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5'6" featherweight/junior lightweight Ina Menzer was
born in Atbasar, Khazakhstan on November 10 1980. She now lives in
Mönchengladbach, Germany, and is trained by Michael Timm and managed by
Klaus-Peter Kohl.
In the 60-kg division at the first German Women's Amateur Championships in Meppen,
Germany in November 2003, Ina defeated Diana Meindl of BC Schwandorf by a 36-12
margin in the semifinal, then bested Carmen Falke of VfK Celle by 27-14 in the final.
Ina made her pro debut on March 30, 2004 at Saaltheater Geulen
in Aachen,
Germany, weighing in at 126¾ lbs and defeating another debut fighter,
Zsanett Erod (130 lbs) of Dorog, Hungary by a third-round TKO in a scheduled four-rounder.
On May 29, 2004 at Ostseehalle in Kiel, Germany, she won by a first-round
TKO over debut fighter Laura Stefanescu of Romania in a fight that had
been scheduled for four. According to WBAN
correspondent Ewan Whyte, "The Romanian walked into a beautifully timed
left from Ina Menzer that had her thinking about a career change
barely a minute into the fight. She glared accusingly at her corner as if
to say 'they're not paying me enough for this!' Looking at it again, I'm
not sure they're paying Jennifer Lopez enough, and there was more to come.
As the standing eight count was completed, it was pretty obvious she didn't
want to go on, but they gave her the thumbs down (or up, depending upon
which historian you believe), and Menzer did what she had to do: another
left (again in the mouth as they closed) had the young Romanian going
backwards, and a few seconds later it was all over: Menzer lunged, pulled
back, Stefanescu did a kind of doggy paddle in the space the German had
just vacated, a range-finding left from Menzer, a right to the liver, a
left hook to the cheekbone turning her face nicely to the side as she pawed
blindly with the left and even as she was pulling her hands back
frantically to cover her face, Menzer's right, which she threw without
preparation to gain a tempo, caught her hard on the same cheekbone, sending
her pigtail flying in a high arc over her left shoulder to slap against her
bosom at just the same instant as she landed heavily in the corner on her
backside. She rose unsteadily at the count of five, half-stumbling as she
did so, fiddled with the elastic of her shorts, hung her head, and looked
away when the referee asked whether she wanted to continue."
 On June 22, 2004 at Sportzentrum in Telfs, Austria, Ina (129 lbs,
at left in picture) won
a four round decision over Petra Jachmanova (5'2", 126¾ lbs) of Slovakia who
fell to 1-6-1 (0 KO).
On September 21, 2004 at the Universum Gym in Hamburg, Germany, Ina (129 lbs)
won a four-round unanimous (39-37) decision over Viktoria Olenik (130 lbs)
of the Ukraine.
Olenik fell to 0-5-1 with the loss.
On February 15, 2005 at Alte Reithalle in Stuttgart, Germany, Ina (127¾
lbs) TKO's Julia Kulikova of Russia in the third round of a scheduled four-roounder.
Kulikova fell to 0-2 with the loss.
On March 29, 2005 at Sporthalle in Hamburg, Wandsbek, Germany, Ina (129¾
lbs) won a six-round decision over Viktoria Olenik (129 lbs) of the Ukraine, who fell to
1-6-1.
On April 19, 2005 at Hermann-Wielandner-Halle in Bischofshofen, Salzburg,
Austria, Ina (129 lbs) won a six-round unanimous (60-54) decision over Jarka
Blahova (129¼ lbs) of Slovakia who fell to 2-1.
On May 10, 2005 at Pueblo Español in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Ina (129½
lbs) knocked out Austria Urbaez Urena (129 lbs, aka Judith Urbaez) of La
Rmana, Dominican Republic in the
first round of a scheduled eight-round bout. Urbaez fell to 5-5-1 (2 KO's) with the
loss.
On July 9, 2005 at Life Sportpark Herrenkrug in Magdeburg, Germany, Ina
TKO'd Darya Voitko of Minsk, Belarus in the second round of a scheduled 8-rounder. Voitko fell
to 2-2.
On September 10, 2005 at DM-Arena in Karlsruhe, Germany, Ina (126 lbs) won
the WIBF Intercontinental Featherweight title with a ten-round unanimous
(99-91,100-90,99-91) decision over Damaris Muthoni (5'4", 124 lbs) of
Nairobi, Kenya. Muthoni fell to
5-3-1 (1 KO).
Winning the WIBF title from Weickenmeier
On October 22, 2005 at the Brandberge Arena in Halle,
Germany, Ina (125½ lbs) won a ten-round unanimous (97-93,98-92,98-92) decision over
Silke Weickenmeier (124½ lbs)
of Speyer, Germany for the WIBF Featherweight title. Weickenmeier fell to 17-6-3 (1 KO)
with the loss.
On December 3, 2005 at Bördelandhalle in Magdeburg, Germany, Ina (125½ lbs)
defended her WIBF Featherweight title with a TKO of Galina Giumliiska (123½ lbs) of Sofia,
Bulgaria at 1:39 in the sixth round. Giumliiska fell to 6-8 (1 KO) with the
loss.
On April 8, 2006 at the Ostseehalle in Kiel, Germany, Ina (125¾ lbs) won by a
TKO when Maribel Santana (122¼ lbs) of La Romana in the Dominican Republic
elected not to come out of her corner for the fourth round. Santana fell to
6-2-1 (3 KO's).
