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BIG Weekend for Women’s Boxing!
By Sue TL Fox
June 9, 2005
(JUN 9) WBAN will be extremely busy this weekend with keeping up with all
the women’s boxing action that will be taking place!
On Friday, June 10, in Detroit, Michigan,
Kara Ro
will be fighting
Belinda Laracuente
for the 135-lb WIBA Lightweight World Title in a
10-round bout. Also, Angela Simpson vs. Crystal Davis; In
Chicago, Illinois, Rita Figueroa will face Jasmine Davis on
the undercard; At the La Villita Plaza, in San Antonio, Texas,
Bianca
Ledezma makes her pro debut and will be
fighting Deshawnta Burton, 0-2-0 (0KO), of San Antonio, Texas. And
starting on this date, the Third Annual Ringside Augusta National Junior
Boys-Girls Summer Boxing Classic, presented by COMCAST will take place.
Augusta, Georgia is host of this fantastic event, and
Cristy Nickel will
be a commentator. (This tournament will take place on June 11th also.)
On Saturday, June 11, the biggest fight of the weekend will take
place in Washington D.C., (9:00 pm ET, 6PM PT) when MCI Center
Laila Ali will
fight
Erin Toughill,
in a WIBA title fight as one of the televised bouts on Pay-Per-View, with
Mike Tyson fighting Kevin McBride in the mainliner. In Gorzow
Wielkopolski, Poland, on the undercard, Julia Tkaczyk vs. Elena
Miftode; At the Madison Square Garden, in New York City, NY,
Agnieszka Rylik
of Poland; In a co-main, at the Harrah's North Kansas City Convention
Center, in Kansas City, Missouri, firefighter
Mary Elizabeth Ortega
will be fighting
Terri Moss
for the Jr. Flyweight World Boxing Title.
On Sunday, June 12, at the Ohkay Casino, in San Juan Pueblo,
New Mexico, Audrey Vela of Austin, Texas will meet IFBA Super
Bantamweight Champion Jackie Chavez at the Ohkay Casino, and
Mia St. John
will be fighting
Liz Drew in a 10-round title fight for the IFBA Lightweight
Championship. And Lastly in Tokyo, Japan, there will be SIX women’s bout on
a card that include, Rie Fujimoto vs. Mayumi Kubo; Riyo
Togo vs. Hanako Shieda, pro debut; Miyukikonda vs.
Kumiko Nishida; Nanako Kikuchi vs. Nao Ikeyama; Tomoko
Koga vs. Jet Izumi; and Satoko Kamimura vs. Hitomi
Hayashi.
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