June 28, 2008 -
Centro Recreativo del Educador (COEDUCO), Penonomé (Coclé,
Panama)
Junior Flyweight Abigail Villar (104.5 lb) won a four-round
unanimous decision over Carolina Montenegro (105 lb).
June 28, 2008 - Coco Beach Casurina,
Nairobi, Kenya
Middleweight Charity Mukami won a four-round unanimous
decision over Ruth Ebole, pro debuter.
June 27, 2008 - Palais des Sports, Toulon,
Var, France
Junior welterweight Myriam Lamare won by RTD in the third
round over Angel McKenzie. The fight was scheduled for six
rounds.
June 27, 2008 -
Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, in
Cabazon, California
Super bantamweight Kaliesha West, 123 1/2, now 9-0-0 (1KO),
won a six round unanimous decision over Elizabeth Villarreal,
123 1/4. Final judges scores were 60-54 twice and 59-55 for West.
June 27, 2008 - A La Carte Event Pavilion,
21 Tampa, Florida
Super featherweight Jenna Shiver, 128, won a four-round unanimous
decision over Renee Richardt Douglas, 125. Final judges
scores were 40-35 on all cards. (This fight has been reported on
other boxing sites as a KO and it is not)
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June 26, 2008 - Tachi
Palace Hotel & Casino, Lemoore, California
Super bantamweight Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton, TKO’d [37
seconds] Salina Jordan, 36 years old, in the first round of a
scheduled four rounder. This is the fifth time out of seven fights
that Jordan has lost to being stopped in the ring. According
to news sources, Jordan was a late replacement, and that Julaton was
originally supposed to fight Mayela Perez.
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June 25, 2008 - Playboy Mansion, in Beverly Hills, California, and
on an ESPN2 card
Melissa McMorrow, 106, of San Carlos, California, won her pro
debut by a four-round unanimous decision against Mayela Perez,
106. Final judges scores were 39-37, 39-37, and 40-36. [Logged into master search]
June 21, 2008 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Galina Koleva Ivanova won the WBC, GBU and the vacant WBA
Bantamweight title, by defeating Anita Christensen. The
judges scored the fight 98-91, 97-93 & 100-89. Anita Christensen was
knocked down in the 4th round. The other female bout of the
evening saw Vinni Skovgaard win the European (EBU) Light
Welterweight championship fight against Cornelia Zimmer of
Germany. The fight was scored 98-92, 98-92 & 99-92.
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June 21, 2008 - Deportivo Benito Juárez, San Vicente Chicoloapan,
México
Zulina Munoz won a 10-round unanimous decision over Maria
Elena Villalobos for a WBC “International” bantamweight title.
(Villalobos is ranked #15 with Boxrec, Munoz is ranked #13 with
boxrec, and both are not ranked with WBAN).
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June 21, 2008 – Nairobi, Kenya
Featherweight Rukia Nasarite won a six round bout by points
over Bena Kaloki. Also, Bantamweight Zarika Njeri
TKO’d Jamhuri Said in the first round, in a scheduled six
rounder.
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June 21, 2008, at the Chrysler
Halle, in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Elina Tissen (ranked #27 on Boxrec), won the "Global Boxing
Council" (GBC) featherweight title against Elena Dima, now
0-3-0, (ranked #75 on Boxrec). Tissen TKO’d the winless boxer in
the fourth round of a scheduled 10 rounder. One boxing fan
wrote into WBAN and said, “I checked the GBC website, to see if they
had an advertisement saying, “Order your world title here”, or words
to that effect. The website didn’t have one, but they might as well.
It's a complete joke.” On Insidewomensboxing.com they
reported, “In Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, featherweight Elina
Tissen (7-2, 4 KOs) TKO’d overmatched Elena Dima (0-3) in the
fourth round of a ten-round fight. The [GBC] sanctioned the
mismatch for one of their belts.” [GBC Alert: Questionable Title
Bout]
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June 21, 2008 - Hard Rock Hotel and
Casino, Hollywood, Florida
In a six round hard fought see-saw battle in the first ever women's
fight at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida,
Cecilia Braekus decisioned Nicole Woods. Woods said, "Braekhus
is a good fighter and to take nothing away from her it was her day.
