Susi Kentikian

Susi Kentikian
Kentikian in 2018
Born	Susianna Levonovna Kentikian[1] (1987-09-11) 11 September 1987 (age 36) Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union (now Armenia)
Nationality	Armenian citizenship German citizenship
Other names	Killer Queen[2]
Statistics
Weight(s)	Flyweight
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	39
Wins	36
Wins by KO	17
Losses	2
No contests	1

Susianna Levonovna Kentikian (Armenian: Սյուզի Կենտիկյան; born Syuzanna Kentikyan on 11 September 1987^{[citation needed]}) is an Armenian-German former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2016.^[3] She was born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, but left the country with her family at the age of five because of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Kentikian has lived in Hamburg since 1996 and began boxing at the age of twelve.

Kentikian is a two-time flyweight world champion, having held the unified World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) female titles between 2007 and 2012, and the WBA female title again from 2013 to 2017. Additionally, she held the Women's International Boxing Federation (WIBF) title twice between 2007 and 2017. During the 2009 WBA convention in Colombia she was named the first ever female Super champion. It was announced that this belt would be called "Susi Kentikian belt" for all other future Super champions.^[4]

Until 2012, Kentikian remained undefeated as a professional, winning 16 of her first 30 fights by knockout or stoppage. The German television station ZDF has broadcast her fights since July 2009. She had previously headlined fight cards for the television station ProSieben from 2007 to 2009. Kentikian has gained minor celebrity status in Germany and she hopes to reach a popularity similar to that of the retired German female boxing star Regina Halmich.