(NOV 13) The Durango,
Mexico, female flyweight Aracely “Muñeca” Palacios has a thorn
in her side. She feels she got a raw deal back in July of last
year when she faced up and coming contender Seniesa Estrada
(14-0, 4KO) of East Los Angeles, CA, practically in her back
yard of nearby Anaheim and now wants a return bout with the
undefeated Golden Boy Promotions’ fighter.
Palacios, a veteran of nearly
twenty professional fights, got her start back in early February
of 2012 and since then she has faced a number of the toughest
names in female boxing. She has traded punches against the likes
of Brenda Ramos, former champion Isabel Millan, Olympic bronze
medalist Marlen Esparza and U.S. amateur standout Poula Estrada.
The 31 year-old fighter is waiting for the winner of Seniesa
Estrada against Debora Rengifo this upcoming Saturday night in
Mexicali, Mexico, for the vacant WBC Silver light flyweight
title hoping for the opportunity to be the first defense for the
winner.
“I think Estrada is a very technical fighter,” she explained.
“She really doesn’t have a lot of power and mostly she just
lands her punches to score points. I think she wins over the
judges with her style but I never really felt her punches. I
think with a better camp and with more time I think we could
have given her a bigger challenge. Usually they call a week
before the fight.”
She wouldn’t mind another go at Esparza if a fight against
Estrada can’t be made in the immediate future.
“I’ve faced both of the golden girls but with Esparza it was a
bit different because I gave up an advantage in weight,”
Palacios said after a tough training session in her hometown of
Durango. “Despite of that, I would like to face Esparza again if
I had my choice because she is willing to fight in Mexico and
Estrada is barely going to do that. I felt Esparza was the
stronger of the two.”
The aggressive come-forward fighter has strung together two wins
a row with a 5th round stoppage of Margarita Senauda late last
year and a unanimous decision over Edna Maltos in her last fight
in May.
“We are looking to get back in the ring soon,” Palacios said of
her return. “We’ve had some fights fall through, we were hoping
to face Amaris Quintana but that fell through then a fight
against Lupita Martinez also didn’t happen despite getting well
ahead in talks. I would like to face Zulina Muñoz since she is
coming back. I am sure my advisors Primo Ramos and Joe Serrat in
Califorina will have something for me soon.”