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November 9, 2002 - West Palm
Beach, Florida
At the South Florida Fairgrounds, in West Palm Beach, Florida, Ada
"The Ace" Velez won a 124 lb. six-rounder with a TKO
in the fourth round over Atlanta's Rolanda Andrews. WBAN’s
Inside reporter said that in the first round, Ada came out
and felt Rolanda abilities and finished strong in the last 30 second
of the first round to win on the judges scorecard. In the second
round, Ada preceded to keep a fast and relentless pace and
worked Rolanda’s body. In the third round, Ada came out
again with a fast pace and almost stopped Rolanda with hooks and an
uppercut to the chin---Rolanda grabbed and held, but Ada did not
grab back and she worked her punches in close. In the fourth
round, Ada resumed the aggression with a barrage of combinations
throwing them at all angles, Rolanda did not answer back, and took
many hard punches from Ada. The Referee jumped in and stopped the
bout. Ada and Rolanda’s fight was of the most exciting fights on
the card. The fight was taped and will be aired on TV in two
weeks. In a second women’s match, Brenda Vickers
faced Brenda Bell-Drexel in a 130-lb six-round bout, where
the fight went to the score cards. According to WBAN’s insider
reporter, Drexel-Bell kept the action forward on to Vickers, and
Vickers backed up and used her reach to score her punches. Vickers
won by a unanimous decision. These two bouts were qualifiers for the
WIBO World Title fights in January 2003. November 9, 2002 - Vösendorf,
Austria
Promoted by Peter M. Pospichal, at the Trend Event Hotel Pyramid, in
Vösendorf, Austria, Bettina Csabi, 52,4
kg, won a 10-round unanimous decision over Monika Petrova,
52,3 kg, in a 10-round Austrian International Bantamweight Title; Diana
Szilagyi, 51,1 kg, won a 10-round unanimous decision over Galina
Ivanova, 51.0 kg, for the 10-round Austrian International
Super-Flyweight Title; and Esther Schouten, 55,2 kg, won a 10
round unanimous decision over United States boxer, Leona
"Downtown" Brown, 54,9 kg, in a 10-round WIBF Super-
Bantamweight Title. JollyDee
November 9, 2002 - Brigham City,
Utah - Amateurs
Heather May won a decision over Echo McKary. McKary
was 3-1 going into the fight.
November 9, 2002 - Coca-Cola
Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Crystal
Bolles won a four-round unanimous decision over Dorothy
Faas, of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
November 9, 2002 -
Ignacio, Colorado
At the Sky Ute Casino, in Ignacio, Colorado, Russian Olga Vlasova,
became the new IFBA Lightweight World Champion, when she defeated Sandy
"The Shark" Yard who was defending her title.
November 8, 2002 -
Las Vegas, Nevada-ESPN2
At the Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas, Laila "She Bee-Stingin"
Ali, 167, stung "the Wolfe" Valerie Mahfood,
161.5...televised on ESPN2, Ali stopped Mahfood in the 1:14 seconds
of the eighth round, and winning the IBA, WIBA, and the IWBF World
Title belts! Crystal Hoy, 125, had a four-round draw with Lisa
Pederson.
November 8, 2002 - Salt Lake City,
Utah
Kelly Whaley made her
return to boxing after announcing her retirement last year, and she won a
four-round unanimous decision over Jaime Day. According to WBAN's
insider, Day took some big shots from Whaley, but stayed on her feet as
Whaley dominated the fight. On this same card, former Amateur champion
Blanca Luna won a unanimous decision over Jennifer Howe, a former 7-0 NHB
fighter.
November 8, 2002 - Laughlin,
Nevada
At the
Edgewater, 27-year-old Tracey Stevens, 105, won a four-round
unanimous decision over Stephanie Dobbs, 107.5. Stevens
knocked Dobbs down in the second round, with Dobbs taking an eight
count. Final judges scoring was 40-35 on all cards. I
spoke to Stevens after the fight. Stevens said that she felt very good
after the fight with Dobbs. Stevens said that she has been
professionally boxing since 1998, but that she had a long layoff, and came
back to fight Mary Duron. Stevens said that prior to becoming a pro
boxer, she spent four years as an amateur boxer.
