(JULY 19) This last weekend
we saw some interesting female bouts featured on boxing cards
worldwide. A brief rundown on all of the boxing action,
they are as follows:
Friday night: At the Club Comunicaciones,
Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Anahi Sanchez, 129, now
14-0-0 (6KO), of Buenos Aires, won a ten-round majority decision
over Tamara Nunez, 129.5, 6-7--3 (1KO), of Santa fe, Argentina.
Sanchez was defending her IBF super featherweight title. Final
judges scores were 95-95, 96-94, and 97-93.
In the United States, at the Twin River Event Center, Lincoln,
Rhode Island, Kali "KO" Reis, now 10-5-1 (4KO), of Providence,
won by an eight-round unanimous decision in the middleweight
division, over Althea Saunders, 3-3-2 (0KO), of Atlantic City,
New Jersey. Final judges scores were 80-72, 79-73, and 79-73.
Another USA bout, at the Kissimmee Civic Center, Kissimmee,
Florida, featherweight Chasity Martin won by a four-round
unanimous decision over Ivana Coleman.
In Germany, at the Ballhaus Forum, in Munich, middleweight
Christina Hammer, of Dortmund, Germany, now 19-0-0 (9KO),
defeated Melinda "Angry Bird" Lazar, of Budapest, Hungary by TKO
in the sixth round of a scheduled eight round bout.
In another Germany card, in
Saarland, Germany, Nikki Adler,165¼, of Augsburg, Germany,
successfully defended her WBC title against Elene Sikmashvili,
167½, by winning by a ninth round KO, in a scheduled ten round
bout.
In Mexico, Salon Mezzanine, Tijuana, Mexico, Tania
Enriquez, 109, won a third round TKO [1:21] over Carol Madrid,
109. The bout was scheduled for eight rounds.
Another card in Mexico, at the Arena José Sulaimán, in
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Iranda Torres, 132 1/4, won by a fifth
round TKO over Karla Hernandez, 127 3/4. The bout was scheduled
for six rounds.
Saturday night: At the
Club Social y Deportivo Garín, Garín, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, Macarena Ledesma, 134, won a four-round unanimous
decision over Tania Pereyra, 135. Final judges scores were
40-35, 40-351/2, and 40-35.
Germany, at the Max Schmeling Halle, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin,
Ramona Kuehne, 131.5, won by a sixth round TKO over Ikram Kerwat,
132 1/4. The bout was scheduled for ten rounds.
In the United States, at the Legacy Arena, Birmingham, Alabama
Layla "Amazing" McCarter,142.5, of Nevada, won by an eight-round
unanimous decision over Melissa "Huracan" Hernandez, 138.5, of
Florida. Final judges scores were 8-72, 79-73, and 78-74. This
was their fourth time facing each other in the ring.
Another USA bout, On the "Roar On the Shore" in Erie, PA,
Rosalina Velez won by a four-round unanimous decision over
Samantha Salazar. The two fought in the 118-lb division.
Rosalina said after the fight, "Thank you Ada Velez the best
coach out there and thanks to everyone who showed love and
support who kept cheering me on it. Thank you Mercedes Vazquez
for another opportunity and for everything you do for the
sport."
In Mexico, at the Polideportivo Soraya Jimenez, Los Reyes La
Paz,
Anabel Ortiz, 108, won an eight-round unanimous decision over
Kareli Lopez, 108. Final judges scores were 78-74, 78-74, 77-75.
And lastly, with two female bouts on the card, at the
Centro de Espectáculos del Recinto Ferial, México, Ibeth Zamora
Silva, 108, won by a seventh round TKO over Keisher McLeod
Wells, 106. Ibeth was defending her WBC light flyweight title.
In a second female bout on the card, flyweight Sonia Osorio, won
a four-rounder by points over Leticia Uribe.
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