(AUG 21) Last Friday night, at the
Renaissance Worthington Hotel, in Fort Worth, Texas, lightweight
Crystal Delgado, 133, made her pro debut against another pro debuter,
Elizabeth (Lizzy) Tavarez, 132 1/4. Delgado won her pro debut by a
close majority decision, with one judge seeing the fight as a draw
at 38-38.
This was a tough fight for the two. Lizzy told WBAN, "I am proud
of my performance although I am disappointed at the outcome. No one
likes to lose but I will definitely learn from my failure to
convince the judges. I ended up in the emergency room after the head
butt in the first round that caused a laceration under my right
eyebrow which got six stitches. As soon as I stepped into the ring,
I realized that my opponent was a southpaw and head butts
quickly became an issue."
Delgado is one of many in the sport, who are turning pro after
having an extensive amateur career. At only 17 years old, she
leaves the amateurs with 60 bouts, and six national titles.
Fighters as Delgado is a reminder in the sport that we are
fortunately seeing some very good amateurs entering the pro ranks,
and that these experienced amateurs are going to bring women's
boxing to a higher level.
WBAN's photographers, J & P Photography, caught a photo of this
young boxer, two years ago in July of 2005, and they told WBAN,
"Tonight we attended an amateur boxing event in Beaumont, Texas,
hosted by the Police Activities League and Orange County Boxing. We
did not see any female bouts, but we did see the 2005 National
Junior Olympic Champion - Crystal Delgado! Crystal is fifteen years
old from Houston, Texas, and she has been boxing for four years. She
is managed by her father, Phillip Delgado. Crystal has had 29
fights. Hopefully, we will see more of her in the years to come!"
It appears that like their comments have now rung true, and we WILL
be seeing more of Delgado. By the way---we are also excited to
see not only Delgado, but her tough competitor LIzzy Tavarez who has
an extensive kick-boxing background enter the sport! Tavarez
apparently handled herself quite well to have lost to Delgado by a
majority decision.
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