HISTORY OF
WOMEN'S BOXING

July 31, 2003 -Sault Ste Marie,  Kewadin Casino, Hessel, Michigan
Mary Jo Sanders, 138.5, won a four-round unanimous decision over Terri Blair, 137.

July 29, 2003 - Rodeo NIghts card - Phoenix, Arizona -Report by Dale Hausner Amateur
In some amateur action, Leslie Sonnenklar, 168, stopped Chrystal Proctor, 182, in two rounds.  This was billed as a grudge match as the two girls tried in vain for months to get together for a round of fisticuffs.  After a wild first round, Leslie settled down and went back to the basics. Leslie jabbed well and moved side to side, eventually busting Proctor's nose into a bloody mess. Proctor had taken enough of a beating and surrendered after round two. Leslie was bruised as well but hung tough for the TKO win. The crowd was really into this fight from the opening bell. Their energy rubbed off on the fighters. Sonnenklar is hoping to resume her boxing career soon but lack of women in her weight class often hinders her fighting prospects. Sonnenklar is trained by former Welterweight Champion Eric Hernandez and his brother, Carlos. The bout was co-promoted by Peter McKinn and by Larry Webster with Arizona Presents.

July 28, 2003-Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Judith Urbaez, 125,  won a four-round unanimous decision over Diana Garcia, 126. This was a rematch for the two, when the first time out Garcia was stopped.

July 26, 2003 in Tel Aviv, Israel
Hagar Shmoulefeld won a six-round decision over Granka Blagojevic, pro debut.  Shmoulefeld is now 1-0-3 (0KO), and Blagojevic 0-1-0 (0KO).

July 26, 2003 - Sam's Town Casino, Tunica, Mississippi
Tiffiani Land-Abunyez, 125,  won a four-round unanimous decision over Lana Alexander, 127.

July 26, 2003 - Hilton Hotel, Costa Mesa, California
Yvonne Caples, 106 won a 10-round unanimous decision over Mary Duron, 108,  for the vacant Jr. Flyweight title.  Final Scoring was 100-90, 100-90, 98-92.

July 26, 2003 - DeltaPlex, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Super Bantamweight Jennifer Salinas, 120, won a four-round unanimous decision over Isabel Manyseng.

July 25, 2003 – "Rumble Under the Stars", Haverhill Stadium, Promoted by Pendarvis
Boxing
Denise Moses, making her pro debut stopped Kim Jeffrey in the first round winning by :20 seconds TKO in a scheduled four-rounder. Moses has been boxing for close to two years, and trains at the Lawrence Boxing Club. Moses, 18, is a senior at Lawrence High School, where she briefly played football as a quarterback. The 5-3 ˝, 118-pounder was 5-0 as an amateur. She captured the New England Golden Gloves novice title this year. Before making her pro debut, Moses said, “Some day I’d love to be a world champion, but right now I’m fighting because it’s fun.”

July 25, 2003 - Tulsa Creek Nation Gaming Center, in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Vaia "Vicious" Zaganas won by a unanimous decision over Sarah Goodson in a rematch for the two in a scheduled six-rounder.  An Insider at the fight reported that Zaganas won every round, and that 'Zaganas came close to matching Roy Jones' record against Pazienza for an opponent not landing a single punch in a round.' The insider did report that Goodson was "game" but she did not have an answer for Vaia's boxing style.  Final Scoring was 60-54, 60-54, and 59-55. 

July 24, 2003 - Performing Arts Center, Oxnard, California
Super-middleweights Erin Toughill won a four-round unanimous decision over Nicole Conant of Las Vegas, in a scheduled Four round bout.  Toughill dominated the fight and walked away with a clean 40-36 on all score cards.Toughill is now 3-1-1, and Conant slips to 1-1-0.  Also, Sosadia Razo won by TKO3 over Khurel Gerelgazav.  

July 23, 2003 in Budapest, Hungary
Judith Palacian won by TKO3 over Natalia Bakos.

