HISTORY OF
WOMEN'S BOXING

November 28, 2004 -  Taiwan Women’s Boxing Championships, in Hualien, Eastern Taiwan
Emily Klinefelter won the gold medal at 110 pounds.  She defeated boxers from Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Japan.  Cheryl Houlihan also won gold at 106 pounds. Jennifer Han won silver at 125 pounds.  Carrie Barry and Elizabeth Quevedo won bronzes at 132 and 138 pounds respectively. The USA placed third with two gold medals a silver and two bronzes while India (2-0-1), Australia (1-1-0) and Russia (1-0-1) finished fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.  Host Taiwan took seventh with three silvers and three bronzes with New Zealand (0-1-3), Sri Lanka (0-1-2), Japan (0-1-1, Hong Kong (0-1-1), Vietnam (0-0-2), Mongolia (0-0-1) and Macau (0-0-0) following in that order.

November 28, 2004 -  Splashmins Fun Park & Resort, Georgetown, Guyana
In the main event, Martha "Shadow" Salazar, 229, of the United States won by a ninth round TKO,  over Georgetown's Pamela London, 210. The two were fighting for the vacant WIBF heavyweight title.  Card was promoted by Holland Entertainment Promotion.  According to news sources, London took a "battering" before her home town crowd, which included in attendance Guyana's President Bharat Jagdeo. The ref intervened and stopped the fight when London was absorbing head and body shots.

November 28, 2004 - Kohyang, Korea
Shin Hee Choi of Korea, KO'd Philippine's Marisha Allard 44 seconds, in the first round of a scheduled eight rounder. WBAN has no information on Allard at this time, but on www.boxrec.com, she is listed as a pro debuter. The fact that Allard was scheduled to fight eight rounds, she may have  fights in the Phillipines that have not been reported. WBAN will research this boxer.

November 28, 2004 - Riot At the Hyatt, Monterey, California 
Isaiah Guzman, a sports reporter for the Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote the following:  Carina Moreno, 23, 108 lbs., won a unanimous decision (80-72) to improve to 7-0 as a pro while Yvonne Caples, 32, 107, dropped to 7-7-2. Moreno was originally scheduled to face Julie Rubalcava (4-0) but Rubalcava backed out the week of the fight due to an injury she sustained to her hand in a fight the week before.  The 109-pound bout was planned to go six rounds but was lengthened to eight when several of the men’s fights dropped out the day before.  “It was nothing,” Moreno said of going the extra two rounds. “I didn’t really get tired.” Aside from a lump over her left eye from a head butt, Moreno came out of what was supposed to be the biggest test of her young pro-career virtually unscathed. Moreno even dazed Caples in the seventh round when she caught her with a good combination.  “I’ve got to calm down when I see an opponent hurt because I get a little too excited,” Moreno said.  Moreno fought from the fourth round on with a hurt right hand. She wasn’t sure how she hurt it but said she couldn’t throw it with as much force from that point on.  “(Trainer Rick Noble) said forget about the pain just keep throwing and I kept on throwing it,” Moreno said. Both Moreno and Noble were ecstatic with the win over the more experienced, former International Female Boxing Association world champion.  The final judges scores were 80-72 on all cards.

November 27, 2004 - Buffalo Run Casino, Miami, OK
Tana Gallegos (2-0) defeated Crystal Bolles (2-11) by Majority Decision. In a very close fight conditioning proved to be the deciding factor as Bolles who had the better skills was unable to match the work rate of the determined Gallegos. After the bout Bolles announced her retirement from boxing.

November 27, 2004 in Paris, France
Natalie Toro won a sixth-round decision over Daniela Davia.

November 26, 2004 in Gulfport, Mississippi
Kashin Chamblin won by TKO1 over Sandi Mitchell, pro debut, and Tiffany Ibanez won by TKO2 over Jessie Banks, pro debut. Full Boxing Records

November 20, 2004 - Pepsi Coliseum, Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indiana
In what was described as an exciting bout, in front of over 4,500 boxing fans, at the Pepsi Coliseum, Indiana State Fairgrounds, in the co-main event,  Kristy 'Rose' Follmar, 127, won the  NABC lightweight title over Franchesca Alcanter, 129,  of Kansas City, Kansas.  Final Scores, 77-75, 75-74, and 77-74.

November 20, 2004 in San Pedrode Macoris, Dominican Republic
Gardy Pena won by TKO2 over Cathy Checo.

November 23, 2004 in Galanta, Slovakia
Jarka Blahova won a four-round unanimous decision over Blanka Pecimuthova and Krisztina Belinszky won byTKO2 Annamaria Szucsova, pro debut. 

