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Perozzi looks to silence Hammer

Bermuda boxer Teresa Perozzi believes she will have too much ring craft for rising star Christina Hammer when they fight for the vacant WBO championship title next month.

Still undefeated and just 20 years of age, Hammer is one of the glamour figures of women's boxing and will be fighting on home turf in Germany.

But Perozzi is unfazed by Hammer's growing reputation and reckons she will be too experienced, too powerful and more hungry than her opponent when they meet at the Erdgas Arena in Riesa on October 23.

"She has a good record but hasn't fought any good opponents," Perozzi said. "She's perfect for me; orthodox, tall and reminds me of Asa Sandell who I did very well against.

"She has a good one-two but she just won't be able to use that on me." Hammer's promoters – the same team behind Russian steamroller Natascha Ragosina who beat Perozzi in Germany in 2008 – have high hopes for their young, attractive, marketable fighter.

Perozzi, however, has big plans of her own and feels equally as confident ahead of this fight as she did before beating Scroller Carrington and her 'winning draw' against Sandell.

"(Hammer's) inexperienced, she's fighting at home and this will be her biggest ever fight – the pressure's really on her," said Perozzi. "She's quite attractive and they're trying to promote her as they see opportunities with her. But I just know I can do this. I'm certainly not fighting for the money. I feel the same way I did when I fought in Trinidad (against Carrington) and in Sweden (versus Sandall)."

The last time Perozzi fought in Germany she endured a miserable night losing to Ragosina in the 'Seven at one Stroke' win – so named because seven belts were at stake.

Behind the scenes she was at loggerheads with her then promoter George Cuozzo. Inside the ring her clarity of her vision was affected when her hairbraids came loose.

It was a painful experience for Perozzi who is determined to set the record straight when she next steps inside a boxing ring in Germany.

"People are asking me why I'm going back (to Germany) because I'd such a horrible experience last time. But that was more because I signed with that manager and I had the wrong trainer," said Perozzi.

"I have the right people in my corner and I certainly won't be having my hairbraids come loose. They think she'll do to me what Ragosina did but that's not going to happen. She's not as good or as big as Ragosina.

"I know I'm going into a difficult situation but I feel I can beat this girl. They're going to see a very different me in Germany this time."

Perozzi's matchup against Hammer will be her second fight in three months having ended her two-year hiatus with a points win over American slugger Cimberley Harris at Berkeley Gym in July. She showed a few signs of ring-rust in that fight but has since been training hard to rediscover her best form.

"I know what I have to do. I'll be going to Albany in New York to train with Rick Sweeney for ten days and I'm just more confident this time," said Perozzi, who will approach the Government for funding to cover her training costs.