(JULY 11) A press
conference was held on Monday in Los Angeles, California, with popular Mexican WBC flyweight
world champion Mariana "La Barbie" Juarez (34-5-3, 16 KOs) and
Japanese challenger Shindo Go (10-1, 8 KOs) who faced off in advance
of their title fight this Saturday at the Citizens Business Bank
Arena in Ontario, California.
Juarez last fought in the United
States in 2007. This is the seventh defense of the WBC belt
Juarez won from Simona Galassi in March 2011. Previously she had
seven WBC interim title fights. "I had a hard time taking this
title from a great champion Simona Galassi," says Juarez, "and
since that day to keep it I give it all with great effort. I
want to do my best and I try in every fight. I want be
remembered in history as a great boxer."
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