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13th Jul 2013

Picture: Two female boxers go from intense stare down to kissing

The stare down at the weigh in for any boxing match can be a tense affair, so a little something to lighten the mood never hurts

JOE

The stare down at the weigh in for any boxing match can be a tense affair, so a little something to lighten the mood never hurts

If we’re honest, we’ve always wondered why boxers get so close on the stare down anyway, half the time it looks like they’re about to kiss, but in this particular case it actually did happen.

However, it was two female boxers who were involved, as Mikaela Lauren a Swedish boxer, leaned in and planted one on Christina Hammer of Kazakhstan.

Christina Hammer v Mikaela Lauren - Weigh In

Hammer will defend her WBF World Middleweight title against Lauren tonight in Dresden, and they might have a lot more spectators than before after this incident got them a lot of publicity today.