November 8, 2002 - Cowtown
Coliseum, Fort Worth, Texas
Rita Serrano won a four-round decision over Martha Flores
in a light-welterweight bout.
November 8, 2002 - Johnstown,
Colorado
Marsha Budde, Denver, Colorado TKO2 Sher Noah, in a
scheduled four-rounder Junior Lightweight bout.
November 7, 2002 - Bakersfield,
California
In a packed house at the Centennial Gardens, of over 4,500
boxing fans, on a Golden Boy Promotions, Kelsey Jeffries won
a 10-round unanimous decision over Layla McCarter for the IFBA
World Featherweight Championship! According to WBAN Insider
reporter, Jeffries took the fight to McCarter, and was affective with her
body shots. There were no knockdowns. Julio Cesar Chavez and
Oscar De La Hoya were seated ringside. Final scoring by judges was
99-92, 99-90, and 97-93.
November 7, 2002 - Chase Towers,
Dallas, Texas
Michele Nielsen, Houston, Texas won a four-round unanimous
decision over long time veteran Shakurah Witherspoon,
Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Nielsen improved her record to 7-3-1
(2KO), and Witherspoon makes history for having the most losses in
women's boxing with a 9-31-1 (4KO)
November 7, 2002 - Pontchartrain
Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Lanie Ellis, 135, won a four-round split decision over Crystal
Bolles, 138.
November 2, 2002 – Municipal
Auditorium, Shreveport, Louisiana
Stephanie Dobbs KO1 Angela Kirkes in a scheduled
105-lb. four-rounder.
November 2, 2002 -
Parma, Italy
Maria Moroni, defending her WIBF European featherweight
title, won a 10-round unanimous decision over Nadia Debras.
Final scoring by judges was 99-91 99-91 98-92. Jollydee
November
2, 2002 -
Detroit, Michigan
Sumya
"The Island Girl" Anani, 144, KO'd Lisa
Holewyne, 144, 59 seconds in the fifth roundat the Palace in
Auburn Hills, in Detroit, Michigan. WBAN's inside reporter said that
Anani won the 1, 2, and 4 rounds, before stopping Holewyne in the
fifth! The title fight was scheduled for ten rounds. Anani won the
vacant IBA World Welterweight title.
November 1, 2002 - Varese, Italy
Stefania Bianchini won a bantamweight six-rounder by points
over Marianna Pampuk.
October 30, 2002 - London, England
At the Equinox Night Club, in Leicester Square, Cathy "The
Bitch" Brown, from Peckham, London, returned her winning
streak with a confident win over the much younger Monika Petrova,
of Sofia, Bulgaria, in a six-rounder. The final scoring by judges
was 59-56. Petrova, a former kickboxer, is an 18-year-old
architectural student who has been boxing professionally for 18
months, and is managed and trained by Michail Simov at his
Gladiator Gym. Petrova will be fighting in 10 days in Vienna. A
Special thanks to John Wilson for this report!
October 27, 2002 – Velten, Germany
Sina Dümer, of Germany TKO1 Lenka Flakowa for the
Vacant GBU Lightweight division.
October 21-27, 2002 -New Delhi,
Turkey
The Indian
women boxing team, which participated in the second world boxing
championship held at Antalya (Turkey), has, for the first time, won
a gold medal besides three other medals. The winners included M C
Merikom of Manipur (Gold medal in 45 kg category), Meena
Kumar of Haryana (Bronze in 48 kg category), Karamjit Kaur
of Punjab (bronze in 75 kg category) and Jyotsana of Haryana (bronze
in 81 kg category). Indian Amateur Boxing Federation president Abhey
Singh Chautala has congratulated the team on its excellent
performance. hindu.com
October 25, 2002 - Foxwoods Casino,
in Connecticut
In what was anticipated to be televised on ESPN2, the women's match
did not make the air. Canadian boxer Jaime Clampitt,
142, fought Utah's Summer Deleon, 143, in a six-round
welterweight battle. Clampitt pulled out a close majority
decision scoring 58-56, 58-56 (Clampitt), and 57-57.
