The official weigh-in for Thursday night’s “Fox Sports Net’s Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period,” featuring two International Female Boxers Association World Championship bouts, will be Wednesday (June 11) at 5 PM/ET at Mohegan Sun in the box office area.
Ron Pitts will be the blow-by-blow announcer and Frank Trigg serves as the color analyst for FSN.
Fox Sports Net’s Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period
Thursday, June 12, 2008 – 7 PM/ET
Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut
10 Rounds – IFBA World Junior Featherweight Championship
Lisa “Bad News” Brown (14-3-3, 4 KOs), Toronto, Canada
vs.
Alicia “Slick” Ashley (14-7-1, 1 KO), Westbury, New York
10 Rounds – IFBA World Welterweight Championship
Jill Emery (8-2, 3 KOs), New York, NY
vs.
Angel Martinez (6-4-1, 1 KO), Dallas, TX
6 Rounds – Flyweights
Elena “Baby Doll” Reid (19-4-5, 5 KOs), Las Vegas, NV
vs.
Ava Knight (3-0-1, 0 KOs), Chico, CA
6 Rounds – Junior Featherweights
Jeri Sitzes (14-7-1, 6 KOs), Springfield, MO
vs.
Ela “Bam Bam” Nunez (6-3, 2 KOs), Jamestown, NY
6 Rounds – Junior Featherweights
Melinda Cooper (18-0, 10 KOs), Las Vegas, NV
vs.
Donna Lee Biggers (19-7-1, 16 KOs), Shelby, NC
Tickets are priced at $10.00, $25.00 and $40.00 and on sale at the Mohegan Sun box office or online at www.mohegansun.com.
Go to www.ifba.com for more information. The undercard will start a 7 PM/ET, followed by the first of three scheduled televised bouts beginning at 8 PM/ET.
IFBA
Since its inception in 1997, the IFBA has sanctioned more than 100 women’s title bouts and was the first to sanction all-women’s cards on cable and broadcast television, including ESPN2, USA Network, Pay-Per-View, Fox Sports International and on SBS, MBC and MBC-ESPN in Korea. With the help of various State Boxing Commissions, the IFBA established many of the rules used in the sport today. The IFBA is sanctioning four championship bouts June 13, featuring a showdown between Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm and Mary Jo Sanders for the vacant IFBA World junior middleweight title and pound-for-pound supremacy, live on pay-per-view television from Albuquerque. For more information, visit www.IFBA.com.
FSN
FSN is the nation’s leading provider of local sports. FSN’s 16 owned-and-operated regional networks and its affiliated networks reach more than 80 million homes across the U.S. FSN serves as the TV home to nearly two-thirds of all MLB, NHL and NBA teams based in the United States. FSN also produces close to 5,000 live local events each year, including more than 1400 in high definition. In addition to its thousands of home team games and a wide variety of locally produced sports programs, FSN televises national sports events and programs, including Pac-10 and ACC basketball and Pac-10 and Big 12 football.
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Emery-Martinez IFBA World Title Fight Added to June 12th show FSN Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period Card at Mohegan Sun
HENDERSON, Nevada– An IFBA World welterweight title fight between Jill Emery and Angel Martinez has been added to Thursday night’s (June 12) Fox Sports Net’s Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period card at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
IFBA World junior featherweight champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown (14-3-3, 4 KOs) and challenger Alicia “Slick” Ashley (14-7-1, 1 KO) headline Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period, presented by Cappiello Boxing in association with Hollybrook Regency, Inc., in the 10-round main event.
Emery-Martinez for the vacant IFBA World welterweight championship replaces the 10-round co-feature with Elena “Baby Doll” Reid (9-4-5, 5 KOs) defending her IFBA World flyweight crown. Reid’s original opponent, Russian invader Anastasia Toktaulova (12-8, 2 KOs), failed to get her visa issued and her replacement, Crystal Hoy, wasn’t approved because she’s still under suspension. Emery was already on the June 12th show, scheduled to face Crystal Nickel in a 6-round bout, but she gladly accepted a world title shot against Martinez. Reid now faces undefeated Ava Knight (3-0-1) in a 6-round non-title fight.