On May 27, 2006 at the Zenith-Kulturhalle in Munich, Germany, Ina (126 lbs) won
a ten-round majority (97-94,98-93,97-97) decision over Zarika Njeri (124 lbs) of
Kenya. WBAN correspondent Ewan Whyte described the match as "messy
and inconclusive: neither fighter was ever in any trouble: needless to say, they
gave it to the home fighter, who in this case happened to be Menzer." Menzer
admitted it was her hardest fight so far and that she took a long time to get
into it. Njeri dropped
to 10-3-1.
On September 9, 2006 in Magdeburg, Germany, Ina (125¾ lbs) won a ten-round
unanimous decision over Luz Florez (125¼ lbs) of Colombia, who fell to 1-1-0 (0
KOs).
On December 2, 2006 at the Estrel Convention Center
in Berlin, Germany, Ina (125¾ lbs) defended the WIBF Featherweight title with an
eighth-round TKO of Kasha Chamblin (5'5", 123½ lbs)
of
Lafayette, Louisiana. Menzer caught Chamblin with a straight right hand
with approximately 20 seconds left in the eighth round. Chamblin, making her
first title-bout appearance, went down for the first time in her career. She
quickly rose, but the referee stopped the bout with approximately 10 seconds
left in the round.
According
to WBAN correspondent Ewan Whyte, "Chamblin
was a worthy challenger – stylish, fit and full of heart – but she read the
exchanges less well than her opponent, missed widely with her best shots, and
did scant mischief with the rest.
An exchange in the first round encapsulated the
entire fight: a jab so anaemic from Chamblin it may even have been a feint,
followed by an uppercut that did no damage, refuted by a right cross to the face
that did; a furious but ineffectual flurry of four shots in reply from Chamblin
interrupted by a clubbing left hook to the cheekbone that bent her neck; and
then a second – a punishment shot, almost – for good measure, that knocked her
sideways and left her blinking and covering up".
Chamblin fell to 8-1-0 (4 KOs).
On 28 April, 2007 at König-Pilsener-Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. Ina Menzer
(126 lbs) retained the WIBF Featherweight title for the sixth time with a
one-sided ten-round unanimous (100-90,99-92,99-91) decision over Maria Andrea
Miranda (123 lbs) of Moñitos, Colombia. Miranda fell to a claimed (but unverified) 10-2 (5 KO's).
On July 28, 2007 at Burg-Wächter-Castello in Dusseldorf, Germany, Ina
won a 10-round unanimous decision over Jazmin Rivas of Torreon, Mexico for the
WIBF Featherweight title. Rivas fell
to 14-5-0 (7 KOs).
On November 17, 2007 in Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt,
Germany, Ina retained her WIBF Featherweight belt with a 10-round
unanimous (97-93,97-93,98-92) decision over Laura
Serrano of Mexico.
According
to WBAN correspondent Torben L., "Although Menzer controlled the ring
throughout the bout, the smaller and more aggressive Mexican kept her busy all
the way, and was able to get through Menzer's defence with more punches than
usual for the technically well skilled German. Southpaw Serrano occasionally
succeeded in confusing Menzer by changing stance, and occasionally succeeded
with telling blows, but most of her punches were lacking in precision to have a
serious effect; while Menzer had obviously problems getting through with her
usually very reliable left jabs. 40-year old Serrano had proclaimed before the
fight, that a defeat would mean the end of her career in the ring, and she
confirmed this after the fight. She also expressed her disappointment at the
verdict, and was of the opinion that she had won the fight. Under all
circumstances, she gave the fans a fight showing all the best of Mexican
virtues: relentless aggression, a big fighting heart and giving it all until the
last bell." Serrano
fell to 16-4-2 (6 KOs).
On March 8, 2008 at
KoenigPALAST in Krefeld, Germany
Ina (125¼ lbs) battled unbeaten Canadian Sandy Tsagouris (126 lbs) of Brampton,
Ontario to a hard-fought unanimous (96-94,97-33,97-93) decision for the WIBF
featherweight and the vacant WBC Featherweight title. Menzer
was badly cut over her right eye by a clash of heads, but battled through the
injury to edge a fired-up Tsagouris in a hard-fought, even battle. Menzer improved to
20-0 (8 KO's) while Tsagouris fell to 7-1.
On May 31, 2008 at Burg-Waechter
Castello in Dusseldorf, Germany, Ina (126 lbs)
easily retained her WBA and WIBF belts by stopping Stacey Reile (124 lbs) of
Miami, Florida at 1:39 in the fourth round of a scheduled ten-rounder. WBAN
correspondent Torben Lodberg
wrote
"Round one was a typical feeling out round. Menzer stayed on the outside,
presumably bearing in mind the deep cut she sustained in her last fight against
Tsagouris. Rounds two and three saw more action, and Menzer got past Reile's
inadequate defences with some telling punches. Reile was caught by a vicious
right hook right on the bell ending round three, which caused her to stagger.
She probably would have gone down, if the referee hadn't held on to her. Reile
tried to put more pressure on in round four, but she simply didn't have the
tools to trouble Menzer, while the champion found out, that a combination of a
left to the body which made Reile lower her left hand, followed by a right hook
to the head, worked every time. Menzer threw that combination three times within
the last 40 seconds, and the third time it sent the over challenged Reile to the
canvas. She got up before the end of the count, but her corner made the decision
easy for the referee, by indicating they wanted the fight stopped."
Menzer improved to 21-0 (9 KO's) while
while Reile fell to 8-1 (3 KO's).
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