October 24, 2002-Tejano Saloon,
Mercedes, TX
Anissa Zamarron won a four-round split decision over Mexico's
Andrea Benitez.
October 24, 2002-Coeur D’Alene
Casino, Worley, Idaho
Crystal Hoy, Las Vegas, Nevada, TKO3 over Jaime
Taylor of Coeur d'Alene. Taylor did not come out for the third
round.
October 22, 2002 -
Sopot, Poland
Agnieszka Rylik, 63,70 kg, won a six-round una. decision over Borislava
Goranowa, 62,90 kg.
October 20, 2002 - Emerald Queen
Casino, in Tacoma, Washington
In a women's heavyweight bout, Martha "The Shadow"
Salazar (4-0-0) won a four-round unanimous decision over Tanisha
Dunn, Ohio, (0-1-0). Dunn comes from the amateurs according to
her team and has a 8-0 amateur record. Dunn is 5’8" and
fights at 210 lbs.
October 20, 2002 - Leeds
Town Hall - Kickboxing
Rachel Jones (Bradford) v Chanel
Borgen (Kao Loi) - Chanel wins on points; Nicola Fearnley
(Bad Company) v Becky Berry (Bury) - Becky wins on points;
and Lisa Houghton-Smith (Bad Company) v Ilonka Elmont
(Holland) - Lisa wins by unanimous decision and keeps her World
title.
October 18, 3003 - Hershey
Centre, Mississauga, Ontario Olga Heron, 120, won a four-round unanimous decision
over Claudette Alexander, 122. According to WBAN's
Correspondent Durell Wambolt, Olga applied a tremendous amount of
pressure from the start and all Claudette could do was run and hold
to survive. On all judges score cards, it was 4-36 for Olga.
October 18, 2002 -
Orleans Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
Melinda Cooper, a boxer with an extensive amateur background,
becoming a pro boxer when she was 17 years old, wasted
little time when she quickly disposed of her overmatched opponent,
22 year old Brittney Conan, 117 lbs., when Cooper KO'd Conan
14 seconds into the first round. Cooper is now 5-0-0 (3KO). Conan
has fallen to 0-2-0. Conan trains out of Colorado and
according to information received she has been boxing for about one
year. One side note from WBAN is, if this boxer is paying a
manager to put her in two fights that she has now had where she has
been overmatched----the best thing this fighter could do is get rid
of him or her. This is NOT managing a boxer in their best interests.
October 18, 2002 – Universal
Studios, Hard Rock Live, Orlando, Florida
Jr. flyweights Patricia Martinez KO’d Natasha Wilburn
in 1:19 of the fourth round. Martinez was the more technical of the
two, while Wilburn threw inaccurate and sometimes wide punches.
Martinez is now 8-1-0 (1KO), and Wilburn is now 3-6-0.
October 18, 2002 - San Francisco
Concourse, San Francisco, California
Kelsey
Jeffries won a six-round unanimous decision
over Jo Jo Wyman in a California Featherweight title fight,
featherweight division. WBAN's correspondent said that the
fight did not disappoint boxing fans when Wyman and Jeffries
delivered an action-packed performance. The judges scoring was
58-54, 60-54, and 59-55. Jeffries is now 16-7-0 (1KO), and Wyman is
9-5-1.
October 16, 2002 -Irvine Marriott Hotel,
Irvine, California
Marilyn Salcido,
stopped Yolanda Gonzalez, when about 1:50 of the first round
Salcido threw a three-punch combination that had Gonzalez go down to
the canvas. Gonzalez got back up and finished the round. The doctor
went in to check Gonzalez and stopped the fight-the fight was
stopped in the 2nd round which made it a TKO2.
October 15, 2002 - Pontchartrain
Center, in Kenner, Louisiana, and promoted by Anna Beth Goodman’s
Kingfish Boxing Promotions
Rita Valentini won a four-round unanimous decision over Angie
Bordelon in a super-bantamweight bout. Valentini is now 2-1-0
(1KO), and Bordelon is 3-7-0.