Pittsburgh-native Emery (8-2, 3 KOs), a graduate of Bucknell University, is a 3-time US Nationals champion, who now lives and fights out of New York City, where she is a physical training instructor. She captured top honors four years in the New York Daily News Golden Gloves Championship, won a gold medal in the 2004 Women’s World Boxing Tournament, and was named 2004 USA Boxing’s Female Athlete of the Year. As a pro, Jill was the winner of the first women’s pro fight in Ireland last June by eight-round decision versus Angel McKenzie in a shutout performance, winning all eight rounds on the scorecard.
Martinez (6-4-1, 1 KOs), fighting out of Dallas, has a deceiving record because she’d be 6-1 if not for four fights against Holly Holm, who, ironically, relinquished her IFBA World welterweight that Emery and Martinez are fighting for when she agreed to fight for the vacant IFBA World junior middleweight belt June 13 against Mary Jo Sanders. In addition to fighting a draw with Holm, Martinez holds a 10-round win by decision against former star Christy Martin.
Las Vegas’ undefeated mega-star Melinda Cooper (18-0, 10 KOs) fights for the first time in nearly 18 months versus KO artist Donna “Nature Girl” Biggers (19-7-1, 16 KOs), of Shelby, North Carolina, in a special 6-round junior featherweight bout.
Also on the undercard in a 6-rounder, junior featherweight contender Jeri Stizes (14-7-1, 6 KOs), of Springfield, Missouri, takes on always tough Ela “Bam Bam” Nunez (6-3, 2 KOs), fighting out of Jamestown, New York. All bouts and fighters are subject to change.
Tickets are priced at $10.00, $25.00 and $40.00 and on sale at the Mohegan Sun box office or online at www.mohegansun.com.
Go to www.ifba.com for more information. The undercard will start a 7 PM/ET, followed by the first of three scheduled televised bouts beginning at 8 PM/ET.
IFBA
Since its inception in 1997, the IFBA has sanctioned more than 100 women’s title bouts and was the first to sanction all-women’s cards on cable and broadcast television, including ESPN2, USA Network, Pay-Per-View, Fox Sports International and on SBS, MBC and MBC-ESPN in Korea. With the help of various State Boxing Commissions, the IFBA established many of the rules used in the sport today. The IFBA is sanctioning four championship bouts June 13, featuring a showdown between Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm and Mary Jo Sanders for the vacant IFBA World junior middleweight title and pound-for-pound supremacy, live on pay-per-view television from Albuquerque. For more information, visit www.IFBA.com.
FSN
FSN is the nation’s leading provider of local sports. FSN’s 16 owned-and-operated regional networks and its affiliated networks reach more than 70 million homes across the U.S. FSN serves as the TV home to nearly two-thirds of all MLB, NHL and NBA teams based in the United States. FSN also produces close to 5,000 live local events each year, including more than 1400 in high definition. In addition to its thousands of home team games and a wide variety of locally produced sports programs, FSN televises national sports events and programs, including Pac-10 and ACC basketball and Pac-10 and Big 12 football.
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IFBA World junior featherweight champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown (14-3-3, 4 KOs) and challenger Alicia “Slick” Ashley (14-7-1, 1 KO) headline Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period, presented by Cappiello Boxing in association with Hollybrook Regency, Inc., in the 10-round main event.
Emery-Martinez for the vacant IFBA World welterweight championship replaces the 10-round co-feature with Elena “Baby Doll” Reid (9-4-5, 5 KOs) defending her IFBA World flyweight crown. Reid’s original opponent, Russian invader Anastasia Toktaulova (12-8, 2 KOs), failed to get her visa issued and her replacement, Crystal Hoy, wasn’t approved because she’s still under suspension. Emery was already on the June 12th show, scheduled to face Crystal Nickel in a 6-round bout, but she gladly accepted a world title shot against Martinez. Reid now faces undefeated Ava Knight (3-0-1) in a 6-round non-title fight.
