With a nom de guerre like "La Paloma" ("The Dove") – (should
we make that nom de plume, I wonder) – Jazmín Rivas's
opponent on tonight's “La Hora de la Verdad” bill in the
Arena Coliseo, Monterrey, clearly has a sense of humour. She may
need it, too, because Rivas is planning to make quick work of her.
Since failing (on points) in her bid to wrest the WBC bantamweight
title from Kwang Ok Kim on the 21st October 2005, Rivas
has fought only twice – plans for her to challenge Alejandra
Oliveras for the WBC super bantamweight championship fell through
(after the date had been set), allegedly because the Argentinian
considered the Mexican teenager too dangerous an opponent for her
first fight back after injury – and the frustration is starting to
get to her.
At the age of 19, "La Rusita" now has 17 fights behind her as a
professional (she started at 13). Of these, she has won 14,
including the Mexican bantamweight and WBA super flyweight titles at
the ages of 16 and 17 respectively.
La Paloma,
for her part, is either 3 and 0, 0 and 1, or 3
and 1, depending upon which report you believe, the confusion
deriving, I expect, from dodgy dictation, with "Elizabeth
Aguiyon", "Elizabeth
Aguiyón" and "Elizabeth Aguillón" being in all probability one and
the same. If she really is 0 and 1, though, and her loss was to
Perla “Potranquita” Hernández, who has lost 3 times to Eva Lidia
Silva, (who lost her last two fights to Rita Figueroa), then I don't
think Rivas has much to worry about.
Unless she's allergic to feathers…
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