November 20, 2004 Sky Ute Casino, in Ignacio, Colorado In the main event New Mexico's Jackie Chavez, 120,  won a 10-round unanimous decision over Jayla Ortiz, 120,  to become the newest IFBA World Champion. Final judges scores were 96-94, 100-90, and 96-94. Also,  Victoria Cisneros, 146,  won by a five-round unanimous decision over Angie Poe. Final judges scores were 49-46, 49-46, and 49-46. Lastly,  Elena "Baby Doll" Reid, 115,  won by five round unanimous decision over New Mexico's Yvonne Chavez, 115.  Final Judges scores were 50-44, 50-44, and 55-44.
Promoted by Ben Fernandez.

On Saturday, November 20 at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York
Leona Brown of Pawling, New York won a ten-round unanimous decision over Stephaney George of Georgetown, Guyana for the vacant WIBC World Bantamweight title.  The 44-year-old Brown, who began boxing at age 37 and has held the IWBF and IFBA Junior Featherweight titles, is now 13-14 (5 KO's) while George drops to 5-3 (0 KO's).

November 20, 2004 - Greensboro, North Carolina
Terri Moss of Atlanta, Georgia, stopped Loreen Miller in the first round by knockout. The promoter of the event was Cheryl Nance.

November 20, 2004 - Bulldog Event Hall Karlsruge, Germany -Youth Challenge Tour 2004/2005
Maya Frenzel TKO2 Kerstin Sautter 50.8 kg; Cornelia ZImmer KO2 Alwina Heinz 61.2 kg; Jasmin Kneiss WP4 Marlen Keiter 59 kg; Luliane Quasdorf TKO3 Ariana Ghazwan 47 kg; Angela Buchele WP4 Jessica Blum 53,5 kg; Stephanie Penkwitt WP4 Melda Toprak 47 kg; Carina Hudituz WP4 Jannis Meyer 47 kg; Tanya Burkhardt WO4 Nina Kelnhofer 63 kg; Kea Neunauer TKO2 Christina Bader 53.3kg.

On November 19, 2004 at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri
Mary Elizabeth Ortega (115 lbs) won a four-round unanimous decision over Leslie McNamara (118 lbs). This moves Ortega to 27-2-1 (5 KO's) while McNamara falls to 1-5-0 (0 KO's). This is the second straight time Ortega has defeated McNamara (who did fight once in between, getting her only win against debut fighter Stacy Lemmers). Source: Dee Williams
Comments from WBAN: Another inferior matchup between a boxer who has had 27 wins, fighting a much less experienced boxer with only one win to her name.

November 19, 2004 -  at the Community Center in Mandan, North Dakota
Ragan Pudwill (135¾ lbs) TKO'd Leatrice Ortley (138 lbs) at the end of the first round. (Time was given as 3:00 ... do they fight 3 minute rounds in ND?) Pudwill is now 4-12-0 (1 KO's), Ortley 0-2-0 (0 KO's).  Ortley had not fought for three years; Pudwill's fought Mia St. John (twice), Aga Rylik, Jaime Clampitt and Missy Fiorentino but she has never defeated anyone who has a win on her record.  

November 19, 2004, La Villita, San Antonio, Texas
Carolina Harris won a four-round split decision over Isabel Manyseng.

On Friday, November 19, 2004,at the Michigan State Fairgrounds in Detroit, Michigan  
Kara Ro (132 lbs) of Windsor, Ontario, Canada won by a fourth-round TKO over Renee Richardt Douglas (132 lbs) of Fenton, Missouri.  Douglas is now 11-4-1 (4 KOs) while Ro improves to 11-0 (7 KOs).

On Thursday, Novermber 18, 2004,  at the Marriott Hotel in Irvine, California, on a Golden Boy Promotions card Julie Rubalcava of Westminster, California won a six-round split (60-54,60-54,55-59) decision over Elizabeth Cervantes, originally from Mexico and now from Lakeside California. I'm told this was a bantamweight fight that was mostly fought at a distance and over-cautiously by both girls, provoking some boos and catcalls from the crowd. The third round was apparently the only one to contain significant action as Rubalcava opened up and scored with frequent hard left hooks to Cervantes's head. For most of the rest of the fight Cervantes was content to stay as far as possible from Rubalcava, who showboated but pursued her only in spurts, much to the crowd's displeasure. Rubalcava remains undefeated at 4-0 (1 KO), while Cervantes drops to 1-4.