Pittsburgh-native Emery (8-2, 3 KOs), a graduate of Bucknell University, is a 3-time US Nationals champion, who now lives and fights out of New York City, where she is a physical training instructor. She captured top honors four years in the New York Daily News Golden Gloves Championship, won a gold medal in the 2004 Women’s World Boxing Tournament, and was named 2004 USA Boxing’s Female Athlete of the Year. As a pro, Jill was the winner of the first women’s pro fight in Ireland last June by eight-round decision versus Angel McKenzie in a shutout performance, winning all eight rounds on the scorecard.
Martinez (6-4-1, 1 KOs), fighting out of Dallas, has a deceiving record because she’d be 6-1 if not for four fights against Holly Holm, who, ironically, relinquished her IFBA World welterweight that Emery and Martinez are fighting for when she agreed to fight for the vacant IFBA World junior middleweight belt June 13 against Mary Jo Sanders. In addition to fighting a draw with Holm, Martinez holds a 10-round win by decision against former star Christy Martin.
Las Vegas’ undefeated mega-star Melinda Cooper (18-0, 10 KOs) fights for the first time in nearly 18 months versus KO artist Donna “Nature Girl” Biggers (19-7-1, 16 KOs), of Shelby, North Carolina, in a special 6-round junior featherweight bout.
Also on the undercard in a 6-rounder, junior featherweight contender Jeri Stizes (14-7-1, 6 KOs), of Springfield, Missouri, takes on always tough Ela “Bam Bam” Nunez (6-3, 2 KOs), fighting out of Jamestown, New York. All bouts and fighters are subject to change.
Tickets are priced at $10.00, $25.00 and $40.00 and on sale at the Mohegan Sun box office or online at www.mohegansun.com.
Go to www.ifba.com for more information. The undercard will start a 7 PM/ET, followed by the first of three scheduled televised bouts beginning at 8 PM/ET.
IFBA
Since its inception in 1997, the IFBA has sanctioned more than 100 women’s title bouts and was the first to sanction all-women’s cards on cable and broadcast television, including ESPN2, USA Network, Pay-Per-View, Fox Sports International and on SBS, MBC and MBC-ESPN in Korea. With the help of various State Boxing Commissions, the IFBA established many of the rules used in the sport today. The IFBA is sanctioning four championship bouts June 13, featuring a showdown between Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm and Mary Jo Sanders for the vacant IFBA World junior middleweight title and pound-for-pound supremacy, live on pay-per-view television from Albuquerque. For more information, visit www.IFBA.com.
FSN
FSN is the nation’s leading provider of local sports. FSN’s 16 owned-and-operated regional networks and its affiliated networks reach more than 70 million homes across the U.S. FSN serves as the TV home to nearly two-thirds of all MLB, NHL and NBA teams based in the United States. FSN also produces close to 5,000 live local events each year, including more than 1400 in high definition. In addition to its thousands of home team games and a wide variety of locally produced sports programs, FSN televises national sports events and programs, including Pac-10 and ACC basketball and Pac-10 and Big 12 football.
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Historic women's pro boxing week
Women’s boxing history will be made when an all-women’s pay-per-view card, “Finally,”“Finally” Pay-Per-View
Friday, June 13, 2008 – 10 PM/ET (8 PM/MT)
Isleta Casino & Resort, Albuquerque, NM
10 Rounds – IFBA World Junior Middleweights
Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (21-1-2, 6 KOs), Albuquerque, MN vs.
Mary Jo Sanders (25-0, 8 KOs), Detroit, MI
10 Rounds – IFBA World Lightweight Championship
Chevelle “Fists of Steel” Hallback (26-5-2, 11 KOs), Tampa, FL vs.
Jeannine “G9” Garside (7-0-1, 3 KOs), Windsor, Ontario, Canada
10 Rounds – IBA World Strawweight & IFBA World Mini-Flyweight Championships
Wendy “Little Thunder” Rodriguez (18-4, 3 KOs), Los Angeles, CA vs.
Hollie “Hot Stuff” Dunaway (21-6, 10 KOs), Las Vegas, NV
10 Rounds – IFBA World Junior Flyweight Championship
Carina “La Reina” Moreno (17-1, 5 KOs), Watsonville, CA vs.
