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(JUNE 21) Hollie “Hot Stuff” Dunaway was
looking forward to having a rematch against Wendy Rodriguez on June
13, 2008, at the Isleta Casino & Resort, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The two were fighting for two world title belts that included the
IFBA and IBA strawweight titles. Little did Dunaway know that her
fight would end in a 10-round split decision---leaving her and her
manager Ron Brand stunned by the controversial decision.
Dunaway said, “I wanted to cry, I trained too hard for this.” “I
didn’t lose—even the judges don’t agree,” added Dunaway.
Some of the heavy hitters for covering the sport and involved in the
sport, concurred with their own thoughts about the fight. Butch
Gottlieb of BoxingInLasVegas.com called it a “Bad Score.” Chris Cozzone of
New Mexico Boxing
said, “Two of three judges saw a different fight, however, scoring
it for Rodriguez, 98-92 and 96-94, while the third gave it to
Dunaway, 96-94. FN/NMB had it 97-93 for Dunaway.”
Highly respected boxing promoter Jerry Hoffman said on his blog, “Dunaway
is robbed by Rodriguez.”---Not to mention all the comments on forums
about the fight.
With Dunaway winning the first fight against Rodriguez, and
Rodriguez getting the decision in the second fight---Dunaway has some unfinished
business. Dunaway would like to “Finish” that "unfinished business"
by having a Trilogy match with Rodriguez to “Finally” settle the
score!
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