I broke my hand in the second round but continued on fighting with
skill, heart and determination, by no means was I outclassed. I
would have loved to see how the fight would have turned out if I had
I had the use of both hands. So to the Sauerland Team whether it be
here in the US or in Germany Let's Do It Again". The judges were
59-55, 60-54, 60-54.
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June 19, 2008,
at the Bricktown Plaza Hotel, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Monica McGowan, 212½, ranked #2 with WBAN, fought a pro debuter,
Gayle Eidschum, 196½ , in a four-rounder. Eidschum was TKO’d
in the first round, 25 seconds into the round according to BoxRec.
Any shame in fighting in an obvious mismatch--- probably not.
It doesn't appear that this has been one mishap as of late for
McGowan, who is highly ranked in the sport. On June 9, 2007,
McGowan, 229, stopped a 0-2-0 boxer, Celeste Smith, 241, in
the first round in Louisiana. [ranked women boxers fighting pro
debut boxers]
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June 15, 2008 – WA Italian Club,
Northbridge, Australia
Junior Lightweight Erin McGowan, 129½, TKO’d Christina Tai,
128½,
in the seventh round of a scheduled 10-round vacant PABA junior
lightweight title.
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June 15, 2008 – Oushen Hotel, Da Lian, China
Super Bantamweight Yang Ying, won a four-round unanimous
decision over Qian Kun.
June 14, 2008 -
Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City, Mexico
Welterweight Mia St. John (44-9-2, 18 KOs), 146,
won an eight round majority decision over Amy Yuratovac (6-2,
6 KOs), 147, to claim the WBC international crown. Scores
78-74, 79-73 and 76-76.
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June 14, 2008 - Diberville, Mississippi
Junior welterweight Dora Baptiste,142, won a four-round split
decision over Tiffany Ibanez, 138. [Logged into master search]
June 14, 2008 - Tepeji del Rio, Hidalgo,
Mexico
Featherweight Jessica Villafranca, 125, won a four-round
unanimous decision over Josefina Concepcion, 124. [Logged into master search]
June 14, 2008 - Enkhuizen,
The Netherlands
Mariska Mulder had a four-round draw with Petra
Jachmanova, in a featherweight bout.
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HISTORY FIRST FOR WBAN AND IN THE SPORT OF
WOMEN'S BOXING
June 13, 2008 -
Isleta Casino & Resort, Albuquerque, New Mexico
In the main event, Holly Holm, 150½ , won a 10-round unanimous
decision over Mary Jo Sanders, 152¼. Holm won the Junior
Middle IFBA World title, and the history first
WBAN
Championship Belt. In the co-main event, Chevelle Hallback, 132
, won a 10-round unanimous decision over Jeannine Garside, 132. The
two were fighting for the IFBA Lightweight World title.
Hallback also received the history first
WBAN
Championship Belt . Strawweight Wendy Rodriguez, 101, won a
close and controversial split decision over Hollie Dunaway, 104.
The two were fighting for the IFBA and IBA strawweight World titles.
Lastly, Carina Moreno, 107¾ won a 10-round unanimous decision over
Eileen Olszewski, 107¾. The two were fighting for the Junior
flyweight IFBA and IBA world title. WBAN makes History - First Independent World Title belts for women
boxers]
June 13, 2008 - Scranton, PA
Junior lightweight Dominga Olivo, 129¼, won a four-round
majority decision over LaKeysha Williams, 130.
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June 13, 2008 - McAllen, Texas
Johana Mendez won a four-round unanimous decision over Yoli Pena,
in a junior featherweight division.
June 13, 2008 -Fort Worth, Texas
Vanessa Juarez, 121¼, won a six-round unanimous decision over
Caitlin Dance, 121½. [Logged into master search]
June 13, 2008 - Hartford, CT
Junior Middleweight Adelita Irizarry, 149½, won a four-round
unanimous decision over Kimberly Harris, 149½. [Logged into master search]
June 12, 2008 – Wild West Arena, North
Platte, Nebraska
Junior middleweight Cheryl Bontz, 161, TKO’d El Shaddai
Cleffman, 155, in the second round in a scheduled four round
bout.