July 22, 2003 - Pismo Beach, California-ESPN2
Claudia Valenciana, 147, stopped Christine Rodriguez, 146 1/4, in the third round of a scheduled four-round welterweight bout. News sources reported that Valenciana continued to overwhelm her opponent.

July 19, 2003 - Reliant Park, in Houston, Texas, on a Showtime card
On the undercard, Gracie Olivares, from Houston, won a four-round unanimous decision over Stephanie Dobbs in a 112-lb. division. This fight was not televised.

July 19, 2003 in Kiev, Ukraine
Viktoria Oleynik fought a six-round draw with Oksana Romanova. 

July 19, 2003 in Crossville, Tennessee
Donna Lee Biggers, 132, South Carolina, fighting in her pro debut won a four-round unanimous decision over Helen Shari Penson, 135. 

July 19, 2003 - Ignacio, Colorado
In two women's matches on the card, the co-main event featured Sunshine Fettkether vs. Mitzi Jeter in a 10-round IFBA World Welterweight title bout.  According to news sources (Durango Herald) they reported that Fettkether and Jeter "battled the full 10 rounds for the IFBA world welterweight championship bout with Fettkether eventually earning a close decision over Jeter and both receiving a standing ovation.   On the undercard, Terri Cruz, TKO2 1:58 seconds,  Vangie Abeyta, who was a last-minute opponent.

July 18, 2003 -  Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis, Massachusetts
Jaime Clampitt TKO3 Crystal Bolles in a scheduled six-round bout.

July 18, 2003-Dover Downs Slots, Dover, Delaware Lakeysha”Total Package” Williams, 123.5, fought Jerri Sitzes, 121.5, in an entertaining eight-rounder, in the main event. Williams and Sitzes fought to an eight-round controversial (split) draw. Final scoring by the judges was 77-75 (Williams), 77-75 (Sitzes), and 76-76 (Draw).  James Baker and Bernard Harris were originally supposed to fight in the main event, but due to Harris coming in 12 lbs heavy, their fight was reduced from a 10-rounder, to a six-round exhibition.

July 18, 2003 - DeKalb Atlanta Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Terri "Too Tuff"  Moss, 105, Atlanta,  won a four-round unanimous decision over  Charimar Caban, 106, Puerto Rico.  Final Scores 40-36. Moss is now 4-4-0 (1KO), and Caban is 1-2-0.

July 15, 2003 -Playboy Mansion, in Beverly Hills, California, on an ESPN2 card, and promoted by Gary Shaw Promotions
Jo Jo Wyman, 129.5,  won a six-round unanimous decision over Laura Serrano, 129.5.  Wyman dropped Serrano in the second and fifth Round. Final judges scores were 58-54, 58-54, and 57-55...Also, in a four-rounder that was televised, Mary Jo Sanders won a four-round unanimous decision over Cynthia Prouder with a 40-36 shutout.  The Wyman and Serrano fight was not televised as time had run out, in fact took place AFTER the main event..but the Sanders/Prouder was televised. Another interesting sideline to this card was Mia St. John was host as a "roaming reporter" for ESPN2. 

July 13, 2003 - Allentown, Pennsylvania
Rosalie Morales, 155.5,  TKO1 1:54 seconds Connie Bechtel, 154, of Pennsylvania. Morales had to take off .5 lbs due to coming in a little heavy.  Morales is now 2-0-0 (1KO).

July 13, 2003 -Riviera Casino in Black Hawk, CO
Junior lightweight Marsha Budde, 120, Denver, Colorado TKO3 Jenny Tokuoka. Budde is now to 7-4-1 (4KO).  Tokuoka is now 0-2-0 (0KO). 

July 12, 2003 -Wilhelm-Dopatka-Halle, Leverkusen, Germany
Regina Halmich, 108.25, Germany,  TKO6 Svelte Taskova, 102.5, of Bulgaria.  This was Halmich's 44th fight, and a rematch. The two first met in the ring in November 2001. Halmich improves her record to 43-1-0 (15 KO).

