Ema Kozin

Ema Kozin (born 2 December 1998) is a Slovenian professional boxer. She is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WIBA middleweight title since 2017, the WIBA super-middleweight title since 2018, and the WIBF super-middleweight title since 2019. As of July 2020, she is ranked as the world's sixth best active female super-middleweight by BoxRec.[2]

Ema Kozin
Kozin in 2019
Statistics
Nickname(s)	The Princess
Weight(s)	Middleweight Super-middleweight
Height	5 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (174 cm)
Nationality	Slovenian
Born	(1998-12-02) 2 December 1998 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record[1]
Total fights	20
Wins	19
Wins by KO	10
Losses	0
Draws	1

Professional career

Kozin made her professional debut on 24 September 2016, scoring a four-round unanimous decision (UD) victory over Ina Milohanic at the Tabor Arena in Maribor, Slovenia.[3]

After compiling a record of 9–0 (6 KOs) she fought for her first professional title, the WBU (German) female middleweight title, facing Elene Sikmashvili on 16 September 2017 at the Sound Factory in Gersthofen, Germany. Kozin defeated Sikmashvili by UD to capture the WBU (German) title,[4] with one judge scoring the bout 99–91 and the other two scoring it 96–93.[5]

She collected two more titles in her next outing, defeating Florence Muthoni by UD on 14 October at the Trivoli Arena in Ljubljana, Slovenia, capturing the vacant WBC International and WBF female middleweight titles with the judges' scorecards reading 99–91, 97–93, and 96–94.[6]

In her next fight she captured her first major world title in the women's ranks – the WIBA middleweight title – by defeating Dora Tollar via third-round technical knockout (TKO) on 15 December in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the time of the stoppage she was ahead on all three judges' scorecards at 20–18.[7]

She successfully defended her WBF female and WIBA titles by defeating former welterweight world champion Eva Bajic via fifth-round knockout (KO) on 16 March 2018 at Remington Park in Oklahoma City, capturing the vacant GBC title in the process.[8] She defeated Bajic in a rematch in July, winning by split decision (SD) to retain her WBF female and WIBA titles. Two judges scored the bout 97–93 and 97–94 in favour of Kozin while the third scored it 100–90 for Bajic. For both fights Kozin was originally scheduled to face Mapule Ngubane, but after the latter failed to secure a visa Bajic was brought in as a late replacement.[9]

She moved up to super-middleweight for her next bout, fighting to a split draw against Irais Hernandez with the vacant WBC Silver and WBF female titles up for grabs on 8 September 2018 at Arena Zagreb in Croatia. One judge scored the bout 96–95 in favour of Kozin, another scored it 97–93 to Hernandez while the third judge scored it even at 95–95.[10] The pair had an immediate rematch the following month, this time for the vacant WIBA super-middleweight title on 14 October at Technikum in Munich, Germany. Kozin settled the score with a UD victory to become a two-weight world champion. Two judges scored the bout 99–91 and the third scored it 98–92.[11]

Five months later she made a defence of her WIBA title against Sanna Turunen, with the vacant WBF female super-middleweight title also on the line. The bout took place on 23 March 2019 at the MHPArena in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Kozin defeated Turunen via UD to become the WBF female and WIBA champion in two weight classes, simultaneously, with the judges' scorecards reading 99–91, 98–92, and 97–93.[12]

After scoring a TKO victory against Edita Karabeg in a non-title fight in June,[13] Kozin made a defence of her WBF female and WIBA titles against Maria Lindberg with the vacant IBA female, GBU female, and WIBF super-middleweight titles also on the line. The bout took place on 6 October 2019 at Arena Stožice in Ljubljana. Kozin added the vacant titles to her collection with a UD victory, with all three judges scoring the bout 96–94.[14]

