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Worldwide Women's Boxing Action this Weekend!
by Sue TL Fox
April 15, 2016
Photo: Mary Ann Owen
(APR 15) This weekend we have
quite a few have many female bouts on cards worldwide that is
very exciting to see in the sport. Here are the following
bouts scheduled this weekend!
Tonight at the Polideportivo
Cooperativa Tortuguitas, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Carolina "La
Colorada" Duer, 122, 17-3-1 (5KO), will be facing Vanesa "La
Salvaje" Calderon, 122, 5-9-0 (1KO), in a non-title six rounder
on the card. Both boxers are from Argentina.
Tomorrow night
at the Club Atlético Talleres, Villa Constitucion,
Santa Fe, Argentina, there are two female bouts scheduled on the
card. In one bout, Victoria Bustos, 14-3-0 (0KO), of Santa Fe,
will be fighting in a ten-round bout for the IBF Inter-Continental
Lightweight belt against Ruth Aquino, 7-1-0; and in a second bout,
Andrea Sanchez vs. Anahi Lopez, four rounds.
In France at the
Salle Yvon Chevalier, Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France, Ericka
Rousseau, 7-0-0 will be fighting on the undercard in a
four-rounder against Bojana LIbiszewska, 2-12-0.
There are two different card in Karlsruhe, Germany.
Each card has three female bouts. First is a lightweight ten
between Maja Milenkovic 3-6 and Kallia Kourouni 4-1. Then a
super bantam ten between Caroline Schroeder 8-2 and Oksana
Romanova 8-16-1 and a super lightweight four between Verena
Kaiser 2-0 and Dora Farkas 0-7.
Also, in Germany, at the FFC 56 Gym, in Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz,
Tina Rupprecht, 2-0-0, will be fighting a debuter
Viktorija Mihailova in a four rounder in the bantamweight
division.
Boxing action in Hungary at the
Sporthall, in Sülysáp, Hungary, Alexandra Lazar,117 1/4,
7-1-0, will fight in a ten-rounder for the vacant WBC
International Bantamweight title against Tolnai Kleopatra,
116.5, 6-5-0 (1KO); in a second female bout, Andrea
Lakatos, 111 1/4, will fight in a four-rounder against Judit
Hachbold, 110, who is making her pro debut.
In Mexico, at the Arena Neza,
Nezahualcóyotl, México,
Layla McCarter, 36-13-5 (8KO), of Las Vegas, Nevada, will
face Yolanda Segura, of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas,
Mexico in a ten-round bout. At the scales: McCarter,
138.5, and Segura, 138. At the scales today: Today the
weigh-in was held for tomorrow night's fight card at the Arena Neza, Nezahualcóyotl, México, Layla McCarter, 36-13-5 (8KO), of Las Vegas, Nevada, will
face Yolanda Segura, of Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas,
Mexico in a ten-round bout. At the scales: McCarter,
138.5, and Segura, 138.
On another card in
Mexico, at the Estacionamiento Obrero, Zamora, Michoacán de
Ocampo, there are three female bouts on the card. In one
bout, Lizeth Zacarias, 1-1-0, vs. Roxana Alanis, 5-2-0, in a six
rounder; Erika Hernandez, 0-0-1, vs. Noemi Rodriguez,
debut, in a four round bout; and Maria Vargas, 1-0-0 vs. Rosalia
Gomez, debut, four rounds.
In Auckland City is set for Royal
Rumble. New Zealand fights fans are in for a royal
treat as of this week, as the "who’s who" of female boxing are
arrive in Auckland for next weekends Royal Rampage. For the
first time in history New Zealand will host four major female
world titles on one night. Running straight into the deep
end promoter, - Lisa Lewis debuts against superstar Mia St John
(48-14-2 ) in what began as an exhibition bout - turned real
deal, this promises to all out slug fest or early night for
either individual.
Press Release
In the United States,
at the Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket, Connecticut, Shelly
Vincent, 16-0-0 (1KO), is set to fight Elizabeth Anderson, 4-7-0
in a six round bout.
Photo by Mary Ann Owen
Also in the USA, at the Barclay
Center, New York City, New York, Donatella Hultin, 8-2-0, of Sweden, will
be fighting local Heather "The Heat" Hardy, 15-0-0 (3KO), of
Brooklyn, New York in an eight round bout.