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April 26, 2003 -
Mississauga,
Canada
Women boxers Mississauga native Olga Heron (3-0-0 (1KO)
fought Lisa "Bad News" Brown in a four rounder on the
undercard.
This was a surprisingly competitive battle.
Olga seemed very confused and even hurt a couple of times in the
first round. Then she found her rhythm and started countering
Lisa's attach. Lisa was without a doubt the aggressor and won a
unanimous decision by 40-36 on all score cards.
April 26, 2003 -Northern Lights Casino, Anacortes, Washington
In the
Main Event, Deborah "Sunshine" Fettkether, Arizona TKO8 Lisa
Holewyne, Texas, in a 10-round WIBF Welterweight World
title. The event was promoted by Ringside Ticket, Inc.
April 26, 2003 -Genetti Manor
Inn, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Pro Debuter Rosalie Morales, 155, won a four-round
majority decision over Darlene Sabo, 154.5, of Elysburg,
Pennsylvania. Morales is now 1-0-0 (0KO), and Sabo is 2-4-1 (1
KO).
April 26, 2003 - Cleveland, Ohio
Welterweight Bonnie Wherry, a Cleveland Police detective,
1:01 TKO2 Pro Debuter Tricia Silotta, Terre Haute,
Indiana.
April 26, 2003 - Delaware County
Fairgrounds, Muncie, Indiana - Promoted by Fred Berns
Amateur boxer Angela Hughes, 18 years old, made her
amateur pro debut on same amateur boxing card as her father, Al
Hughes! Angela TKO2 Lynicia Hinson, Anderson. Her
father Al Hughes KO'd his 20-year old opponent, Johnny Sparks,
in the second round. Also in a pro boxing match, Kristina
Follmar, 128, of Muncie, TKO1 49 seconds Stephanie Ladner,
158.
April 26, 2003 - Jarrell's
Gym, in Savannah, Georgia
Chevelle "Fists of Steel" Hallback defeated tough veteran
Mitzi Jeter in a rematch with a unanimous decision. The
two were featured in the co-main event and fought six hard
rounds. According to News source SavannahNOW, oth
fighters traded punches for six rounds, with Jeter refusing to
back down from Hallback's powerful punches and Hallback
discouraging Jeter's steady advances. Final scoring was
59-55, 59-55, and 60-54.
April 26, 2003 - Stratosphere
Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
Vaia "Vicious" Zaganas, 106, stopped her opponent
Holly Dunaway, 107, 1:24 of the second round. There
is also a women's match that is an exhibition bout between
Layla McCarter and Tracy Byrd that is a scheduled
four-rounder.
April 26, 2003 -
Schwerin, Germany
Regina Halmich retained her World Title defeating
Cathy Brown on points over 10 rounds. The judges scored the
fight 98:92, 97:95, 97:94. Cathy Brown started the fight best
and was clearly more powerful. She sent Halmich to the canvas in
the third round, but it was probably more a case of Halmich
getting caught off balance as the punch was on her shoulder.
Halmich better skills, condition and experience turned the fight
for her from round 5 and onwards, and the result was no cause
for controversy, even though the German Judge who saw the fight
98:92 probably was too "kind" to Halmich.
April 25, 2003 -
Thunderbird Casino, in Norman, Oklahoma
Stephanie Dobbs, 106, won a four-round unanimous decision over "Dakota Princess" Vanessa
Honomichl, 106.5, in a strawweight four-rounder. Final
scoring was
39-37 and 40-36 twice.
April 25, 2003 -
Maritim Hotel, Magdeburg, Germany
Bantamweight Anita Christensen, Denmark, won a
six-rounder by points over Renata Vesecka.
April 24, 2003 - Irvine Marriott,
Irvine, California
Featherweight Ronda Luna won a four-round unanimous
decision over Rosa Ponce. Both boxers were making their
pro debut. Luna is now 1-0-0 (0KO), and Ponce is 0-1-0 (0KO).