Eileen “Hawaian Mongoose” Olszewski (5-0-1, 0 KOs), New York, NY
“Finally” Pay-Per-View Fighters
Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm: A preacher’s daughter growing up in New Mexico, she got into boxing through aerobics – actually kickboxing – and now years later she is arguably the leading female pound-for-pound boxer today with seven world title belts, covering three different weight classes (light welterweight to light middleweight)…..tried gymnastics, swimming and diving before she got into kickboxing in 2002…..6-0 as an amateur kick-boxer, including top honors in a national championship, but soon switched to boxing and made her pro boxing debut January 24, 2002 in Albuquerque, defeating Martha Deitchman by third-round TKO…… the 2007 WBAN and The Ring, as well as the IFBA 2006 & 2007 Fighter of the Year…..perfect 10-0 record in world title fights. Named The Ring magazine’s 2005 and 2006 Fighter of the Year, Holly has fought on ESPN2 and The Best Damn Sports Show….reigning IFBA, IBA, WBC, WBA, WIBA & GBU welterweight champion.
Mary Jo Sanders: The Queen of the Middleweights is a born athlete, the daughter of Football Hall of Fame inductee and former Detroit Lions star tight end, Charlie Sanders…..she excelled in track and field, basketball, gymnastics, bodybuilding – 1998 Miss Natural Michigan heavyweight champion – and kickboxing….also competed in Tough Woman contests, in which, she won a world championship in the open-weight competition in 2000, giving away as much as 90 pounds to her opponent…..a gifted boxer who won her division in the 2002 Detroit Golden Gloves and has gone on to win all 25 of her professional prizefights, four world titles in four different divisions – light welterweight through middleweight. She is 5-0 in world title fights and has beaten nine world champions….reigning IBA middleweight champion.
Chevelle Hallback: Pound-for-pound arguably one of the top athletes in women’s boxing today, as well as one of the most recognized female fighters because of exposure she’s received several times on television, and her willingness to take on some of the sport’s biggest names…..unable to find suitable opponents when she first started boxing in 1996, she skipped amateur boxing and turned pro on February 21, 1997, stopping Connie Plosser in the opening round of their fight in Miami…..the subject of a short film entitled, Fists of Steel, directed by Annie Griffith, about female boxing, gender-politics, family and religious issues….studied psychology at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa…..reigning WIBA & IB junior middleweight champion.
Jeannie “G9” Garside: Highly-decorated Canadian amateur boxer and rising star in professional boxing, capturing the WIBA super bantamweight title in only her fourth pro fight, and the WIBA featherweight title in her seventh…. Jeannine started boxing after watching Christy Martin fight on a Mike Tyson undercard in1996, quickly developing into the 1998 & 1999 British Columbia champion and 1998 British Columbia Fighter of the Year. She earned a spot on the Canadian National Women’s Boxing Team and won a gold medal in the 2000 Canadian National Championships….boxing career suffered a set-back when she tore an ACL in her knee during a touch football game in 2000, which required reconstructive surgery….in 2001 she reached the semifinals of the AIBA World Amateur Championships but the following year she won her fourth straight national title. Garside finished her amateur career with a 40-5 record and she made her pro debut on December 4, 2004, taking a four-round decision from Heather Percival in Tacoma, Washington….managed by well known Jackie Kallen….reigning WIBA featherweight champion.
Hollie “Hot Stuff” Dunaway: Only 23-years-old and has captured four world titles….. no amateur background and began boxing at 18 in Fort Smith, Arkansas….became interested in boxing, feeling that it looked like fun, by watching other females training at the World Class Fitness Center in Fort Smith…..first turned pro in 2003, getting stopped in the second round against Melissa Shaffer (3-0) in Memphis, Tennessee. Because Hollie didn’t have a promoter, she became a road warrior, fighting her opponents in their backyard, which explains her 3-3 start as a pro and relatively slow development until moving to St. Louis and signing with Rumble Time Promotions in 2007….recently relocated in Las Vegas to help hr boxing career….reigning WIBF-GBU & WIBC minimumweight and NABF flyweight champion.
