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Nicola Adams to Fight Isabel Millan
for World Super-Flyweight Title
by Jem Amy
September 27, 2018 |
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(SEPT 27) It
was in 2010 here in the U.S. when
we noticed Nicola Adams’ weigh-in difficulties.
Since then, the British boxer from West Yorkshire, England, has
made quite a name for herself in the sport.
Babyface became the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal
in 2012,
beating China’s Ren Cancan in decisive fashion in front of some
16,000 spectators at the ExCeL Arena.
The Olympic champion didn’t stop there and
was determined to break more records, on her way to becoming a
pro boxer.
Described by Coral News as the golden girl of British boxing,
Adams did just that when she made history yet again four years
later, retaining her gold medal in Rio and becoming the only
British boxer in nearly 100 years to successfully defend her
Olympic gold. By then, all that was left for the Smiling
Assassin was to turn pro, which she did in 2017. Adams won her
first four fights as a professional, with three of those wins
coming via stoppage.
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Now, the 35-year-old is getting close to a
world title in just her fifth professional fight.
The BBC reports that Adams will be fighting Mexico’s Isabel
Millan on October 6th for the
interim WBO world super-flyweight title. The fight, which will
be held in Leicester’s Morningside Arena, will be an acid test
for Adams as Millan is a veteran of 27 professional fights. The
33-year-old Mexican has won 22 of her fights, with only 4
defeats and 1 draw. She will be coming to Leicester having won 8
of her last 10 fights, including 3 consecutive bouts so far in
2018.
Adams, though, has a four-fight winning streak of her own and an
amateur pedigree that is among the best in recent times. She
also has that vaunted knockout power, which she showed in her
last fight in May by knocking out Argentina's Soledad del Valle
Frias in the very first round. Should Babyface produce another
show stopping display next month at Morningside Arena, she will
make history yet again by becoming the first openly gay boxer to
win a world title (albeit an interim one); a distinction that
the boxer Orlando Cruz failed to accomplish back in 2016. Adams,
of course, is a staunch advocate of LGBT rights, and is widely
considered as one of the most influential women in sports,
coming in at #44 in
a study conducted by creative communications agency Exposure.
The 35-year-old prizefighter has become one of the voices of the
community she represents and has used her platform as a
professional athlete to further her message.
With a win, Adams will also get a shot at
Germany's Raja Amasheh, who is currently the WBO world
super-flyweight champion. It will also put the British golden
girl closer to her goal of unifying the titles in her division.
The two-time Olympic champion has given herself “a year or
two”
to unify the belts. After doing so, she will "bow out
gracefully” from the sport, by then having accomplished
everything that any boxer could ever hope for.
By all indications, Adams will be the heavy favorite come
October 6th, what with her championship-caliber combination of
skill and power. But Millan, again, is a grizzled veteran who
has nothing to lose and everything to gain and that combination,
at times, can be even more dangerous. The best thing to do,
therefore, is to just tune in and enjoy the fight.
Written by Jem Amy only for
WomenBoxing.com
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