Professional boxing record

Professional record summary

20 fights	19 wins	0 losses
By knockout	10	0
By decision	9	0
Draws	1

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
21	N/A	N/A	TBA	N/A	– (10)	5 Sep 2020	Freilichtbühne, Donauwörth, Germany	Defending WBF female and WIBA middleweight titles; For WBC interim middleweight title
20	Win	19–0–1	Radana Knezevic	KO	1 (6), 1:40	15 Feb 2020	CPI Box Club, Donauwörth, Germany
19	Win	18–0–1	Maria Lindberg	UD	10	6 Oct 2019	Arena Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia	Retained WBF female and WIBA super-middleweight titles; Won vacant WIBF, IBA female, and GBU female super-middleweight titles
18	Win	17–0–1	Edita Karabeg	TKO	3 (8), 0:15	23 Jun 2019	Kaštel Kambelovac, Croatia
17	Win	16–0–1	Sanna Turunen	UD	10	23 Mar 2019	MHPArena, Ludwigsburg, Germany	Retained WIBA super-middleweight title; Won vacant WBF female super-middleweight title
16	Win	15–0–1	Irais Hernandez	UD	10	14 Oct 2018	Technikum, Munich, Germany	Won vacant WIBA super-middleweight title
15	Draw	14–0–1	Irais Hernandez	SD	10	8 Sep 2018	Arena Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia	For vacant WBC Silver and WBF female super-middleweight titles
14	Win	14–0	Eva Bajic	SD	10	8 Jul 2018	Morrison's Pub, Budapest, Hungary	Retained WBF female and WIBA middleweight titles
13	Win	13–0	Eva Bajic	KO	5 (10), 2:00	16 Mar 2018	Remington Park, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US	Retained WBF female and WIBA middleweight titles; Won vacant GBC female middleweight title
12	Win	12–0	Dora Tollar	TKO	3 (10)	15 Dec 2017	Banja Luka, Boshia and Herzegovina	Won vacant WIBA middleweight title
11	Win	11–0	Florence Muthoni	UD	10	14 Oct 2017	Tivoli Arena, Ljubljana, Slovenia	Won vacant WBC International and WBF female middleweight titles
10	Win	10–0	Elene Sikmashvili	UD	10	16 Sep 2017	Sound Factory, Gersthofen, Germany	Won vacant WBU (German) female middleweight title
9	Win	9–0	Divna Vujanovic	PTS	8	12 Aug 2017	Mala Buna, Croatia
8	Win	8–0	Jelena Drakulic	TKO	4 (6)	11 Jun 2017	Rákoscsaba Művelődési Központ, Budapest, Hungary
7	Win	7–0	Divna Vujanovic	PTS	6	13 May 2017	Kampfsportcenter, St. Gallen, Switzerland
6	Win	6–0	Ivana Mirkov	TKO	4 (6), 0:20	1 Apr 2017	Markthalle, Burgdorf, Switzerland
5	Win	5–0	Dalia Vasarhelyi	TKO	1 (4), 1:59	12 Mar 2017	Community Hall, Kistarcsa, Hungary
4	Win	4–0	Klaudia Vigh	KO	3 (4), 0:39	4 Mar 2017	ASV Halle, Dachau, Germany
3	Win	3–0	Jelena Drakulic	KO	2 (4)	11 Feb 2017	Community Hall, Kistarcsa, Hungary
2	Win	2–0	Sanja Ristic	KO	1 (4), 1:35	22 Jan 2017	Diadal úti ált. iskola, Budapest, Hungary
1	Win	1–0	Ina Milohanic	UD	4	24 Sep 2016	Tabor Arena, Maribor, Slovenia

References

1. "Boxing record for Ema Kozin". BoxRec.
2. "BoxRec: Female super-middleweight ratings". boxrec.com. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
3. "BoxRec: Ema Kozin vs. Ina Milohanic". BoxRec. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
4. "Ema Kozin na vrhu sveta". www.24ur.com. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
5. "BoxRec: Ema Kozin vs. Elene Sikmashvili". BoxRec. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
6. "Kampfsport-Event in Ljubljana". Box Welt (in German). 19 October 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
7. "BoxRec: Ema Kozin vs. Dora Tollar". BoxRec. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
8. "BoxRec: Ema Kozin vs. Eva Bajic". BoxRec. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
9. "Vic Saludar Drops, Decisions Yamanaka, Captures WBO Title". BoxingScene.com. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
10. "BoxRec: Ema Kozin vs. Irais Hernandez". BoxRec. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
11. Šimnovec, Miha (14 October 2018). "Ema Kozin tekmico spravila na rob nokdavna". www.delo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 29 July 2020.
12. Kavčič, Simon (23 March 2019). "Najboljša slovenska boksarka premagala tudi žilavo Finko". siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved 29 July 2020.
13. "BoxRec: Ema Kozin vs. Edita Karabeg". BoxRec. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
14. Kavčič, Simon (7 October 2019). "Švedinja besnela nad sodniki, Kozinova ji odgovarja: Zmagala sem z glavo". siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved 29 July 2020.

External links

• Boxing record for Ema Kozin from BoxRec