(MAR 4) On Friday night (2009-02-29)  in the gymnasium of the Auditorio Centenario in Gómez Palacio (Durango), Yazmín “Rusita” Rivas had to battle for “ten emotional rounds”, as Humberto Vázquez Frayre of El Siglo de Torreón saw them, to obtain a unanimous decision over the rangy Lina Ramírez, who never ceased to make things complicated for her.  With 20-year-old Rivas carrying the fight throughout to her 28-year-old opponent, displaying the best of her repertoire and plenty of ring speed, and Ramírez turning in an efficient and forceful performance to keep the youngster in check, neither fighter was ever in difficulty; which is perhaps what Luis Salcedo Cassio of La Afición  meant when he said “it was a fight that fell short of being spectacular and was at times downright boring”. 

Sources: Humberto Vázquez Frayre (El Siglo de Torreón), Luis Salcedo Cassio (La Afición)