July 12, 2003 -Caesars Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, Nevada  
Stephanie Dobbs, 107,  won a four-round unanimous decision over Holly Dunaway, 107,  in a Junior Flyweight bout.

July 12, 2003 -Trinidad, West Indies
Ria Ramnarine, 110,  won a 112-lb six-round unanimous decision over Vicki Boodram, both are from Trinidad. There were no knockdown in the six-rounder, but Ramnarine and Boodram had the boxing fans off their seats in this action-packed six-rounder.  In the "Internet Express" online news source, they described the fight as the following: "RIA RAMNARINE, five feet two inches and coming in at 110 pounds, grabbed all the plaudits from super welterweight Floyd Trumpet in the first of a series of monthly professional bouts staged by Cosmic Promotions last Saturday night.  Ramnarine had the Saith Park crowd in Chaguanas jumping off their seats as she pounded out a unanimous six-round decision over game and promising Vicki Boodram of Princes Town. Based in Carapichaima, 24-year-old Ramnarine, an employee of National Flour Mills, won by six clear points on all scorecards."   Final judges scores was  60-54 on all judges scorecards. 

July 12, 2003 - Women's National Championships, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 
Junior/101 lbs: Consuelo Alcala, Halton City, Texas, dec. Chantel Cordova, Pueblo West, Colo., 9-4 Junior/106 lbs: Bianca Ledezma, San Antonio, Texas, dec. Kimberlyn Ayala, Chicago, Ill., 16-14
Junior/110 lbs: Christine Lewis, Chinle, Ariz., dec. Deaneli Cazola, Las Vegas, Nev., 12-3  Junior/114 lbs: Vanessa Juarez, Fort Worth, Texas, stopped Grenmarie Justiniano, Puerto Rico, RSC-1.

July 11, 2003 in Barranquilla, Columbia
Maria Andrea Miranda won a four-round unanimous decision over Maria Lopez.

July 11, 2003 - Memorial Civic Center, Canton, Ohio -Univision   
Vonda Ward, 188 lbs.,  remains undefeated and still the IBA World Heavyweight Champion, after she defeated Martha Salazar, 234 lbs.,  with a unanimous decision  in a 10-round title defense. Final scoring was 99-91, 97-93, and 98-92. On the undercard of the mainliner of the Ward/Salazar bout, Kelli Cofer and Lisa Brown had a six-round majority draw.  The final scoring of that bout was 58-56 for Brown, 58-56 for Cofer, and 57-57 for a draw. Full Report by Brian Ackley  

July 11, 2003 -Pavillion (downtown), Reno, Nevada
Mia St. John, 36,  won a four-round unanimous decision over Jessica Mohs. ESPN commentators pulled "few" punches in what was described by them as a lackluster four-round bout. This four-rounder made television. Mohs took the fight on short notice. All judges scored the bout 40-36.  The show was co-promoted by George Chung's American Champion Sports and Top Rank. St. John improved her record to 28-3-1 (13 KO), and Mohs fell to 5-10-0 (1 KO).

July 11, 2003 -Fox Sports Net -Agua Caliente Casino -Rancho Mirage, California
Tonight at the Aqua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California, Bantamweight Melinda Cooper, 116.5, Las Vegas, KO'd last minute opponent Yvonne Chavez, 117.3. New Mexico. Cooper is 9-0-0 (6KO), and Chavez is now 1-1-0 (1KO).

July 11, 2003 -Wheeling Island Racetrack & Gaming Center" Wheeling, WV
Nikki Eplion, 156.5, South Point, West Virginia,  TKO1 Kitty Pugh, Memphis, in a scheduled four-rounder. Pugh tossed in the towel before the second round. Eplion is now 11-0-2 (7KO).  Their fight was the co-main feature on the Friday Night Fights show.  at Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center. According to the Herald Dispatch,  Eplion dazed Pugh,  early in the first round with a straight left.  Then another straight left to the head and a left hook to the body that had Pugh reeling when the bell sounded.  

