(DEC 12) WBAN received an open letter
from Team Bestfemboxers. They said the following:
“During our adventures all over
the world fighting and training fighters. We gotten an opportunity
to train some of our current world champions and now to add to our
list----we have the pride and honor of getting one of the best
fighters to be seen outside of the USA which is the one and only
Emiko Raika, of Japan.
Team bestfemboxers has gotten an early Christmas gift, after
fighting Raika three times in the past, we have now received a
call to train Raika.
Raika will be in New York City,
training with head trainer Melissa Hernandez and Belinda Laracuente
at the great Gleason's Gym. Raika has joined what seems to
be the right choice of team at this point for womyn's [women’s]
boxing. We feel that Melissa joined by Belinda [Laracuente] is a
flawless team in training female fighters---and not only females,
but male boxers at the same time.
Currently Melissa is filming with the
show MTV’s Made. She is the first female to train a
male fighter on television.
We thank Japan for this opportunity, and we feel that they made the
right choice in training."
