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Carlette "The Truth"
Ewell was born on August 20, 1971 in Winston-Salem, North
Carolina, USA.
Her love for boxing began at a tender age when she and her father would
sit in their living room on Saturday nights to watch boxing on
TV. Some of her favorites in the sport were Sugar Ray
Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Jerry Cooney, Larry Holmes, and her two
all-time favorites Muhammad Ali and Carl "The Truth"
Williams.
In 1985-1986 Ewell received the MVP Award for
Basketball at her High School. She also ran on the all-county track
team in 1986-1987. After transferring from Glenn High School, she
lettered in Chorus / Music in 1988-1989 at RJ Reynolds High.
Ewell told WBAN, "I met my current
trainer and former New York State Heavyweight Champion, Mr. Eddie Gregg
in 1999. I started training in the sport of boxing to lose weight. I
continued to train and made the decision to box in the
amateurs. I lost my three amateur bouts."
After participating in Toughwoman contests and
winning the North Carolina Toughwoman championship in both 2000 and
2001, Carlette decided to turn to pro boxing.
She made her pro debut on April 20, 2002 in
Greensboro, North Carolina, winning by TKO at 1:00 of the second round
over Denise Grant, another debut fighter.
On July 20, 2002 in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina she won a four-round unanimous decision
over Xynthia Jones, who was making her own debut.
Ewell was next invited to participate in the first
Honey 'B' Boxing & Entertainment women's Amateur and
Professional Exhibition card in New York. She told WBAN, "The
boxer whom I was to face was Keisha 'Awesome' Snow. I was
excited. I must admit, to my current bouts, she has been the toughest,
roughest, hard-hitting boxer I have faced. It was a great
exhibition. Our exhibition match was voted best match of the night."
On January 18, 2003 at Civic Arena in Huntington, West
Virginia, southpaw heavyweight Nikki
Eplion of South Point, Ohio
knocked Carlette out in the second round of a scheduled
six-rounder that was the main event of a card
featuring a Toughman contest.
Eplion improved to 5-0-2 (3 KO) with this win.
Ewell told WBAN "my trainer and I drove from North
Carolina to West Virginia and my promoters drove from Atlanta, GA. I
allowed myself to be taken out of the game mentally with the focus on
the outside of the ring instead of the inside of the ring."
Ewell reflects on her fight
with Eplion and said that she was glad that experience came to her
early in her boxing career, because she now understands that
she is a professional boxer in a professional career so she must
prepare herself mentally as well as physically.
On
April 4, 2003 at Lawrence Joel Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
Carlette (186 lbs) won by a third-round TKO over Kimberly Massey (201¼
lbs), who was making her pro debut.
On August 9, 2004 at Lawrence
Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, Carlette TKO'd debut fighter Kathy
Goins in the first round of a 175-lb bout.
On
August 19, 2003 at Trap Nightclub in Nashville, Tennessee, Carlette
(177 lbs)
KO'd Ebony Teague (179 lbs) of Indianapolis, Indiana in the first
round.
The fight was a brawl until until the stronger Ewell landed several
hard shots
that dropped the younger Teague for the count.
Teague fell to 0-2.
Fighting Valerie Mahfood in
February 2004
©
Copyrighted photo taken by
Patricia
Butaud and Janis Guidry.
On
February 20, 2004 at Ford Theater in Beaumont, Texas, Valerie Mahfood (169 lbs) of
Beaumont won an
eight round split (78-74,78-74,75-77) decision over Carlette (175 lbs).
The split decision for Mahfood pleased her fans, but many at the fight
felt that it was much closer than the scorecards that had favored
Mahfood. The fighters had traded rounds back and forth for most of the
bout. Ewell lost some rounds by not throwing enough punches and backing
up, while Mahfood lost rounds when the slower Ewell came forward with
left hooks and
uppercuts at close quarters. Mahfood improved to 16-7-0 (8 KO).
Ewell was scheduled to fight
on May 30, 2004, in Washington D.C. but her
opponent, Angela Simpson was a "no show" according to Ewell.
