(AUGUST 26) Last at the
Gila River Arena, in Glendale, Arizona, Junior lightweight
Mikaela Mayer, 129¼, of Woodland Hills, California, won by a
third round [2:00] RTD, over Edina Kiss, 128½, of Budapest,
Hungary, in a scheduled six round bout. Mayer
remains undefeated with a 7-0-0 (4KO), and Kiss is now 14-8-0
(8KO). The bout was televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes.
The female bout was featured
along with (men's boxing) world title fights, with the
mainliner featuring Raymundo Beltran vs. Jose Pedraza.
Pedraza won by a 12-round unanimous decision winning the WBO
lightweight champion. Beltran went down in the eleventh
round; In the co-main Isaac Dogboe, won by a first round
TKO over Hidennori Otake, in a scheduled 12-round bout, for the
WBO Super Bantamweight title.
In a pre-fight
report, Mayer said, "Fighting live on ESPN is a dream come true
and something I have been looking forward to since I made the
decision to leave the amateur ranks and turn pro with Top Rank,"
Mayer said. "I gave up my dream of an Olympic gold medal to step
onto a bigger stage and to help take women's boxing to the next
level. Now, after years of fighting out of the limelight, I get
to showcase my skills on the greatest sports network in the
world."