Wendy “Little Thunder” Rodriguez: Holds a degree in child development and works in infancy relationship, making home visits for play therapy with needy children who are sick….. the diminutive (4-11) fighter is certainly testimony to the old statement about good things coming in small packages…she packs a solid punch and already has captured three titles….the stylish boxer compensates for her lack of size by frustrating her opponents with slick moves and tremendous boxing skills….had only had six amateur matches, including a win by four-round decision against Canadian National silver medalist Tracey Stevens, before turning pro on May 14, 1999, winning a four-round decision versus Lisa Butler…she is the reigning IBA junior flyweight champion.
Eileen “The Hawaiian Mongoose” Olszewski: By boxing standard a late bloomer having captured her first world title at the tender age of 39…..former New York Knicks dancer, born in Hawaii as Miyoko Kuwaye….became a world champion in only her sixth pro fight…..ballet student who also has done stunt work in movies… first introduced to boxing nearly 20 years ago by her father, but she really didn’t get into it until meeting her now husband and head trainer, Matthew, at his New York martial arts studio when she was preparing for a role as a stunt double…..a natural from the beginning, albeit her late start, she went on to make her mark in amateur boxing, winning three U.S. national championships, as well as a gold medal at the 2001 Pan-Am Games. She retired at the age of 35 after registering a 28-0 record in U.S. amateur competition and 3-4 in International matches……made her pro debut on November 3, 2007, winning a four-round decision from Kimberly Torres at the Montecello Raceway in New York….reigning WIBA flyweight champion.
Carina “La Reina” Moreno: She sells tortillas and manning the cash register at her family’s Tacos Moreno in Watsonville, California… relatively shy, wide eyed 26-year old who was the World Boxing Council’s 2007 Female Fighter of the Year…..her cousin taught her how to hit the heavy bag when she was seven, never realizing that she’d grow into a 5’ 0” fighting machine and world-class boxer…at 18 she started out as a kick-boxer but she soon discovered that finding opponents was going to be a problem, so she got into boxing, and the rest is history…..started boxing in 2000 and she immediately showed her potential, defeating 2-time national champion Linda Carrillo in the final of the USA Boxing Everlast National Championships. Off of the aforementioned performance, she was chosen to represent the United States in the Feenix Box Cup in Finland, where she won a gold medal and was selected “Best Fighter of the Tournament”….. her highly-decorated amateur career (36-2) concluded after she learned that female boxing would not be included in the 2004 Olympics….made her pro debut on July 3, 2003, winning a four-round decision against Cecelia Barraza (2-0) and went on to win her first eight pro bouts…..a business student at Cabrillo Junior College in Aptos (CA), she balances school, working at her family’s restaurant and her boxing career, training nights in gyms at Watsonville, Gilroy, San Jose, Los Angeles and Reno, Nevada….often spars with men who outweigh her by as much as 20 pounds, runs 3-4 miles every morning, and lifts weight three times a week.
Women's Boxing is supported the night before by an all-women’s nationally televised show, Fox Sport Network’s Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period. A total of six world championship bouts will be held for seven different world titles –6 International Female Boxers Association (IFBA) and one International Boxing Association (IBA).
Fox Sports Net’s Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period
Thursday, June 12, 2008 – 7 PM/ET
Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut
10 Rounds – IFBA World Junior Featherweight Championship
Lisa “Bad News” Brown (14-3-3, 4 KOs), Toronto, Canada vs.
Alicia “Slick” Ashley (14-7-1, 1 KO), Westbury, New York
10 Rounds – IFBA World Flyweight Championship
Elena “Baby Doll” Reid (19-4-5, 5 KOs), Las Vegas, NV vs.
Crystal Hoy (3-1-2, 2 KOs), Las Vegas, NV
6 Rounds – Junior Featherweights
Melinda Cooper (18-0, 10 KOs), Las Vegas, NV vs.
Donna Lee Biggers (19-7-1, 16 KOs), Shelby, NC
6 Rounds – Junior Featherweights
Jeri Sitzes (14-7-1, 6 KOs), Springfield, MO vs.
Ela “Bam Bam” Nunez (6-3, 2 KOs), Jamestown, NY
6 Rounds – Middleweights
Jill Emery (8-2, 3 KOs), New York, NY vs.