November 18 2004 - San Jose, California
In front of 3,358 boxing fans, at the HP Pavilion, Molly McConnell, 140, Portland, Oregon, now 3-0-0 (1KO), stopped Tracy Carlton, 134, now  0-7-1, of Compton, California,  in the third round by TKO. This was a rematch for the two, in which McConnell won by a four-round unanimous decision the first time.  Bill Mertz, who trains McConnell said, "We had a great time and Molly boxed better than ever using a stiff jab and often using the triple jab to close on her running opponent. We Told Jackie Kallen (Molly's manager) that the next fight we would like to go six. Jackie brought her friend Ray Leonard in the dressing room and visited for over a half hour. I told him thank you for taking the time and he said: 'Being friendly to people is free'. I was never a Sugar Ray fan, but with an attitude like that; 'I Love the guy'. " 

On Thursday, November 18, 2004, at the Palmetto Boxing Academy Gym in Columbia, South Carolina
Donna Biggers (126 lbs) TKO'd Nicole Perkins (128 lbs),  at 0:50 in the first.   Biggers is now 9-0-1 (8 KOs) and has fought Perkins three times in a row, winning every one in the first round. Perkins is 0-3-0, all by losses to Biggers.  Story on this Mismatch by Sue TL Fox  

November 15, 2004 in Arusha, Tanzania
Monica Mwakasanga won by a six-round unanimous decision over Conjestina Ashieng.

November 14, 2004 - Seoul, Korea  More
For the second time this year, international fighters won against tough Korean opposition as Mexico's Mariana Juarez won the IFBA Jr. Bantamweight title over In Young Lee by split decision. Judge Suk Kwon Kim scored the fight 96-95, for Lee, while Judge Dong Ok Lee scored it 96-95 and Judge Nam Chul Park 97-95 for Juarez. Juarez proved to be a skilled fighter as she used an effective jab and strong left hand to back the shorter Lee up most of the fight. Lee the former IFBA Flyweight Champion was effective inside, but lacked the strength to punish Juarez. Promoter Byon Joeng-IL put on a tremendous event from the Yong In University Gymnasium where a packed house cheered Lee and Juarez non-stop through out the bout. Once again the Korean Boxing Commission, under the direction of Sang Kwan Park its President, did an outstanding job of officiating.

November 14, 2004 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Marilyn Hernandez won a ten-round unanimous decision over Liliana Martinez.  Also, Super Flyweight Title, junior featherweight Dayana Santana of the Dominion Republic won a four-round unanimous decision over Marie L'Heureux of Canada. Santana is now 2-2-0 (1 KO), L'Heureux was making her debut. 

November 13, 2004 in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Adriana Salles, 119, pro debut, won by a four-round unanimous decision over Lillani Balli (Balles), 119.

November 12, 2004  -Collegno, Torino, Italy
Lightweight Melinda Reichert, Hungary,  won a four-round unanimous decision over Italy's Sonia Grande.

November 12, 2004 - Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton, Canada
Jelena Mrdjenovich won a six-round unanimous decision over Lisa Lewis.  Amy Johnson won a four round unanimous decision over Danielle Christiansen from San Francisco, who Cougar Boxing said was 0-2.

November 12, 2004 - Brøndby Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Frida Wallberg's original opponent, Ilona Papp, had to call off the fight, and was substituted with Stoyanka Krasteva of Bulgaria (1-1). Wallberg won the six round fight easily, with the scores 60-52, 60-52, 60-50. Krasteva took an eight count in the second and the sixth rounds.   In the second women's bout, Alexandra Matheus, 126,  won the WEBF European featherweight championship, when she beat her Spanish opponent Agatha Gracia, 126,  on points. The judges scored the bout 97-93, 96-94 & 97-94.  The fights were shown on PPV.

November 12, 2004 - Chajari, Argentina
Report by Ewan Whyte
María José "Panterita" ('the Little Panther') Núñez, 113 ¼, got her professional career off to a successful start last night in Chajarí (Entre Rios, Argentina) when she stopped the more experienced Lourdes González de Ocampo, 113 ¼, in the second round. Although in fact Uruguayan, Núñez has been living in Paraguay for the last seven years. González, who was stepping in for the injured Nancy Silvia Piccini and is the wife of the ex South American champion and now trainer Luis Alberto Ocampo, was the centre of controversy in Germany earlier in her career when her hospitalisation after a fight with Regina Halmich triggered a bizarre anti-boxing diatribe in Der Spiegel. She last saw action in Bolivar (Buenos Aires, Argentina) in 2003, when she succumbed with equal rapidity to the current WIBA world champion at bantamweight, Marcela Acuña. Her record now stands at 8 wins (3 by KO) and 4 losses.  Full Report  Also, Yolis Marrugo Franco (6-5-3; 1 KO y 58, 300 Kg.) won a 10-round unanimous decision and became the new WIBA Super Featherweight Title when she defeated Patricia Alejandra Quirico (6-3-0; 5 KO's y 57, 700 Kg.). Final judges scores 97-90, 99-91 and 100-92.

