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(JUN 10) On June 8th, Team Ramnarine wrote an open letter in regards
to her fight with Yvonne Caples for
the WIBA Mini-Flyweight World title on May 27th.
Letter
On June 10, WBAN received a response to that letter from Yvonne Caples, and
she said the following: To Team Ramnarine,
You all are really something else...you are going to add insult to injury
with that ridiculous letter. You have the nerve to try and twist things
around to make it seem like Ria is being cheated!!! Poor Ria, all of
Trinidad is out to get her! There is a big conspiracy going on with the
media and the entire boxing community...Oh, wow! I DID have respect for you
all because I certainly can't blame Ria for the judges decision, but really
you all need to take the belt that was handed to you and leave it be. People
at the fight were cheering wildly for Ria...as one boxing official said to
me, "I wanted her (Ria) to win, but she didn't win." All of your supporters
(who were all really wonderful people) at Ma Pau said the same thing (but
oh, are they in on the conspiracy too?)
And as far as the BRUISE on my face (I emphasize bruise, because there was
only one), that was from a headbutt (Ryan Wissow can back me up on that)
which although certainly unintentional did cause a big welt under my right
eye.
And as far as a rematch goes, I would love to fight Ria again on neutral
territory, but I have no connections with any promoters here in the U.S.
It's hard enough to even get a fight here much less get a promoter to put on
a woman's title bout and fly someone in from another country. That is why I
was stripped of my IFBA title (for non-defense)and that is why I go overseas
all the time. Maybe someone out there with a sympathetic ear can convince a
promoter to put on this fight, but I'm a realist, it probably won't
happen...but if it was up to me, we would do the rematch tomorrow...to Team
Ramnarine get over yourself already...people will forget the particulars of
the fight and Ria will go down as the first woman from Trinidad to hold a
world title--mission accomplished.
However, next time I do advise you do your homework a litte better when
choosing Ria's opponent if you want to keep that belt. As for me, I have
already moved on and am preparing for my next fight in North Korea on June
28th... for some sort of WBC elimination bout. Will I get a fair decision
there without a knockout? Most likely not. Will I get the opportunity to
participate in the sport I love and hone my skills as a fighter while
getting paid well to do it? Yes...and at this point in my career that is
good enough...I am not a victim here under any circumstance, I choose to
fight because I believe that fighting quality matches even if it isn't on a
level playing field helps the sport of women's boxing and allows me to
improve my skills in the ring. But you team Ramnarine are not victims
either, although you would like everybody to believe that.
The same media people who are supposedly out to get you had a positive
article about Ria in the paper every day leading up to the fight. Most
female fighters here in the U.S. would love to get the kind of media
attention or the kind of sponsorship and support that Ria gets from her
sponsor Ma Pau...so stop feeling sorry for yourself and stop dragging my
name through the mud by crying conspiracy and twisting the truth.
Yvonne Caples
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