(OCT 6) WBAN will give the latest update on the Pan Am Championships, that began on October 3, 2008. The Championships are held at the Haguaramas Convention Centre in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.  

Saturday 4^th October 2008

Name	Country	Pts.	Name	Country	Pts.	Wgt
Sacred Ann Downing	USA	6	Jeimy Gomez	DOM	2	52kg
Tayna Cardoso	BRA	5	Kiria Tapia	PUR	4	57kg
Jody Ann Weller	USA	5	Jamila Jones	TRI	4	57kg
Leeann Boodram	TRI	RSC	Karen Phillips	St. Lucia		60kg
Adriana Araujo	BRA	13	Mandessa Moses	GUY	1	60kg
Andreia Bandeiria	BRA	W.O.	Elizabeth Burke	TRI		70kg
Chimere Taylor	TRI	16	Meredith Gustina	USA	10	75kg
Yenibier Guillen	DOM	11	Roseli Feitosa	BRA	4	75kg

 Sunday 5^th October 2008

Name	Country	Pts.	Name	Country	Pts.	Wt.
Cynthia Moreno	USA	11	Liseth Loma	BRA	7	54kg
Elisangela Martinelli	BRA	7	Mercedes Alicea	PUR	5	54kg
Caroline Barry	USA	13	Jennifer McConnell	CAN	5	60kg
Adriana Araujo	BRA	16	Leeann Boodram	TRI	4	60kg
Quanitta Lee Underwood	USA	RSC	Nadia Ballot	GUAD		63kg
Katie Dunn	CAN	15	Glauce Alves	BRA	4	63kg
Andreia Bandeira	BRA	RSC	Yessica M. Ramos	GUA		70kg
Franchon Rebecca Crews	USA	W.O.	Veronica Anguasha	ECU		70kg

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4/10/08 – Day Two

 The US once again continued their dominance but suffered their first defeat in the competition. This came at the hands of Trinidad and Tobago’s Chimere Taylor. Taylor gave a commanding performance over a game Meredith Gustina. Gustina came from  8- 1 down in the first round to close the gap at 9-7 at the end of the second. Taylor however, pulled out all the stops and scored more than enough to enjoy a hard fought victory. 

Trinidad’s Jamila Jones built up a good lead in the first round, 4-0 but ended the second round still at four whilst USA’s Jody Ann Weller scored one point. At the beginning of the third, Weller cam out with a flurry of punches and scored two quick points and with one minute to go, evened the score. Jones failed to improve on her initial score and Weller took the lead by one point and held on for a great come from behind victory. 

Guyana’s Mandessa Moses did not give the performance she did at the CABA games a few months ago and suffered a blow-out loss to Brazil’s Ariana Araujo. Araujo fought very much like a professional, landing some devastating body shots. Credit had to be given Moses for making it through the three rounds.

Sunday 5^th October 2008 - Day Three 

Cynthia Moreno opened the night for the US and set the pace for a US four out of four victory margin when she defeated a game Liseth Loma from Ecuador.  Canada suffered their first and only defeat when American Carline Barry out-classed a spirited Jennifer Mc Connell. Mc Connell never stopped moving forward but she did so with her hands a bit too wide and Barry smartly stuck her straight shots directly through the guard.  

Katie Dunn continued form where she left off on Day one of competition when she totally outworked Brazils’ Glauce Alves. Alves was the fighter to talk about on day one when she displayed excellent combinations and accurate punching. This time around however, Dunn made it very difficult for Alves as she presented a constantly moving target. The Canadian used speed and good ring-craft to clearly outscore her opponent.

The match-up between Brazil’s Elisangela Maartinelli and Puerto Rico’s Mercedes Alicea proved to be the bout of the night when the bout went from one side to the next. Alicea took the early lead but a persistent Maartinelli stuck to her guns and moved forward. It was a high skilled bout and Maartinelli did good to win by a two point margin.

WBAN would also like to add a result that we did not have in this story.  On October 3, 2008,former gold medalist, Cheryl Houlihan (San Diego)  beat Equador (Miaria Arcos) in a 14-0 decision.