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June 12, 2008 -
Mohegan Sun Casino, in Uncasville,
Connecticut. (three fights televised on Fox Sports Net)
In the main event, Lisa Brown, 121 3/4, retained her IFBA
World Junior Featherweight title when she defeated Alicia Ashley
by a 10-round split decision; Jill Emery, 146 1/4, won
the IFBA World welterweight title when she defeated Angel
Martinez, 146. 75, by a unanimous decision; Melinda Cooper,
120, won by a fourth round TKO over Donna Biggers, 120, in a
six rounder; Ela Nunez, 124 3/4, won a six-round unanimous
decision over Jeri Sitzes, 126 lbs;
Elena Reid, 126 and Ava
Knight, 124, fought to a draw in a scheduled six rounder.
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June 9, 2008 – Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Strawweight Nanako Kikuchi, 104½, TKO’d Petchchengrai
Sitkrumad, 102, 1:12 seconds in the first round of a scheduled
six round bout; Strawweight Momo Koseki, 104¼, TKO’d
Petchsifah Sithkrumad, 103¼, 0:54 seconds in the second round of
a scheduled six rounder; Flyweight Naoko Yamaguchi, 112, KO’d
Satreelek Paradorngym, 110½, in the first round of a four
round bout. [Logged into master search]
June 7, 2008 - Mohegan Sun, Uncasville,
Connecticut
Melissa “Huracan” Hernandez, 131, of Bronx, New York,
defeated Missy Fiorentino, 132, by a third round TKO in a
scheduled eight round bout. According to news sources the fight was
non-stop, and that Hernandez was leading, when Fiorentino received a
cut. The fight went to the scorecards, when the Ringside Physician
stopped the fight.
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June 7, 2008 - Santiago del Estero,
Argentina
Flyweight Lili Moreno, making her pro debut, won a
four-rounder by points over Soledad Torres.
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June 7, 2008 - Centro de Boxe, Curitiba,
Parana, Brazil
Bantamweight Rosillette Dos Santos won by RTD over Rosanne
Alves. Alves was down in the third round, and the bout was
scheduled for six rounds.
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June 7, 2008 - Karl Eckel Halle, Hattersheim
am Main, Hessen, Germany
Junior middleweight Jessica Bologun, won a 10-round majority
decision over Anja Henning. The two fought for the WFC Junior
Middleweight title. Final judges scores 92-98, 95-95, and 93-97;
Also, featherweight Kira Schnuerer had a 10-round draw with
Marina Kohlgruber. The two were fighting for the vacant WFC
European title. Final judges scores were 94-95, 95-95, and 97-93.
June 6, 2008 – Club Deportivo Argentino,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Junior welterweight Monica “La Gata” Acosta, won a four-round
unanimous decision over Anabel “La Devastadora” Amarillo.
Both Acosta and Amarillo are from Argentina. Final judges scores,
40-36½, 39½-38½, and 40-37½.
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June 6, 2008 – Coliseo Miguel 'Happy' Lora,
Montería Córdoba, Colombia
Luz Flórez KO'd Luz Darys Giraldo in the first round. The
two were fighting for the Interim UBC Super Featherweight title.
June 6, 2008 – St Maartin, Netherlands
Antilles
Junior heavyweight Gwendolyn O'Neil won a 10-round split
decision over Carlette Ewell for the vacant WIBA Junior
heavyweight title.
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June 6, 2008 – Gymnase Maurice Bacquet, La
Seyne Sur Mer, Var, France
Bantamweight Nadege Szikora TKO’d Roxana Tenea, in the
first round of a four round bout.
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June 6, 2008 – Salle Jean Roure, Les Pennes
Mirabeau, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Super featherweight Myriam Chomaz of France KO’d Agnes
Adonga in the second round of a 10 round vacant WBC
International super featherweight title. Junior flyweight Audrey
Garcia won a six-round unanimous decision over Isabelle
Leonardi. Final judges scores 59-55, 59-55, and 59-55.
June 3, 2008 - Salle la Soucoupe, Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique,
France
Julie Robert, of France, won a four-round bout by points over
Suzana Radovanovic.
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