July 11, 2003 -Resort Casino Hotel, Atlanta City, New Jersey
Irsa Girgrah, now 26-3-2,Washington, D.C., defeated Trish "TNT" Hill, now 5-3, Atlanta, with an eight-round unanimous decision.  News sources reported that Girgrah went down in the second round, but went on to dominate the latter stages of the fight.  Final judges scores was 77-75, 76-75, 76-75.

July 10, 2003 - HP Pavilion, San Jose, California
Featherweight Kelsey Jeffries, 124 lbs., won a six round unanimous decision over Melissa "Honey Girl" Delvalle, 129. Delvalle took the fight on short notice and had to take off six pounds shortly before the fight...Final scoring was 58-55 on all score cards.  

July 10, 2003 - Thursday - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
At the Amateur Women's National Championships, Junior/101 lbs: Consuelo Alcala, Halton City, Texas, stopped Gayla Hunter, Toledo, Ohio, RSC-2 Junior/101 lbs: Chantel Cordova, Pueblo West, Colo., dec. Vanessa Oropeza, Cathedral City, Calif., 10-5 Junior/106 lbs: Kimberlyn Ayala, Chicago, Ill., dec. Valerie Rix, Orlando, Fla., 12-7; Junior/110 lbs: Deaneli Cazola, Las Vegas, Nev., dec. Teresa Ortiz, Duncanville, Texas, 13-8; Junior/119 lbs: Chris Martinon, San Jose, Calif., stopped Julianna Ibarra, Las Vegas, Nev., RSC-2; Junior/119 lbs: Jessica Lopez, Bronx, N.Y., dec. Kaliesha West, Moreno Valley, Calif., 15-14; Junior/125 lbs: Kathryn Klinefelter, Iowa City, Iowa, stopped Leslie Guerra, Waco, Texas, RSC-2; Junior/125 lbs: Kayla Combs, Bloomfield, N.M., stopped Sky Bell, Moclips, Wash., RSC-2 Junior/132 lbs: Kendra Davis, Wilmington, N.C., stopped Luara Savage, Eau Claire, Wis., RSC-1  Junior/138 lbs: Lena Taylor, Orlando, Fla., stopped Nicole Albanese, Boca Raton, Fla., RSC-2  Junior/138 lbs: Sarah Halsey, Fort Pierce, Fla., dec. Keyonna Mitchell, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., 9-7  Junior/154 lbs: Erica Samith, Duluth, Ga., stopped Austina Lycan, Peshtigo, Wis., RSC-1, Junior/154 lbs: Sarah Lizama, New Braunfels, Texas, stopped Brianna Brown, Desden, Ohio, RSC-3, 106 lbs: Natalie Gray, Aurora, Colo., stopped Camela Parker, Orlando, Fla., RSC-2; 106 lbs: Nicole Szeghalmi, Jacksonville, Fla., dec. Dana Dudley, Smyrna, Ga., 7-4; 106 lbs: Cheryl Houlihan, Norton, Mass., dec. Becky Garcia, Mesa, Ariz., 7-6, 110 lbs: Anna Marandi, Brooklyn, N.Y., dec. Candice Byrd, Denver, Colo., 30-10; 110 lbs: Heather Donoho, San Diego, Calif., stopped Gina Rosenburg, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; 110 lbs: Emily Klinefelter, Iowa City, Iowa, dec. Christy Arias, Lilburn, Ga., 16-5
110 lbs: Keisher McLeoad, New York, N.Y., dec. Tempele Smith, Chicago, Ill., 5-4; 154 lbs: Katie Thornton, Athens, Ga., dec. Renee Poulsky, Chicago, Ill., 16-13; 154 lbs: Azalea McCarty, Wilmington, N.C., won on disqualification over Robyn Labuda, Alpharetta, Ga., DQ; 154 lbs: Allana Huggins, Fort Worth, Texas, stopped Bonnie Creel, Caldwell, Idaho, RSCO-1, 154 lbs: Vikki Marlow, San Diego, Calif., dec. Geneve Brossard, Brooklyn, N.Y., 17-15; 176 lbs: Bianca Acosta, Longmont, Colo., won on retirement over Corina Lopez, Idaho, RET-2; 176 lbs: Sonya Lamonakis won on retirement over Derijah Goss, Palmdale, Calif., RET-3.