November 11, 2004 in Houston, Texas
Kim Colbert won by TKO3 over Lanie Ellis.

November 8, 2004 - Sports Arena in Paris, France
Myriam Lamare, now 9-0-0 (4KO),of  Marseille, France won a 10-round unanimous decision over United States boxer, Eliza Olson, now  8-4-2 (2KO), for the WBA Junior Welterweight title.  Final Judges scores were 100-90, 100-90, 100-90. WBAN has no other details at this time.

November 7, 2004 in Nurnberg, Germany
Iryna Ponomarova won by TKO2 over Anca Perijoc.

November 6, 2004 - at the Eccles Center, in Ogden, Utah
Local boxer,  Betty Stephens, 122, of Salt Lake City, Utah, defeated Sharon Gaines, 120.8, now 4-2-0 (0KO), of Kansas City, Missouri,  with a four round unanimous decision in the 123-lb division. There were no knockdowns or eight-counts.

November 6, 2004 in Berlin, Germany
Sina Dumer won a four-round decision over Tatjana Dieckmann, pro debut.

November 6, 2004 in Hashron, Israel
Hagar Shmoulefeld won a four-round decision over Helena Shalkovina, pro debut. 

November 6, 2004- Canyonville, Oregon
In the main event,  at the Sevens Feathers Hotel and Casino Resort, in Canyonville, Oregon, Kelsey Jeffries, 125,  won her fifth title defense of her IFBA Featherweight World title belt against Trish 'TNT' Hill, 126, of Atlanta. According to Katherine Dunn of Cyberboxingzone.com, Jeffries attacked from the first bell on, took control with fast, intense combos to head and body, and never allowed Hill to come out of her defensive posture. Jeffries defeated Hill by a 10-round unanimous decision. The fight ended with a standing ovation, and both Jeffries and Hill were extremely impressive. The judges scored the bout 100-90, 99-91, 99-91 all for Jeffries.

November 6, 2004 at the Velodrome in Amsterdam, Holland
Esther Schouten  of Hoorn, Holland and Galina Koleva Ivanova of Bulgaria fought to a draw over 10 rounds for Schouten's WIBF Super Bantamweight Title.  Schouten is now 16-1-1 (7 KO's) while Ivanova is 5-4-2 (0 KO's). Final Scores: Esther-98-94 [Belgium judge]; Esther-95-97 [Dutch judge]; Esther-95-95 [Belgium judge]. Jamie Johnson, also a boxer from the UK, was on scene at the fights and spoke with Galina after the fight. Jamie said, "Galina spoke no English, but she was friendly. Her trainer /manager said Galina was the 'winner' and 'Champion'.   Galinas corner did not know if there would be a rematch."  Jamie also got an opportunity to speak with Schouten, and she said, "Esther was a pleasure to speak with.  Esther spoke to everyone and signed autographs. She acted like a true Champion in my opinion. Esther said she was very happy to retain the belt; she acknowledged that her opponent was extremely tough and an excellent fighter. Schouten had an elbow injury.  I asked her if she had any problems with it before the fight? Esther straight away dismissed that idea immediately, and made it clear that it was no excuse. Esther said that she had wished that she had fought every round like the 10th round. Esther also commented that by retaining the belt, that money would now be put in by the Olympic Organization to promote Women's boxing.   Jamie added, "Esther also commented on how she loved WBAN! AND she thought that the site was the best out there! and she loved the fact that it is very honest and unbiased."

November 6, 2004 - Fitzgerald Casino, in Tunica, MISS
Ann "Brown Sugar" Wolfe, now 18-1-0 (12 KO), Waco, Texas, won a six-round unanimous decision over Cassandra Geigger, now 6-4-0 (6KO),  of Fayetteville, Arkansas.  Geigger was knocked down twice to the canvas.  WBAN's "As the Trainer" Tom Moraetes was at the event and told WBAN, "I was at the fight this past weekend with Ann Wolfe on the card in  Tunica, Mississippi, and she really looked awesome.   am very excited to possibly one day see her and Ali get together.  Should be a great match."   Also,  on the card as the semi main event, Christy Nickel, now 6-1-0 (5KO), who attends nursing school in Memphis, won an four-round unanimous decision over Amy Milam of Little Rock, Arkansas.  Moraetes said that Nichol is definitely an up and comer in the sport, and one to watch out for.  