On June 5, 2004 in Greensboro,
North Carolina, Carlette (175 lbs) defeated Gwen Wood (166 lbs) of
Glenn Easton, West Virginia, when Gwen's
corner threw in the towel after the second round. The first round had
been a war with Wood trying to take the fight to Ewell in toe-to-toe
action. Ewell finally settled down and began to use her reach
and strength to control the pace. After hurting Wood with a
body shot and uppercut combination, Ewell worked her over for the
last 25 seconds of the second round. Wood, clearly hurt by Ewell's
ferocious body attack, was unable to continue and fell to 0-3 with the
loss.
Rematch with Valerie Mahfood in August 2004
©
Copyrighted photo taken by
Patricia
Butaud and Janis Guidry.
On August 28, 2004 at Grand
Casino Coushatta Pavillion in Kinder, Louisiana
Valerie Mahfood
(169¼ lbs) won a ten-round unanimous (97-93,97-93,97-94) decision over
Carlette (169¼ lbs) for the IBA Continental Light Heavyweight title.
The rematch bout was the card's co-main event. Valerie Mahfood boxed
early in this bout while Carlette preferred to go straight ahead and
take the fight to her. It became more of a slugfest in the middle
rounds when Mahfood began to trade with Ewell on the inside, a strategy
that Valerie abandoned in the later going as Ewell began to land more
punishing shots. Mahfood improved to 17-7-1 (8 KOs) with the win. (For more on
this fight.
On October 16, 2004 at Benton
Convention Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Carlette (180 lbs)
TKO'd 43-year-old pro debuter Ramona Crim (182 lbs) of Covington,
Kentucky at 0:39 in the fourth round.
On January 15, 2005 at Benton
Convention Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Carlette (173 lbs)
won a four-round unanimous (39-37,39-37,40-36) decision over Leanna
Owens (172 lbs) of Covington, Kentucky. Owens fell to 1-2-1
(0 KO).
On April 16, 2005 at the
Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Carlette
(180½ lbs) TKO’d Ramona Crim (180½ lbs) of Covington, KY at 0:22 in the
fourth round to win the WBE Light Heavyweight title. Crim fell to
0-2.
On August 13, 2005 at the
Lawrence Joel Coliseum Annex in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Carlette
improved her record to 10-3-0 (7 KO) with a first round TKO of Tristen
Jones of Wilson, NC, who fell to 0-2-0.
On November 5, 2005 at the
Lawrence Joel Coliseum Annex in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Carlette
(170 lbs) lost by a second-round TKO to Ijeoma
Egbunine (170 lbs) of Marietta, Georgia for the WBE Light
Heavyweight and Super Middleweight Titles. The catch weight bout was
the card's Main Event. According to WBAN's insider, Ewell and Equbinine
were in top condition for this bout. "In round one, Ewell
moved well as a boxer, and was impressive in how she has improved as a
boxer. Ewell (was) known more as a brawler, the latter style
may have suited her more when fighting Egbunine, sticking to more of
her old style and making a war out of it. By trying to box “the boxer”
Egbunine ----used her height and reach to her advantage."
Ewell went down in both rounds before referee Bill Clancy stopped the
bout at 1:15 in the second. The crowd was reported to have
been “stunned” as they thought their hometown favorite (Ewell) would
win the bout. Instead, Egbunine improved to 6-1 (4 KO's).
On April 15, 2006 at the
Maritim Hotel in Magdeburg, Germany, Natascha
Ragosina (168 lbs) retained her WIBF Super
Middleweight belt and gained the GBU belt with a TKO win over Carlette
(173¼ lbs). The referee stopped the fight at 1:23 into the fifth round
after Ewell remained wobbly after surviving a knockdown by a hard right
from Ragosina. According to WBAN correspondent Torben Lodberg: "Ewell
was a very game opponent and managed to put pressure on Ragosina when
she got in close, but she had to work very hard to get in there. As the
fight progressed, Ragosina took full advantage of her longer reach and
her very good boxing skills. Ewell kept coming forward, but her
attempts to close was paid for by a lot of good jabs from Ragosina.
Halfway into to fifth round, Ewell was stunned by a hard right hand,
and Ragosina set in the chase, resulting in another right that sent
Carletta Ewell to the floor. She beat the count, but the renewed
bombardment from from Ragosina made the referee stop the fight." Ragosina
improved to 11-0 (8 KO's).
On April 14, 2007 at Lawrence
Joel Coliseum Annex, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Carlette (188½ lbs)
won an eight-round unanimous (79-73,79-73,79-73) decision over
Alexandra Maloy (179½ lbs) of Tampa, Florida for the UBC America's
Cruiserweight Title.
