Hülya Şahin, aka Julia "Sunshine" Sahin, (born February 23, 1974, in

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) is a

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professional female boxer. She is a former world champion in kickboxing and was world champion in amateur boxing as well. As of September 1, 2007, she is the undefeated WIBF world

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(48 kg) champion. The 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) tall sportswoman lives in

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, Germany. Hülya is an educated locksmith, working currently for the Cologne Transit Company (KVB) in the maintenance of

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s in

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s. At her age of 19, she began kickboxing inspired by her brother, who is a kickboxer. Hülya became quickly world champion as an amateur and later once again world champion, this time as a professional. However, she had to quit kickboxing due to a serious injury at her leg. Her mother raised heavy objections soon after she started to perform boxing, and she tried hard to convince her parents. They accepted her choice as she began to gain success again by earning titles like four times the Turkish champion, twice the European champion and finally the world champion Since 2004, she is boxing professionally and is the only female member of the boxing sports club Universum Box-Promotion in

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. She is coached by Michael Timm.

Kickboxing

In 1995, only two years after she began performing kickboxing, Hülya became world champion in flyweight (52 kg) division at the

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championships held in

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. She earned the professional world champion title in the same division 1998 in

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, Germany.

Amateur boxing

From 1998 to 2003, Hülya fought as an amateur boxer for Turkey, quickly becoming one of the most successful members of the national team. * She won the gold medal in the 51 kg division of the 1st International Witch Boxing Cup tournament held in

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, Hungary in 1998. * On June 12, 1999, in the final of the 1st European Women's Cup held in

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, Sweden, Hülya defeated Elefteria Palaiologou from

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by a 13–3 score to win the 48 kg division. * On April 9, 2000, in the final of the 2nd European Cup for Women at the Palais des Sports in

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, France, she defeated Aroussia Hadjam of France. * On April 14, 2001, in the 1st European Championships held in

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, France, she defeated French Vanessa Berteaux to win the gold medal in the 48 kg division. * At the 1st World Women's Boxing Championship held between October 21 and 27, 2001 in

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, United States, Hülya Şahin won a gold medal in the 48 kg division with an 8-6 decision over Monika Czik of Hungary in the preliminary round, followed by an 11-4 decision over

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, USA in the semi-final and a 13-5 decision over M. C. Mary Kom of India in the final. * In the 48 kg division of the 2nd European Championship for Women held in

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, Hungary, she defeated Laura Tosti of Italy by a 23–7 score in the semi-final on May 15, 2003, and Monika Csik of Hungary by a 13-6 margin in the final on May 16, 2003. * Hülya won the silver medal in the 48 kg division at the 47th Bocskei Cup held between January 29 through February 1, 2003 in

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, Hungary after losing to Monika Csik of Hungary

Pro boxing career

* On January 17, 2004, at

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, Germany, Hülya Şahin made her debut as a professional boxer at her age of 29, and won a four-round unanimous decision (0-4-0) over Gabriella Insperger of

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. * On March 20, 2004, at Saaltheater Geulen in Aachen, Germany, she won a four-round unanimous decision over Stella Evropiedieva . * On May 29, 2004, at Ostseehalle in

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, Germany, Hülya Şahin TKO'd Romanian

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in the fourth round of a scheduled six-rounder. * On July 3, 2004, in Stadthalle in Hattersheim, Germany, she won a four-round decision over Oksana Romanova from

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. * On July 17, 2004, at Stadthalle in

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, Germany, she won a six-round unanimous decision over Pavla Stankeova of

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. * On September 18, 2004, at Wilhelm-Dopatka-Halle in

, Küppersteg, Germany. Hülya won a six-round decision over Iliana Boneva of

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. * On October 16, 2004, at the Maritim Hotel in

, Germany, she won an eight-round unanimous decision over Svetla Taskova of

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. * On January 15, 2005, at Bördelandhalle in

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, Germany, Hülya won a ten-round unanimous decision over Maja Frenzel of

, Germany for the German Flyweight Title. * On March 5, 2005, at Wilhelm-Dopatka-Halle,

, Küppersteg, Germany Hülya TKO'd Viktoria Varga of

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, Hungary at 0:56 in the fifth round. * On May 28, 2005, at the

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in Stuttgart, Germany she won an eight-round unanimous decision over Marianne Chubirka of

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, United States. * On July 2, 2005, in

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, Germany, Hülya defeated Oksana Romanova of Minsk, Belarus with an eight-round unanimous decision. * On October 15, 2005, at the Mehrzweckhalle, Düsseldorf, Germany, she won a ten-round unanimous decision over Daniela Graff of

, Germany defending her German Flyweight title. * On December 3, 2005, at the Bördelandhalle in

, Germany, Hülya Sahin won a ten-round unanimous decision over Stephanie Dobbs of

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, USA for the vacant WIBF Inter-Continental Flyweight title. * On January 24, 2006, at the Universum Gym in