April 24, 2003 - Grand Casino
Pavillion in Gulfport, Mississippi
Featherweights Shannon Birmingham, Hamilton, Alabama,
TKO1 pro debuter Kim Richardville, Tupelo, Mississippi in
a scheduled four-rounder. Birmingham is now 1-1-0 (1KO), and
Richardville is 0-1-0.
April 24, 2003 -Metropolis Night
Club in Perth, Australia
Tiana Caverley, 121 1/4, had an eight-round draw with
Edith Smith, 119 3/4. The two were fighting for the
Australian Women's Featherweight Title.
April 21, 2003 - Toppenish,
Washington
Kelsey Jeffries won an eight round decision over Jo Jo
Wyman, with a final scoring of 76-75, 77-75, and 76-75, in
the featherweight division (126 lbs). In the first round, Wyman
knocked Jeffries to the canvas, and at the very end of the last
round, Jeffries suffered a cut over the eye, that may require
stitches.
April 19,
2003 - Camel Rock Casino, in Sante Fe, New Mexico
Monica Michel, 118, won her first professional match
against Brittney Conan in a scheduled four-round
bantamweight bout. Conan lasted 31 seconds, before the fight
was stopped. Michel is now 1-3-3 (1KO). In a second women’s
match, Terri Cruz, 123, won a unanimous decision over
winless B.J. Felter, 121. Cruz is now 7-3-2 (5KO), and
Felter dropped to 0-6-0.
April 19, 2003 – Sam’s Town
Casino, Tunica, Mississippi -Promoted by Brian Young
Lana Alexander, 118, Nashville, Tennessee, KO2
Cadace Lett, in a scheduled four-round bantamweight bout.
Alexander improved her record to 1-1-0 (1KO), and Lett fell to
1-2-0 (1KO).
April 15-20, 2003 - Antalya
Turkey
Source: Delhi News Source - Amateurs
Indian women boxers fought in the Ahmed Comert International
Boxing Championship at Antalya in Turkey. The six-member Indian
team won as many as five bronze medals in various categories at
the event held between April 15 and 20, according to Indian
Amateur Boxing Federation. Santa Devi (46kg),
sushila Devi (54kg) and R L Jenny (63kg) of Manipur, Arun Misra
(60kg) and Laxmi Padiya (66kg) of Jharkhand were the medal
winners.
April 16 -19, 2003 - San
Francisco, California
Amateurs: San Francisco Golden
Gloves
One of the top Amateur women boxers and three-time 106 lb.
National Champion, Carina Moreno entered the San
Francisco Golden Gloves, that had over 130 boxers---with only
five women and that took place from April 16th -
19th.Moreno entered the tournament in the 119-lb division and
was able to fight twice. The first bout took place on
April 16th, and she fought Valerie Evans from San Jose,
California. She won the bout 5-0. Moreno then moved
into the finals on April 19th, and fought Jennifer Neuyen,
and again winning 5-0. Moreno was voted Best Boxer of the
Tournament. The night of the Alcorn-St. John fight, WBAN
got a chance to meet Moreno and her trainer at the Selland
Arena. She is considering turning pro soon, and talked
about how she felt it was important to pay her dues in the
amateurs first.
April 19, 2003 - Selland
Arena, in Fresno, California
Mia
St. John vs. Jennifer Alcorn: Mia entered the ring first---included in her corner was Fredia “the
Cheetah” Gibbs and Mia’s mother. Alcorn made her appearance
shortly thereafter, with trainer/husband working her corner.
