(FEB 9) WBO flyweight champion Kenia Enriquez (13-0, 6KO) held her first ever all-female amateur boxing tournament in her native city of Tijuana this past Saturday, February 7th. Held at the city-run gym adjacent to the Municipal Auditorium, over ten amateur fights were held to determine champs in five categories.

Young ladies from the ages of ten to the twenty-one participated in the tournament and sought to win the trophy title belt and a medal donated by Mauricio Sulaiman of the WBC. The champion and sub-champion of each category also took home a t-shirt deeming them as such and every participant was awarded a certificate praising their participation in the competition.

"I am very happy to have been able to realize this dream," an all-smiles Enriquez stated. "After winning my world title last year, I wanted to do something for all the girls that come up to me and tell me that I have inspired them in some way. What they don't know is that they are one of my motivations in my career because I want to show them what hard work can lead to. I want to thank the WBC, my promoter Bobby DePhilippis, my sponsors especially Sue Fox of the WBAN and my team who helped me put this together. I plan to do it every year around the same date."


Enriquez is scheduled to return to the ring to defend her title on February 28th in Rosarito, just a fifteen miles south of Tijuana, Mexico. Headlining the card will be WBC and WBA interim champion Jackie Nava.