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Cecilia "Boom Boom" Barraza, Chicago,
Illinois, born on October 24, 1980, 5'1", and fights at 112 -115 lbs. When
Cecilia was in high school, she was a cheerleader, and cross country
competitor. Cecilia decided to box for weight loss and toning and in
the process, fell in love with the sport. [
Cecelia is under the tutelage of
her close friend and stablemate, "Fearless" Fernando Hernandez, who
is currently #12 by the IBF. "Fearless" convinced Cecelia that she
could do something in boxing, so she began to compete in the amateur
circuit. Cecelia participated in the Chicago Golden Gloves with just a few
fights where she took "best boxer" award in the year 2002.
Shortly after
that she went up until the semi-finals level at the Women's Golden
Gloves National's where she took the #8 amateur national ranking
spot. Cecilia is a well- schooled southpaw with an aggressive style &
great defense. Trained/ Managed by "Fearless" Fernando Hernandez. To
Contact get in contact with Barraza.
On July 3, 2003, at the Monterey Hyatt Hotel, in
Monterey, California,
on the
card, "Riot At the Hyatt" Carina Moreno, 21, Watsonville, CA., won by
a four-round unanimous decision over Cecilia Barraza of Chicago.
Final judges scores was 40-36. Moreno is now 1-0-0 (0KO), and Barraza is
now 2-1-0.Mike Conley of the Santa Cruz Sentinel was quoted as saying that Moreno
remained on the attack the entire four rounds, setting up combinations and
that Moreno backed Barraza into a corner and bloodied her nose with a
vicious right late in the third round. Conley went on to write, that one
round later, Moreno circled like a shark to chum. She backed Barraza into a
corner once again and continued the punishment.
With
about 12 seconds left in the bout, the referee asked Barraza if she was OK
to continue. She nodded yes. Moreno swooped back in for the final blow,
another huge right to the swelling mass of red at the center of Barraza’s
face just before the bell rang. Barraza's camp verified that in the last
round, she broke her nose in that last round. |
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