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{{Infobox boxer
|name        = Natalia Ragozina
|image       = File:RagozinaNatalia7.JPG
|imagesize   = 
|realname    = Natalia Yurievna Ragozina
|nickname    = The Russian Tsarina<br />Miss Sledgehammer
|weight      = [[Super middleweight]]
|height      = {{height|m=1.81}}
|reach       = 
|nationality = [[Russia]]n
|birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|4|5}}
|birth_place = [[Karaganda]], [[Kazakh SSR]], [[Soviet Union]] (now [[Kazakhstan]])
|style       = [[Orthodox stance|Orthodox]]
|total       = 22
|wins        = 22
|losses      = 0
|draws       = 0
|no contests = 0
|KO          = 13
}}
'''Natalia Yurievna Ragozina''' ({{lang-ru|Наталья Юрьевна Рагозина}}), better known as '''Natascha Ragosina''', is an undefeated retired [[professional boxer]] who spent much of her career ranked as the top female super middleweight in the world.<ref name="boxrec.com">{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=262676&cat=boxer|title=Natascha Ragosina - Boxer|publisher=Boxrec.com|accessdate=9 January 2015}}</ref> Though born in [[Kazakhstan]] (formerly a part of the [[Soviet Union]]) and currently residing in [[Moscow]],<ref name="SovSport">{{cite news |script-title=ru:Абсолютная чемпионка по боксу Наталья Рагозина: Меня тяжело разозлить, а обидеть легко |first=Anna |last=Nasekinoy |url=http://www.sovsport.ru/gazeta/article-item/388239 |format= |agency= |newspaper=[[Sovetsky Sport]] |date=26 May 2010 |accessdate=26 May 2010 |language=Russian |trans_title=The absolute champion in boxing Natalia Ragozin: I am difficult to anger, but easily hurt |quote= }}</ref> she competed professionally for Russia and is [[Russians in Kazakhstan|of Russian descent]].<ref name="SovSport"/> She is the longest reigning [[List of WBA female world champions|WBA female super middleweight champion]] and [[List of WBC female world champions|WBC female super middleweight champion]]. At the time of her retirement, she held all major female super middleweight titles and  two heavyweight belts:
* IWBF (International Women's Boxing Federation) super middleweight title
* WIBF (Women's International Boxing Federation) super middleweight title
* WIBA (Women's International Boxing Association) super middleweight title
* Global Boxing Union Female super middleweight title
* [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] female super middleweight title
* [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] female super middleweight title
* WIBC super middleweight title
* WIBF (Women's International Boxing Federation) heavyweight title
* WBF (Women's Boxing Federation) heavyweight title

On March 15, 2008, Ragosina defeated [[Bermuda|Bermudian]] [[Teresa Perozzi]] to win a record 7 championship belts in a single fight, breaking [[Giselle Salandy]]'s previous record of 6 belts won in a single fight.  However, two weeks later, Salandy - a light middleweight boxer - defeated Karolina Lukasik in a match with 8 titles on the line to regain her record for titles won in a single fight.

On July 11, 2008, Ragosina won a controversial decision against Conjestina Achieng, winning a close but unanimous decision.  One judge awarded Ragosina the fight by a single round, and the other two judges had Ragosina winning by a two round margin.  Some boxing observers believe Achieng won the fight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=16506&more=1|title=Another Bad Decision: Natascha Ragosina Beats Achieng; Stieglitz Returns With A Win|publisher=Eastsideboxing.com|accessdate=9 January 2015}}</ref> Perhaps due to the controversial decision in the first fight, the two had a rematch on November 28, 2008, which Ragosina won more convincingly.<ref name="boxrec.com"/>

On December 19, 2009, Ragosina defeated heavyweight world champion [[Pamela London]] by knockout to add two heavyweight championships to her resume - the WIBF Women's International Boxing Federation heavyweight title and the World Boxing Federation heavyweight title.<ref name="boxrec.com"/>  Despite a 65-pound weight disadvantage (Ragosina weighed in at 172, compared to London's 237 pounds), the 5'11" Ragosina used her reach and quickness to knock out London in round 8.  This brought Ragosina's record to 22-0, including a 16-0 record in title fights.

Ragosina is also a single mother.<ref>[http://hotcopas.net/sports/natalia-ragozina-makes-boxing-history.html]  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716162244/http://hotcopas.net/sports/natalia-ragozina-makes-boxing-history.html |date=July 16, 2011 }}</ref> She considers herself good friends with fighters [[Fedor Emelianenko]], [[Alexander Povetkin]], and [[Nikolai Valuev]].<ref name="SovSport"/>

==Titles==
'''Boxing'''
*2009 WBF heavyweight world champion
*2009 W.I.B.F. heavyweight world champion
*2008 I.W.B.F. super middleweight world champion
*2007-09 [[World Boxing Council|W.B.C.]] super middleweight world champion (4 title defences)
*2007-08 W.I.B.A. super middleweight world champion (2 title defences)
*2007-09 [[World Boxing Association|W.B.A.]] super middleweight world champion (6 title defences)
*2006-09 G.B.U. super middleweight world champion (7 title defences)
*2005-09 W.I.B.F. super middleweight world champion (10 title defences)
*2004-05 W.I.B.F. super middleweight Inter-Continental champion (1 title defence)

'''Kickboxing'''
*1999 [[W.A.K.O. World Championships 1999 (Caorle)|W.A.K.O. World Championships in Caorle, Italy]] [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]] +70&nbsp;kg (Full-Contact)
*1998 [[W.A.K.O. European Championships 1998 (Leverkusen)|W.A.K.O. European Championships in Leverkusen, Germany]] [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]] +65&nbsp;kg (Full-Contact)
*1996 [[W.A.K.O. European Championships 1996|W.A.K.O. European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro]] [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]] +65&nbsp;kg (Full-Contact)

==Additional notes==
*[[List of WBC female world champions]]
*[[List of WBA female world champions]]
*[[World Boxing Council]]
*[[List of female boxers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{commons category|Natalia Ragozina}}

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[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Karaganda]]
[[Category:World boxing champions]]
[[Category:Russian women boxers]]
[[Category:Russian female kickboxers]]