Both boxers appeared to be relaxed and ready to fight….In the
first round, Alcorn and Mia wasted little time in mixing it up
and the fight turned into a slugfest. Within about 20 seconds
into the fight, Mia slipped to the canvas, and it looked like
Alcorn was over-powering Mia at that time. (Mpeg of the slip
on records site,
gallery 51). In the second round, Alcorn and Mia
continued to fight toe-to-toe, but in the later part of the
round, Alcorn was throwing multiple combination and caught Mia
in the corner. Mia weathered out the 2nd round, and
did not appear to be hurt from the attack. (Mpeg on Records
site of 60 seconds of the 2nd round,
gallery 51). Most
of the rest of the rounds was a slugfest between the two with
Alcorn ultimately winning with a unanimous decision. Alcorn
remains undefeated with a 16-0-0 (10KO), and St. John is now 27-3-1
(13KO). Final judges scores was 78-74, 77-75, and 77-75. WBAN
asked St. John how she felt about this fight with Alcorn in a
post-fight interview. St. John said, “Out of my 31 fights this
was probably my favorite fight aside from Christy. Fighting
Jenifer was such a challenge and truly a wonderful experience.
The crowd was on their feet the whole time and found it as
exciting as I did. The fight was an overall success! I went
into
Fresno
sparked a little controversy, we sold A LOT of tickets and
fought our hearts out. My job is complete. I couldn't be
happier. I'll be fighting again in June and hopefully will
rematch with Christy sometime this summer.”
April 19, 2003 - Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
Amateur: Wisconsin Golden Gloves
The Wisconsin Golden Gloves Tournament came back to Milwaukee
Saturday and was greeted by an enthusiastic, if not sellout
crowd, at the Rave ballroom. Two women’s bouts started the
action after the intermission in the 15-bout card. The female
matches were met with solid applause as the crowd showed its
appreciation. Melinda Torres of North Shore Boxing
Club, Waukegan, took Erin Riley, Roufus Boxing Gym here,
to school stopping the local boxer in the first round. Riley
seemed overwhelmed by Torres’ brawl-and-swarm style.
April 18,
2003 - The Palace, Lemoore, CA
In front of a packed audience, at the
Palace
Indian
Gaming
Center,
in Lemoore, California, had a night of women’s boxing, mixed in
with a heavyweight contender Michael Grant, who fought Gilbert
Martinez. The first fight of the night was between Isra “The
Raging Beauty” Girgrah, 128, and Laura Serrano, 124. The two
fought in a toe-to-toe battle that ended in a controversial
eight-round split decision for Girgrah. The
boxing fans met the decision with a loud sound of “boos.”
Serrano, took the Mexico flag and ran through the audience after
the decision was announced. Girgrah delivered Serrano her
first loss as a pro boxer. Final scoring was 79-73
Serrano, and 77-75, and 78-74 Girgrah. The second bout of the evening was featured Sumya
“The Island Girl” Anani, 141, and Fredia “The Cheetah” Gibbs,
140.
Even before the fight began, Anani stared across the ring at
Gibbs, and shuffling her feet as if she was ready to spring in
action at the ring of the bell. Gibbs was also hyped and when
the bell did begin the first round both boxers immediately began
throwing leather. There was some holding throughout the first
round, and they were non-stop until the end of that round. But
it was learned shortly there after that Gibbs may have
experienced a fractured hand and the fight was halted. Anani
won the fight by a TKO. The third night of the fight featured
Grant and
Martinez.
Their fight ended in a win for Grant by a TKO in the later
rounds. Then the ESPN2 cameras stopped rolling as the next
women’s match was to take place between Nina Ahlin,
101.5, and
Vaia Zaganas, 104. It was a very entertaining fight and it was
unfortunate that it did not make television. WBAN did tape the
fight. Vaia Zaganas won the fight with a final scoring of
59-55, 59-55, and 58-56. The last fight of the night was another
women’s match, that could have easily been named the “fight of
the night.” Layla McCarter, 134, of Las Vegas, took on local
boxer from Fresno, Lisa Lewis, 133. It was the classic boxer
against puncher. McCarter was slick as she slipped punches by
Lewis who is also one tough fighter! The six-rounder ended in a
unanimous decision for McCarter.