Maloy fell to 2-3-2 (0 KO's)
On June 23, 2007 at Lawrence
Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
Carlette (195¾ lbs) won by a retirement over pro debuter Kelly Young
(247 lbs) of Salisbury, North Carolina. The fight had been scheduled
for six rounds,
but at the end of the first round Young complained of a hand injury and
the bout was called off. Ewell improved to 12-5 (9 KO's) with
the win.
On February 23, 2008 at
Chapparells Community Center in Akron, OH,
6'6" former world heavyweight champion Vonda
Ward of Ohio won a clear unanimous (100-90,100-90,99-91)
10-round decision
over Carlette. . Ward improved to 23-1 (17 KO's) while Ewell fell to
12-6 (9 KO's).
On June 6, 2008 in St Maartin,
Netherlands Antilles, Gwendolyn
O'Neil of Guyana won a 10-round split decision over Carlette
for the vacant WIBA Light Heavyweight title. O'Neil moved her record to
13-5-1 (7 KO's) with the win.
On November 1, 2008 in St.
Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, Carlette (174 lbs) won a 10-round
unanimous decision over
Gwendolyn O'Neil
(173 lbs) of Guyana in a rematch for the WIBA Light Heavyweight
title. The judges' scores were 97-95, 98-96, 99-95.
O'Neil slipped to 13-6-1 (7 KO's).
On June 18, 2010 at Benton Convention
Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Carlette (215 lbs) won a
unanimous (78-72,77-73,80-70)
eight-round decision over Tiffany Woodard (198
lbs) of Wilson, NC for the vacant UNBC Heavyweight title. According to
WBAN's sources, Woodard went down in the third and sixth rounds. We
were told that Ewell controlled the majority of the fight
using her jab and fighting in close quarters, letting loose with fierce
combinations to the body. The fight was voted by fans as the best fight
of the evening. Woodard fell to 2-3.
On October 1, 2011 at the Pavilion Coliseum in Greensboro, North
Carolina Carlette (205¾ lbs) fought a ten-round rematch with Tiffany
'The Terminator'
Woodard (202¾ lbs) of Wilson, North Carolina, winning by a split
(97-93,96-94,94-96) decision. Ewell told WBAN that "Tiffany
was extremely game and came in
very prepared mentally" and "used more left hooks
this fight" but then
"began to fade after the seventh round".
Ewell injured her right foot at
the end of round seven and hobbled for the rest of the fight
re-establishing her jab and being able to box versus brawl.
Woodard fell to 4-6-1 (3 KO's).
On January 21, 2012 at the
Roseland Ballroom in New York, NY, USA, Carlette (208 lbs) battled to a
six-round split (58-56,57-57,56-58) draw with Sonya Lamonakis (222 lbs)
of New York. Karl Greenberg reported
that: "It wasn't pretty, more pit bulls in a trash bag than
butterflies dancing, but the second fight, a women's heavyweight bout
between Sonya Lamonakis out of Gleason's Gym and Carlette Ewell from
Winston-Salem, was entertaining as hell. The two human fireplugs fought
a six rounder that looked like an illegal backwoods war between
Staffordshire Terriers. Ewell, in pink, mocked Lamonakis, smiling,
urging her to come in. Lamonakis
got the better punches in, but Ewell got her into the ropes and
pummeled, though her punches didn't have the starch or the accuracy
that Lamonakis' do. By round 3 it was Lamonakis who was talking to
Ewell, but it was all action, no strategy breaks, few moments where
they stepped back to think. Ewell had Lamonakis against the ropes
repeatedly, but the latter dealt the harder, smarter punches. In round
4 Lomanakis connected well, but Ewell was busier, putting Lamonakis
against the ropes, firing largely ineffectual jabs and hooks, and using
a defense that was nonexistent. Lamonakis again landed big punches at
will in the 5th." Carlette moved her record to 15-7-1 (9
KO's) while Lamonakid progressed to 6-0-1 (1 KO).
Ewell
earlier told WBAN that her goal was to become a world champion, adding "I
believe through Christ all things can and will be done if only the
person believes in themself and is willing to follow through."
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last updated: Monday, January 23, 2012
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