin accepted the involuntary retirement without public debate and commented later that it was outside repatriates just not their type "and if a man says that I am undesirable, then I 'd better go. "

To the fact that in professional boxing for women, although martial arts, a feminine, model- may broadcast is similar to the Regina Halmichs of high importance for the entertainment value, noted Sahin, she wanted to sell "primarily as an athlete rather than a woman ".

Comeback flyweight

More than a year later, the universe sister companies Spotlight Boxing Julia Sahin undertook surprising as challenger for his title defense WIBF world champion Susi Kentikian in the flyweight class to 50.8 kg. In the press has been registered to the fact that it had become difficult to find for Kentikian still adequate opponents. Therefore, it can be seen as recognition of the great class Sahin that this - unanimously at the end lost on points - World Championship fight in the higher weight class October 10, 2009 came about at all.

Before the battle took place Sahin expressed that they would like to continue her career in the ring, in any case, but in their own way. "I 'll go ahead only what fits me"

Your (Updated January 2013) last two fights on 30 October 2010 at the bantamweight title against Hagar Finer Shmoulefeld and 18 June 2011 in the Super Flyweight against Nadia Hokmi they also lost by unanimous decision.