April 18,
2003 - Atlanta, Georgia
Fight fans in Atlanta
got more than their money's worth in the second Friday Night Fights at the Roxy card last night in Atlanta, Georgia. This nine-bout card was a
crowd-pleasing affair held at this popular Buckhead venue, which marked
the pro debut of top female amateur Janaya "Jai" Davis.
As an amateur, Davis, 158, won three national titles in 2002 while fellow
debuter Mariem Punchenella Brakache, 155, a native of Morocco, had
competed in kickboxing events in Holland before immigrating to the United
States. Davis used her reach and jab to good effect, tattooing her
opponent's face, while Brakache kept up the pressure throughout this
highly competitive four-round middleweight match-up. The final decision
was 40-36 on all cards.
April 12, 2003 - Emerald Queen
Casino, Tacoma, Washington
Carla Wilcox, 125.5, had a four-round unanimous decision
over Michelle Herron, 121.5. Wilcox improves her record
to 4-2-0 (1KO), and Herron is 0-1-0 (0KO).
April 12, 2003 - Lake
Tahoe, Nevada
Stephanie Dobbs, 102, and Deidre Hamaguchi, 103,
fought to a non-stop action-packed slugfest to a four-round
draw. (38-38 all two score cards, and 39-37 for Hamaguchi).
April 12,
2003 -
Aktiv Sporthalle, Güssing, Burgenland, Austria, promoted by
Peter M. Pospichal by Box-Team Vienna
Bantamweight Bettina Csabi, 118, Hungary, KO’d Ramona
Telefan, 119 1/4, in the 48 seconds in the
first round in a scheduled Bantamweight six-round bout; Also,
Esther Schouten,
123 3/4, defeated Simone Suciu, 124, in an
six rounder by a unanimous decision in super-bantamweight
division.
April 11, 2003 - Chicago
Golden Gloves, Chicago, Illinois
Amateurs
Jessica Lenth from Hamlin Park beat Marla del Angel
from Windy City Gym in the 119 Novice Division. Jessica, a
southpaw, asserted herself early on with her jab. The southpaw
turned out to confuse and consternate Marla; Talina Acevedo
from Hamlin Park is now a two-time Chicago Golden Gloves
Champion at 119 Open. She came out strong against Echo Sneed
and with expert lateral movement and a strong jab, Echo never
had a chance; Perhaps one of the more exciting fights was
Tempele Smith, Seward Park v. Maria Barrera of Ekhart
Park. Tempele has been working for the last month with
Leatita Robinson and her movement and style reflected that
fact. A flurry of punching best describes this match. Tempele
gutted out the last round and was rewarded with the win in the
106 Novice Division; Apinya Wipachit of Hamlin Park
dropped a fight to Marilyn Syers of Kaehn BC who was 2-1
going into the fight. Both exhibited excellent skills. Marilyn
aggressively pursued Apinya demonstrating her heart along with
the superior boxing skills. Anti-climatic was the much
anticipated fight between Elizabeth Kerin of Garfield
Park v. Julie Landsdown of Stateway, who trains under the
guidance of Leatitia Robinson. Unfortunately, Elizabeth was
unable to fight because she was in the hospital. Julie wins the
201+ Open Division with a walk over.
April 11, 2003- Radisson Hotel,
Fresno, CA
Claudia Valenciana, 148, knocked Tania Gomez,
141, down in the first round with a counter left hand en route
to a four-round split decision victory. Gomez righted herself
and finished strong in the last two rounds but the early deficit
was too much to overcome. After the fight Valenciana said, "I
just want to say thank you to my trainer Refugio Flores and my
family for supporting me." Gomez, after getting her feet wet in
the professional ranks for the first time said, "I feel good. It
was mostly what I expected, a little different, but I got in
there and that is what is important to me." Scores were 40-35,
38-37 and 37-38. Valenciana improved to 3-0 while Gomez,
fighting pro for the first time, is now 0-1.