November 6, 2004 Arnie Boehm Tournament in St. Catherines, ON 
Female Senior 139lbs Katie Dunn defeated Joyce Findlay
of HUF Boxing Club in the second rounds by outclass in
the gold medal match.

November 6, 2004 at the Pavilion at Coushatta, in Kinder, Louisiana
Valerie Mahfood, 161.5, stopped Yolanda Swindell, 163 3/4; 37 seconds into the second round by TKO.  The reason for the stoppage was that Yolanda received a dislocated shoulder, in the second round causing the fight to be stopped.  The two got tangled in the ropes, and Yolanda fell awkwardly to the canvas, falling on her arm.  Swindell told WBAN, "Up untill that point,  it was a very exciting and entertaining fight although only one round had been scored,  I was leading 10-9....On all judges cards. I really want to thank Valerie for this opportunity and she has promised that we will do it again...Of this I am sure. Thank you for the opportunity to tell what really happened."  Also,  Mia St. John, 131.5 won a four-round una. decision over Lana Alexander, 137, in a rematch.  Scores: 40-36, 40-36, 40-34.

November 6, 2004 at City Sports Hall in Szentes, Hungary
On a Felix Promotion card, Dr. Bettina Csabi (5'6", 116½ lbs) of Jánoshalma, Hungary won a ten-round unanimous (99-91,99-91,99-91) decision over Cathy Brown (5'2", 116¾ lbs) of Peckham, England for the GBU Bantamweight title. Csábi is now  22-0 (10 KO's) while Brown falls to 10-6 (4 KOs).  The fight was described as exciting, with Csabi dominated her opponent every round, and retains her WIBF-GBU Bantamweight Title.

November 6, 2004 at Erdgas Arena in Riesa, Germany
On a Universum Box Promotion card, Alesia-Tamara Graf (116¼ lbs) of Stuttgart, Germany TKO'd Agnes Adonga (117 lbs) of Uganda at 0:02 in the fourth round of a scheduled 10-rounder for the WIBF Intercontinental Bantamweight title.  Graf is now 7-0 (3 KOs);  Adonga fell to 1-2 (0 KOs).
According to the ZDF,  Graf won the bout after Agnes Adongo's corner threw in the towel after the 3rd round. Adongo already pleaded with her trainer to stop the fight after the second round, but he persuaded her to fight on. However she was outclassed and he agreed to stop her sufferings after the next round. Graf, who is from Belarus, explained in the interview, that she didn't come to Germany box but to study. However, her knowledge of the German language was too bad, and she suddenly found herself in a boxing career. She has since changed her objectives, and decided to pursue her career in the ring.

November 5, 2004 - Plaza Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Cannot say that this was NOT predicted way before this match took place...Melinda Cooper took just 26 seconds of the first round,  to stop Tracey Stevens  in a mismatch.

November 5, 2004 - Nagano, Japan
At the "Fighting Angel 2004 in Nagano", Ayaka won a four-round unanimous (39-38,40-38,40-38) decision over Erika Irie in a 48 kg (minimumweight) bout.  Maki Koyakashiro won a six-round unanimous (59-58,60-59,59-58) decision over Misa Morimoto in a 56 kg (featherweight) bout.Jet Izumi won a six-round unanimous (60-57,60-54,66-50) decision over Yuki Sakurada in a super flyweight bout. Riyo Togo TKO'd Toshie Aiuchi at 1:42 in the second round of a scheduled four-round featherweight bout.  Mari Sawada won a three-round unanimous (29-28,30-28,30-27) decision over Bison Miho in a featherweight bout.

November 4, 2004 at SBC Center in San Antonio, Texas
Akondaye Fountain (161kbs) of Houston TKO'd Trina Guzman (169 lbs) of Houston at the end of the first round of a scheduled four-rounder. Fountain had knocked Guzmán down and Trini retired in her corner between rounds.  Fountain is now 3-0 (1 KO), while Guzmán falls to 1-3 (0 KO) with her second straight loss to Fountain. 

November 3, 2004 - Nové Zamky, Slovakia
The WIBF-GBU minimumweight champion Krisztina Belinszky (46,2kg/101,75lbs) won by technical KO only 45 seconds after the first bell over Slovakian local hero Maria Vanceova (49,3kg/108,75lbs) in a scheduled four round catchweight contest. Vanceova went down two times before the referee stopped the contest.  Belinszky is now 10-4-2 (6KO) Vanceova fell to 0-2-0.  This match was set up for Belinszky's upcoming title defense in Györ, Hungary on December 18, 2004. 

November 3, 2004 in Nove Zamky, Slovakia
Jarka Blahova, pro debut, won by TKO3 over Valeria Zahorecova.