July 9, 2003 - Wednesday - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
At the Amateur Women's National Championships,  114 lbs: Vanessa Greco, Brooklyn, N.Y., stopped Celina Moreno, Los Angeles, Calif., RSC-2; 114 lbs: Karen Davis, Norcross, Ga., stopped Zenobia Robinson, RSCO-1;  114 lbs: Maria Cash, Fort Washington, Md., dec. Rosa Rubio, Cicero, Ill., 26-10;  114 lbs: Eileen Olszweski, New York, N.Y., dec. Marisol Miranda, Royal Palm Beach, Fla., 19-1; 119 lbs: Jennifer Grant, Athens, Ga., dec. Sarah Garcia, Los Angeles, Calif., 17-17 (74-52); 119 lbs: Valerie DeFreitas, Coolville, Ohio, won on disqualification over Cara Castronuova, Elmont, N.Y., DQ; 119 lbs: Rebecca Rodriguez, El Paso, Texas, stopped Joan Martinez, New York, N.Y., RSC-1; 119 lbs: Stella Nijhof, New York, N.Y., stopped Laura Barrow, Camp Lejeune, N.C., RSC-2; 125 lbs: Jamie Coble, Peshtigo, Wis., won on disqualification over Kornelija Numic, Dallas, Texas, DQ; 125 lbs: Amorena Baca, Denver, Colo., dec. Melissa Barela, Northglenn, Colo., 5-0 (paper scoring); 125 lbs: Teresa O'Toole, Huntington, N.Y., dec. Cherie Rettamozzo, Fort Bragg, N.C., 19-4; 125 lbs: Jennifer Han, El Paso, Texas, dec. Maia Kahaunaele, Yucaipa, Calif., 12-4; 132 lbs: Lily Avetyan, Pasadena, Calif., dec. Victoria Munoz, Dallas, Texas, 24-4; 132 lbs: Naquana Smalls, Marinetta, Wis., stopped Autumn Anderson, Nebraska City, Neb., RSC-1; 138 lbs: Nasheba Thomas, Toledo, Ohio, dec. Kymmberli Stowe, Lancaster, Pa., 11-10; 138 lbs: Melissa Hernandez, Bronx, N.Y., stopped Krista Savage, Eau Claire, Wis., RSC-2; 138 lbs: Charmaine Carrington, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., stopped Cynthia Kumara, Los Angeles, Calif., RSC-3; 138 lbs: Jill Emery, New York, N.Y., dec. Esther Zamora, Fayetteville, N.C., 16-2; 145 lbs: Arlene Diaz, Brawley, calif., dec. Nicola Grealish, Boston, Mass., 13-0; 145 lbs: Molly McConnell, Portland, Ore., won on retirement over Tammy Evans, Glendale, Ariz., RET-2; 145 lbs: Elizabeth Quevado, Commerce, Calif., stopped Maria Johnson, St. Cloud, Minn, RSC-2; and 145 lbs: Keriann McNulty, Philadelphia, Pa., dec. Elizabeth Mooney, Feura Bush, N.Y., 8-6.

July 8, 2003 - Tuesday - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
At the Amateur Women's National Championships, that is taking place this week in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida!  114 lbs: Rosa Rubio, Cicero, Ill., dec. Nickole Salazar, Evans, Colo., 29-2; 114 lbs: Maria Cash, Fort Washington, Md., dec. Betty Stephens, Park City, Utah, 20-10;  114 lbs: Eileen Olszewski, New York, N.Y., dec. Emily Kelly, Houston, Texas 19-4;  114 lbs: Marisol Miranda, Royal Palm Beach, Fla., dec. Natalie Jimenez, San Antonio, Texas, 22-3, 119 lbs: Stella Nijhof, New York, N.Y., won on disqualification over Chris Martinon, San Jose, Calif., DQ; 125 lbs: Jennifer Han, El Paso, Texas, dec. Jennifer Barber, North Hills, Calif., 23-14; 125 lbs: Maia Kahaunaele, Yucaiapa, Calif., dec. Aundria Howerton, Seattle, Wash., 9-1;  138 lbs: Jill Emery, New York, N.Y., dec. Beth Raymer, Brooklyn, N.Y., 14-4; 138 lbs: Keriann McNulty, Philadelphia, Pa., dec. Hilary Achauer, San Diego, Calif., 36-6. 

