"I felt better towards the end; I think
I was connecting cleanly, but she was hitting very hard downstairs
and this robbed me of speed and power at the start; then I got used
to the power of her punches and began to connect with some of my
own." [Santana]
"She was moaning a lot; my body shots hurt her, but she's a great
fighter: she took it for ten rounds. I thought I'd be able to knock
her out, which was in fact what I came prepared to do." [Torres]
"I'd like them to remember me as a great champion who came to Santo
Domingo and put on a great show. She has a future but with some
other champion. I think that although I wasn't able to put her on
the canvas, I'm too strong for Dahiana. Against one of the other
title holders, she might have more success," said the champion,
whose weight of punch actually increased steadily as the fight wore
on. [Torres had been training at altitude]
"I lost; the repeated postponements of the fight may have hurt me --
they interfere with your concentration -- but she's a great
champion. OK, so she won today, but she and I will meet again. I hit
her hard and I know that I can beat her next time. I think I put too
much pressure on myself at the beginning, which was unnecessary."
Santana moved rapidly, jabbing constantly, but she hadn't the weight
of punch to halt the advance of Torres, who harried her relentlessly
with powerful right hands to the body
In one of the most applauded fights of the evening, Kitti Pamela
Hernández overcame the veteran Grecia Nova.
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