Cristy Nickel (7-6, 4 KOs), New York, NY
Best Damn Championships Fight Night Period Fighters
Lisa “Bad News” Brown: Trinidad and Tobago born, lives in Toronto…..late bloomer who didn’t start boxing until she was 26, after watching Christy Martin fight Dierdre Gogarty on a Mike Tyson PPC card, as well as encouraged by her husband and former pro boxer, Errol Brown, who still serves as her head trainer…..Lisa moved with her family in 1988 to a suburb of Toronto, where she won a pair of Ottawa regional championships. She competed in the Canadian national amateur championships in 1998, when she came within a point of capturing a gold medal, which she won the following year…..won 26 of 32 amateur matches, turned pro May 5, 2000 in Tucson (AZ), defeating Leilano Salazar by fourth-round TKO…..reigning IFBA World Junior Featherweight Champion.
Alicia Ashley
Alicia “Slick” Ashley: Transformed kick-boxer who was 10-0-1 before switching to boxing in the mid-nineties…..moved to New York City from her native Jamaica with her family at the age of 11, intending to follow in the footsteps of her professional dancing father……dance student since the age of six, she received scholarships to the renowned Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham schools….brother, Maurice, is the first and only black International Chess Grandmaster, while her other brother and head trainer, Devon, is 4-time World champion kick-boxer……devastating knee injury ended her dance career but she got into karate to fill the void, excelled at it, but quickly learned that she needed to develop boxing skills to successfully compete in kick-boxing……eventually became an amateur boxer and went on to win three consecutive New York Golden Gloves titles as well as a pair of U.S. National championships as a 125-pound boxer. After winning 16 of 18 amateur bouts she turned pro January 29, 1999, winning a six-round split decision against Lisa Howarth in Atlantic City…..Reigning NABF super bantamweight champion.
Elena “Baby Doll” Reid: One of the most athletic women boxers in the world. She played soccer, basketball, softball, volleyball and was a cheerleader through high school….no amateur boxing background….she started boxing at 15 and but competed in karate and kick-boxing, winning an Arizona state kickboxing title when she was 17…..made her pro boxing debut on April 18, 2000, winning a four-round decision against Jo Ellen Caldwell ….also a professional MMA fighter….reigning IFBA World flyweight champion
Elena Reid
Crystal Hoy: The best kept secret in women’s boxing today….. relatively unknown having fought only four times between 2002 and 2004, inactive since November 19, 2005when she walked up the three steps into the ring to face Lovato in their 8-round title fight… the dangerous Hoy floored Lovato twice in the seventh round but she lost a controversial decision (74-76, 74-76, 74-75) in Lovato’s hometown of Albuquerque that was met by heavy booing upon announcement…after the fight Lovato called Hoy an underestimated, hard hitter who was her toughest opponent…..took title fight against fellow Las Vegan Elena Reid on two weeks notice…..they have sparred several times....trained by highly respected Jessie Reid.
Melinda Cooper: Las Vegas crowd favorite who at the tender age of 23 rates among the most dominant smaller weight fighters in the world today….started boxing in 1996 when she wondered into the Nevada Partners gym and met trainer James Pena. …..developed into a U.S. national amateur champion, winning the Women’s National Golden Gloves in the 112-pound division for 14-15 year olds, the first of many regional and national titles she collected….. the first Nevada female to capture a USA Boxing National Championship, taking gold at the 2000 U.S. Everlast Championships in the 106-pound junior division. She added the 125-pound crown junior division at the 2001 Women’s National Golden Gloves…..after posting an impressive 37-2 amateur record, she turned pro at 17 with a four-round unanimous decision March 23, 2002 against Annalisa Middleton in Las Vegas. …Reigning IBA flyweight champion.
Donna Lee “Nature Girl” Biggers: At 34 has become the unofficial gatekeeper of the featherweight and super bantamweight divisions in women’s boxing…..dangerous slugger got into boxing by accident, always staying in shape, one day she ran into Billy Mitchem, who owed Headhunter’s Gym in nearby Spartanburg, South Carolina. Biggers checked out his gym, tried boxing, and fell in love with the sport….. pro debut was July 19, 2003, when she won a four-round decision against Helen Shari Penson in Tennessee. Donna Lee went unbeaten through her first 12 fights (11-0-1)….former 3-time world champion.
