On Saturday in Stuttgart, Germany, the motto will be “First the World Cup, then the Boxing World Cup.” Saturday’s Universum Champons Night” event at the Porsche Arena will be a world title twinbill. One of the championship bouts will feature WBC/WIBF/WBO female featherweight champion Ina Menzer (26-0, 10 KOs) taking on Canadian Jeannine Garside (9-3-1, 4 KOs). Garside, a former 2 divisional world champion, is considered by one sanctioning body to be better than Menzer, a situation Menzer intends to correct.

“Saturday will be a good day for Germany. First Jogi Loew’s guys will win, then Firat (Arslan) and I will win our championships. But I also know that like the World Cup team has a very hard match, Jeannine is better than her fight record indicates. I wonder, of course, why the Internet world rankings put her one place better than me. I’m going to change that with my fists.”

Garside had just touched down in Germany shortly before. “I drove straight here from the airport,” she said. “My body clock is still set at 3AM. I only have to get my jetlag under control. I’m grateful for the opportunity to box against Ina. After my last fight I was pushed up the world rankings. It makes me so proud to be at No. 1. Ina is a great champion. It’ll be an exciting fight. I have already fought in Korea and Bosnia. I know about the underdog role abroad. My advisors told me that I have no chance to win on points in Germany. So I hope for a fair decision. I want to decide this fight with my fists. Ina is a good champion,” but I know what I have to do. ”