October 13, 2002 -
Mississippi
Nina Ahlin, 104 lbs., won a four-round unanimous decision over Stephanie
Dobbs, 104.5. WBAN's insider said that the fight was a good,
crowd pleasing fight, and that observers at ringside called it the
"Fight of the night."
October 11, 2002 -
Philadelphia Spectrum, Philadelphia
On the undercard and first fight of the night, two women boxer
heavyweights made their pro debut. Phillisha "No Doubt"
Darby, 21, 5’9", 200, a hometowner, fought Michelle
"The Pitbull" Cooley, 31, 5’7", 225, King of
Prussia. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Darby clearly
outboxed Cooley and was awarded a four-round unanimous decision.
October 11, 2002 - Sloan
Convention Center, in Bowling Green, Kentucky
In front of a 700 plus boxing crowd, Julia Day pinned her first win as a
pro, when she won by a TKO over Sherrie Simms 1:40 in the third round. The
fight was scheduled to go four rounds. Day is now 1-1-0 (1KO).
October 10, 2002 –
Connolly’s Irish Pub, Cary, North Carolina
Gwen Smith, 154, won a four-round split decision over Bonnie
Mann, 150 (fully clothed). WBAN’s insider reported that the
fight was a very close decision, with two judges scoring the bout
39-37 for Smith, and 39-37 for Mann.
October 7, 2002 - Auditorio
Municipal, Tijuana, México
Vianey Casas won a four-round split decision over Ofelia
Dominguez in a bantamweight bout.
October 4, 2002 - Dunkin Donuts'
Center, Providence, Rhode Island - promoted by Jimmy Burchfield's
Classic Entertainment & Sports
Missy "The Fury" Fiorentino, 127, won a unanimous
decision over Trisha "TNT" Hill. The final scoring was
40-36 on all three judges score cards. Fiorentino remains undefeated
at 5-0-0 (4KO), and Hill is now 1-1-0.
October 4, 2002 -
Edgewater Casino, Laughlin, Nevada
Blanca Luna, a former amateur boxer, making her pro debut won a
four-round unanimous decision over Jessica
Mohs, who
took a fight at the last minute. Luna is now 1-0-0, and Mohs is
5-6-0 (1KO).
October 3, 2002 -Madrid, Spain
Maria Jesús Rosa of Spain defeated Russian Nina Ambrosova by
10-round unanimous decision and retained her European Title in her
second defense. Final scoring was 100-90 99-93, and 99-93. The
promoter of the event was Enrique Soria of Tundra-Barcelon
Productions. The fight was broadcasted live by national TV
Sportsmania - Canal Satelite.
October 3, 2002 -
Marcos, Texas
Lisa Holewyne, 145.5, defeated Britt VanBuskirk, 145,
by an eight-round unanimous decision. Final scoring was 80-72,
79-73, and 78-74. Also, Brenda Bell-Drexel, 138 3/4,
had a draw with Gloria Ramirez, 137 3/4.
October 1, 2002 - Dodge
Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona
Elena "Baby Doll" Reid, 119, won by a six-round
unanimous decision over Terri Cruz, 123. Reid improves to
11-2-1 (4KO), and Cruz is now 5-3-2 (3KO). Dale Hauser of Ring Sport
wrote, "On the undercard of
the Rey Beltran vs Carlos Diaz fight, on October 1st, Elena
"Baby Doll" Reid fought Terry "Lil' Loca" Cruz
in a six round contest. Crowd favorite Reid, 119 pounds, swept the
first four rounds with hard shots and a wicked jab. Cruz, 123
pounds, came on in the end and took the last two rounds and the
fight had the crowd on it's feet for most of the fight. All three
judges were in agreement on the outcome and scored the fight 58-56
for Reid. Reid is an Arizona native and Cruz is from Denver
Colorado. Elena is rated # 1 in the world at all three organizations
at 115 pounds. She had been spotted training at Knockout Boxing Gym
in Phoenix before the fight but usually trains in Las Vegas. (Report
submitted by Mary Ann Owen of BILV) |
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