Jeri “Fists of Fury” Stizes: Active professional boxing as well as kickboxing, in which, she sports a perfect 9-0 record…..Never one to duck an opponent, Sitzes has taken on all comers in boxing since making her pro debut May 9, 2007 on the short end of a four-round decision to Renee Richardt (7-0-1) in St. Louis. Jeri started a pattern of winning a few, losing a few, but many of her losses would be to world champions and top contenders such as Melinda Cooper, Lisa Brown, Kelsey Jeffries, and Mary Ortega.
Ela “Bam Bam” Nunez: A 30-year-old single mother of four, the Puerto Rico native has been boxing since she was 10, despite not having too much of an amateur background. She lost her first two pro fights to the same boxer, Dominga Olivo, by four and six round decisions in 2007. Nunez’ first victory was a four-round shutout (40-36 three times) versus Addy Irizarry at Mohegan Sun.
Jill Emery: Bucknell University graduate with one of the richest amateur pedigrees in women’s professional boxing…3-time US Nationals champion, captured top honors four years in the New York Daily News Golden Gloves Championship, won a gold medal in the 2004 Women’s World Boxing Tournament, and was named 2004 USA Boxing’s Female Athlete of the Year….extended her amateur career in hopes of women’s boxing being added to the Olympics. When that didn’t come to fruition she turned pro on February 4, 2005, winning a four-round decision against Cassandra Lindsey in Florida….the 5-8, southpaw on June 23, 2007 became the winner of the first women’s pro fight in Ireland by eight-round decision versus Angel McKenzie in a shutout performance, winning all eight rounds on the scorecard….fitness trainer in New York City.
Cristy Nickel
Cristy “Code Red” Nickel: U. of Memphis graduate involved in exercise and wellness since 1994….born in California but raised on a family ranch in the mountains of northern Idaho….dreamed of becoming a fitness competitor and did at 17, when she began to grow after watching a “Ms. Fitness” competition on television. After graduating and moving to a larger city, she began to lift weights, watch her diet and study about the sport of body building…..In the summer of 2003 Cristy finally competed in her first competition, placing in the top 5 in all three of the shows she competed in….all of the extreme dieting and twice-a-day training took its toll on and she burned out by the end of that summer….started looking for a workout that would allow her to maintain her fitness level and she discovered boxing….In April 2004, Cristy made her pro debut against Miriam Brakache and, despite dropping a four round decision, fans immediately took to the new fighter with the spiked hair and intriguing fight wardrobe choice…..In 2005, she was one of only six Americans fighters, including Eric “Butterbean” Ecsh and Mia St. John, to be invited to fight on a card in Beijing, China……received a call in the spring of 2006 from the producers of MTV’s hit reality show “MADE.” They were looking for a boxing coach to turn a lazy high school quitter into a hard-hitting boxer in only six weeks and put her in a real fight. Nickel auditioned against coaches from all over the country and after an intense and lengthy screening process, she was offered the position, and the episode was chosen as the season premier, continuing to re-run to date in over 60 countries. The success of the show landed her an opportunity to move to New York City in June, 2005….started her own business as a personal trainer and boxing coach at “Peak Performance,” New York’s exclusive private training facility on West 21st and 6th in the Flat Iron District…. her expanding clientele list includes numerous celebrities (including Katie Couric), CEO’s, athletes, writers, editors, new moms, and stressed-out Wall Street brokers, to name a few.
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Friday, June 13, 2008 – 10 PM/ET (8 PM/MT)
Isleta Casino & Resort, Albuquerque, NM
10 Rounds – IFBA World Junior Middleweights
Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (21-1-2, 6 KOs), Albuquerque, MN vs.
Mary Jo Sanders (25-0, 8 KOs), Detroit, MI
10 Rounds – IFBA World Lightweight Championship
Chevelle “Fists of Steel” Hallback (26-5-2, 11 KOs), Tampa, FL vs.
