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Injured Hand KO's
Clampitt-Salandy on November 23rd!
Source: Press Release
November 17, 2005
PROVIDENCE, RI -- Jaime "The Hurricane" Clampitt was looking forward to
finishing off 2005 in a big way, with a win over undefeated Gisselle
"Magic" Salandy on Wednesday, November 23rd. Her desire to defend her
IWBF world lightweight title, however, was overshadowed by a hand injury
suffered last Thursday evening in sparring. The extent of the injury
will not fully be known until this weekend when the results of the MRI &
Bone Scan have come back.
"My hand started to hurt in the 2nd round," said Clampitt. "But I really
wanted to get the rounds in so I just began sticking to using my left
hand, but my right hand hurt real bad. When we were done and my gloves
came off my hand was really swollen. Luckily CES has one of the best
hand doctors in the world in Dr. Steven Margles of the Lahey Clinic.He
was able to squeeze me in on Friday and he made the decision. As a
fighter I would have fought regardless, but Dr. Margles made sure to
call my promoter Jimmy Burchfield and let him know that I cannot."
According to Dr. Margles, he had actually recommended that Clampitt not
fight in the first place. Prior to her title winning effort against
Shelby Walker, Clampitt had suffered an injury to her left wrist. Afraid
that bout may have been cancelled, Jaime fought through the pain and had
it examined following the bout. Dr. Margles determined that the left
wrist seemed as though it may need surgery and the tests for the wrist
were previously set for November 16th, however in light of the new
injury, both hands were tested.
"I know medically speaking it may not have been the best move, but I am
a fighter and I want to fight," said Clampitt. "If the tests on my
wrists had come back very bad than I would be out for more than half a
year, so I wanted to get one more fight in, regardless of the pain. But
the right hand is not an injury I could fight through, I mean making a
fist right now is not even possible."
"Jaime is a true champion and a true warrior," said promoter Jimmy
Burchfield. "I know that if Dr. Margles had not called me direct, Jaime
probably would have tried to fight still. But as much as it hurts to
take her off the card, there is really no alternative. All we can hope
for is a speedy recovery and I promised Jaime that as soon as the hand
is better she will be defending her belt and hopefully adding more
titles to her resume. For now, I am counting on her to help CES with the
promotion as she is one of our ambassadors and one of our most popular
fighters."
While she will not be able to fight, Jaime is hoping that her fans will
come out and support the rest of the CES team. Hand willing, she will be
on hand signing autographs and taking pictures.
"I will be there ringside cheering on my team and I hope everyone else
comes out to as it surely will be a tremendous night of boxing," said
Clampitt.
The November 23rd event will take place at the Rhode Island Convention
Center in Downtown Providence. The doors for the event will open at 6 PM
with the first bout beginning at 7 PM. The event will feature 7 world
class matchups including a female world championship fight between Missy
Fiorentino (12-1) & Esther Schouten (18-2-1), along with appearances by
2004 U.S. Olympian Jason "Big Six" Estrada (4-1, 1 KO), WBC U.S.
Cruiserweight Champion Matt "Too Smooth" Godfrey (9-0, 5 KO's), 2000
Olympic Trials Gold Medallist "Steamin" Josh Beeman (3-1-2, 1 KO),
Exciting Puerto Rican Prospect Eddie Soto (2-0, 1 KO) and newly added
Matt "Sharp Shooter" Remillard (6-0, 5 KO's). Tickets, on sale now, are
priced at $30, $52, $102 and a limited amount of $152 VIP seats. They
are available by calling CES at 401-724-2253 or logging on to their web
site at www.cesboxing.com.
In addition, the event will be televised on a taped delay basis on both
CN8, The Comcast Network, which reaches more than 7 million homes from
Maine to Virginia, and Cox Sports Television in Rhode Island. CN8 will
be broadcasting the event on Saturday, November 26 at 7:00 PM/EST and
Cox will present the event on Friday, November 25 at 8:00 PM/EST. The
CN8 commentating team is made up of Ed Berliner, five-time world
champion Vinny Paz and Phil Burton. |
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