April 7, 2003 - Budapest, Hungary
and promoted by Blue Alligator Box Promotion
Judit Palacian (52kg / 114 3/4 lbs) defeated by
TKO2 Viktoria Varga (51,9kg / 114 1/2 lbs) in four
rounder in super flyweight division. Varga's corner
abandoned because Varga's hand was injured. Also in
another women's bout, Szilvia Csicsely (51,5kg /
113,5lbs) defeated pro debuter Natalia Bakos
(51,7kg / 114lbs) in a four rounder by a unanimous decision in
the super flyweight division.
April 6,
2003- VFW in Morgantown, West Virginia
Nikki Eplion, South Point, Ohio won a TKO1
Christine Butch.
April 5, 2003 - New Mexico - Muay Thai
Trisha "TNT" Hill caused an upset when she stopped the much
taller Holly Holm, in a Muay thai bout.
April 5, 2003 - Amarillo, Texas
Linda Tenberg TKO2 Shakura Witherspoon in a
scheduled four rounder in the featherweight division.
April 5, 2003 -
Randy's
Ballroom, in San Antonio,Texas and promoted by Rising Star
Promotions
In the main event, Valerie Flores won her pro debut when
she defeated Terry
Carrillo in a four-round majority decision. Also, Carolina Harris
won a four-round unanimous decision over Isabel Mayseng.
April
5, 2003 -
Varese, Italy
Sabina Ritter TKO2 Martina Cichova. Also, Stefania
Bianchini, 110 1/4, won a 10-round unanimous decision over Réka
Krempf for a flyweight European title.
April 5, 2003 -
Silver Star
Resort & Casino,
Choctaw Mississippi
Novice Samantha Browning,
130, who had trained for only a few weeks and beat Tonya
Harding in her pro debut in February of this year, fought
her second pro bout against another newbee boxer making her pro
debut Delisha Starling, 135, in which she stopped
Starling 1:35 in the first round.
April
4, 2003 - Lawrence Joel Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Heavyweight Carlette Ewell, 186, TKO’d Kimberly Massey,
201, in the third round. Ewell has improved her record to 3-1-0
(2KO).
April 4, 2003 The Harriet, in
Palm Beach, Florida
In the Aero of Palm Beach series, light-middleweights Yvonne
Reis won a six-round unanimous decision over Cynthia
Jones. Final scoring was 58-55 on all judges score cards.
Ryan Wissow reported on WBAN's forum, that the fight was a great
fight, and could have easily have been the best fight of the
night. Wissow went on to say that the action started quickly
when Reis and Jones went right at it from the opening
bell. Ryan said that in the second round, Jones caught Reis with
some big shots on the ropes, and had Reis is big trouble and
that the ref almost stopped the fight, but Reis clinched Jones,
and the ref gave Reis a standing eight count. Ryan went on to
report that the remaining four rounds were non-stop, where both
fighter stunned the other, and snapped each others heads back
with numerous big shots. When the fight was over, the
crowd was on their feet. Ryan's observations of Cynthia
Jones who is now 0-4-0, said, "Cynthia Jones is the best 0-4
fighter I've ever seen. There are numerous world-class fighters
that Jones would beat."
April 4,
2003 - Agua Caliente Casino, in
Rancho Mirage, California, and promoted by Mark Liddy Promotions
18-year-old Melinda Cooper, now 8-0-0 (5KO), Las Vegas,
TKO'd Evangeline Abeyta, now 0-4-0, Denver, in the first
round of a scheduled four-round bantamweight bout.
April 4, 2003 - Colorado
Belle, in Laughlin, Nevada
Blanca Luna, Las Vegas, won a six-round unanimous
decision over Jessica Mohs, Chandler, Arizona. Luna
improved her record to 3-1-0 (0KO). Luna has wasted little time
in taking on some tough opponents early in her career, and is a
rising star to look out for!
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