July 5-6, 2003 - Ostia, Italy - Amateur Italy Tournament
The winners of the amateur event are the following; - 48 kg Laura Tosti;  50 kg Simona Galassi;  52 kg Simona Locatelli;  57kg Antonella Bellandi;  60 kg Emanuela Pantani;  66 kg Elisa Masiero; Trofeo Nazionale Seniores (up coming senior boxers)  48 kg Barbara Massacesi;  50 kg Luana Festosi; 54 kg Valeria Leccardi;  57 kg Sara Carlini; 60 kg Antonietta Capuano;  63 kg Tania Marone;  66 kg Luana Cimmino.  Trofeo Nazionale Juniores (up coming junior boxers)

July 5, 2003 - CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg, Canada
Jo-Anne Brooks of Winnipeg extended her professional record to 3-0 with a four-round unanimous decision over Leona Richardson of Mississauga, who was making her pro debut. Leona is a stablemate of Olga Heron at the HUF Gym in Mississauga. 

July 5, 2003 - Del Mar Far, Del Mar, California
Miriam Rosario, now 1-1-0 won a four-round unanimous decision over Rosa Ponce, now 0-3-0. Report by Mel Baron: On of July 5th, I saw a star in the ring. This shorter than average women was pleasing the few thousand boxing fans who watched a 4-round, intensive fight as part of the annual boxing show at the Del Mar Fair, in Del Mar, CA, 20 minutes north of San Diego. Her name was Miriam Rosario (1-1), a 5'2" female boxer from Los Angeles, CA, training out of the Azteca Boxing Club in Bell, CA.  She has been in the fight game for three years. Her amateur record was fifteen wins and five losses. At 18 years old, she has the skills to be a great professional pugilist. Her opponent  was Rosa Ponce, a feisty, also short local gal from El Cajon, CA. She came in with an (0-2) record. Both fighters were not afraid to stand in there and fight for the full two-minute rounds.  Even though Ponce went hard to Rosario’s body, she was not able to overcome her weak defensive skills. Rosario, a focused fighter would send straight rights and nice left hooks in-between Ponce's slow punches. I give Ponce a 10 for courage, but in the ring skills are more important. Rosario has the making of a champion fighter, who I hope will weather the boxing pitfalls and shine. Each boxer received $800 for her efforts. 

July 4, 2003 - Futuroscope in Poitiers, France
Pro debuter Myriam Lamare, 27,  of Marseille, France, TKO1  Virginia Chaillou of France.  Lamare comes from the amateurs and has won many amateur championships. 

July 04, 2003 - Deiva Marina, Italy
Sonia De Biase, of Italy, won by PTS6 over Krisztina Belinszky, of Hungary, in a scheduled six-round Flyweight bout. Biase is now 10-1-0 (5KO). Belinszky fell to 3-5-2 (1KO).

July 3, 2003 - Monterey Hyatt Hotel, Monterey, California *Mary Ann Owen of BILV sent in huge digitals of this fight
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. 

July 1, 2003 - New Daisy Theater, Memphis, Tennessee
Middleweight Maria Lindbarg, 151, won a four-round unanimous decision over Kathryn (Kitty) Pugh, 156.

July 1, 2003, Cafaro Field, Niles, Ohio
Mary Jo Sanders won a four-round majority decision over Shadina Pennybaker.  Sanders improved her record to 4-0-0, and Pennybaker is now 7-3-1 (2KO).