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, Germany, Hulya won a ten-round majority decision over

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, Israel defending her WIBF Inter-Continental Flyweight title. * On April 8, 2006, at the Ostseehalle in

, Germany, she won by a ten-round unanimous decision over Cathy Brown of Peckham, United Kingdom for the WIBF Interim Junior Flyweight title. * On September 9, 2006, at Bördelandhalle,

, Germany, Hülya retained her WIBF Interim Junior Flyweight Title against Marylin Hernandez of

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by a ten-round unanimous decision. * On January 27, 2007, at Burgwächter Castello in

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, Germany, she won a ten-round unanimous decision over Anastasia Toktaulova of

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, Russia for the WIBF Interim Junior Flyweight title. Hülya was knocked to the canvas by a right hand in the eighth round, however could come back to secure the decision. * On June 30, 2007, at

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in Stuttgart, Germany, Hülya Şahin defended her WIBF Junior Flyweight title with a split decision in a very close ten-rounder with Hollie Dunaway of the US. The three judges split their scoring, with Şahin winning on two cards and Dunaway on the other. * On July 28, 2007, at Burg-Wächter-Castello in

, Germany, she won a ten-round unanimous decision over Delia Lopez of

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, Mexico retaining her WIBF Junior Flyweight title. Şahin has a record of 20 wins with 3 losses, with 2 wins by knockout, and ranks world top boxer of junior flyweight division considered 133 woman boxers.Women's Boxing Rankings
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Professional boxing record

Win , 14-0 , style="text-align:left;", Hagar Shmoulefeld Finer , MD , 10, 2:00 , Jan 24, 2006 , style="text-align:left;", Universum Gym, Wandsbek, Germany , style="text-align:left;", WIBF Intercontinental female flyweight title , - , 13 , Win , 13-0 , style="text-align:left;", Stephanie Dobbs , UD , 10, 2:00 , Dec 3, 2005 , style="text-align:left;", Bordelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany , style="text-align:left;", WIBF Intercontinental female flyweight title , - , 12 , Win , 12-0 , style="text-align:left;", Daniela Graf , UD , 10, 2:00 , Oct 15, 2005 , style="text-align:left;", Mehrzweckhalle Sued, Düsseldorf, Germany , style="text-align:left;", German female flyweight title , - , 11 , Win , 11-0 , style="text-align:left;", Oksana Romanova , UD , 8, 2:00 , Jul 2, 2005 , style="text-align:left;", Color Line Arena, Altona, Germany , style="text-align:left;", , - , 10 , Win , 10-0 , style="text-align:left;", Marianna Chubirka , UD , 8, 2:00 , May 28, 2005 , style="text-align:left;", Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany , style="text-align:left;", , - , 9 , Win , 9-0 , style="text-align:left;", Viktoria Varga , TKO , 5, 0:56 , Mar 5, 2005 , style="text-align:left;", Wilhelm-Dopatka-Halle, Leverkusen, Germany , style="text-align:left;", , - , 8 , Win , 8-0 , style="text-align:left;", Maja Frenzel , UD , 10, 2:00 , Jan 15, 2005 , style="text-align:left;", Bordelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany , style="text-align:left;", German female flyweight title , - , 7 , Win , 7-0 , style="text-align:left;", Svetla Taskova , UD , 8, 2:00 , Oct 16, 2004 , style="text-align:left;", Maritim Hotel, Cologne, Germany , style="text-align:left;", , - , 6 , Win , 6-0 , style="text-align:left;", Iliana Boneva , PTS , 6, 2:00 , Sep 18, 2004 , style="text-align:left;", Wilhelm-Dopatka-Halle, Leverkusen, Germany , style="text-align:left;", , - , 5 , Win , 5-0 , style="text-align:left;", Pavla Stankeova , UD , 6, 2:00 , Jul 17, 2004 , style="text-align:left;", Stadthalle, Zwickau, Germany , style="text-align:left;", , - , 4 , Win , 4-0 , style="text-align:left;", Oksana Romanova , PTS , 4, 2:00 , Jul 3, 2004 , style="text-align:left;", Stadthalle, Hattersheim am Main, Germany , style="text-align:left;", , - , 3 , Win , 3-0 , style="text-align:left;", Anca Pop , TKO , 4, 1:26 , May 29, 2004 , style="text-align:left;", Ostseehalle, Kiel, Germany , style="text-align:left;", , - , 2 , Win , 2-0 , style="text-align:left;", Stella Evropiedieva , UD , 4, 2:00 , Mar 30, 2004 , style="text-align:left;", Saaltheater Geulen, Aachen, Germany , style="text-align:left;", , - , 1 , Win , 1-0 , style="text-align:left;", Gabriella Insperger , UD , 4, 2:00 , Jan 17, 2004 , style="text-align:left;", DM-Arena, Karlsruhe, Germany , style="text-align:left;", , -

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