Jeannine “G9” Garside (7-0-1, 3 KOs), Windsor, Ontario, Canada
10 Rounds – IBA World Strawweight & IFBA World Mini-Flyweight Championships
Wendy “Little Thunder” Rodriguez (18-4, 3 KOs), Los Angeles, CA vs.
Hollie “Hot Stuff” Dunaway (21-6, 10 KOs), Las Vegas, NV
10 Rounds – IFBA World Junior Flyweight Championship
Carina “La Reina” Moreno (17-1, 5 KOs), Watsonville, CA vs.
Eileen “Hawaian Mongoose” Olszewski (5-0-1, 0 KOs), New York, NY
“Finally” Pay-Per-View Fighters
Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm: A preacher’s daughter growing up in New Mexico, she got into boxing through aerobics – actually kickboxing – and now years later she is arguably the leading female pound-for-pound boxer today with seven world title belts, covering three different weight classes (light welterweight to light middleweight)…..tried gymnastics, swimming and diving before she got into kickboxing in 2002…..6-0 as an amateur kick-boxer, including top honors in a national championship, but soon switched to boxing and made her pro boxing debut January 24, 2002 in Albuquerque, defeating Martha Deitchman by third-round TKO…… the 2007 WBAN and The Ring, as well as the IFBA 2006 & 2007 Fighter of the Year…..perfect 10-0 record in world title fights. Named The Ring magazine’s 2005 and 2006 Fighter of the Year, Holly has fought on ESPN2 and The Best Damn Sports Show….reigning IFBA, IBA, WBC, WBA, WIBA & GBU welterweight champion.
Mary Jo Sanders: The Queen of the Middleweights is a born athlete, the daughter of Football Hall of Fame inductee and former Detroit Lions star tight end, Charlie Sanders…..she excelled in track and field, basketball, gymnastics, bodybuilding – 1998 Miss Natural Michigan heavyweight champion – and kickboxing….also competed in Tough Woman contests, in which, she won a world championship in the open-weight competition in 2000, giving away as much as 90 pounds to her opponent…..a gifted boxer who won her division in the 2002 Detroit Golden Gloves and has gone on to win all 25 of her professional prizefights, four world titles in four different divisions – light welterweight through middleweight. She is 5-0 in world title fights and has beaten nine world champions….reigning IBA middleweight champion.
Chevelle Hallback: Pound-for-pound arguably one of the top athletes in women’s boxing today, as well as one of the most recognized female fighters because of exposure she’s received several times on television, and her willingness to take on some of the sport’s biggest names…..unable to find suitable opponents when she first started boxing in 1996, she skipped amateur boxing and turned pro on February 21, 1997, stopping Connie Plosser in the opening round of their fight in Miami…..the subject of a short film entitled, Fists of Steel, directed by Annie Griffith, about female boxing, gender-politics, family and religious issues….studied psychology at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa…..reigning WIBA & IB junior middleweight champion.
Jeannie “G9” Garside: Highly-decorated Canadian amateur boxer and rising star in professional boxing, capturing the WIBA super bantamweight title in only her fourth pro fight, and the WIBA featherweight title in her seventh…. Jeannine started boxing after watching Christy Martin fight on a Mike Tyson undercard in1996, quickly developing into the 1998 & 1999 British Columbia champion and 1998 British Columbia Fighter of the Year. She earned a spot on the Canadian National Women’s Boxing Team and won a gold medal in the 2000 Canadian National Championships….boxing career suffered a set-back when she tore an ACL in her knee during a touch football game in 2000, which required reconstructive surgery….in 2001 she reached the semifinals of the AIBA World Amateur Championships but the following year she won her fourth straight national title. Garside finished her amateur career with a 40-5 record and she made her pro debut on December 4, 2004, taking a four-round decision from Heather Percival in Tacoma, Washington….managed by well known Jackie Kallen….reigning WIBA featherweight champion.
Hollie “Hot Stuff” Dunaway: Only 23-years-old and has captured four world titles….. no amateur background and began boxing at 18 in Fort Smith, Arkansas….became interested in boxing, feeling that it looked like fun, by watching other females training at the World Class Fitness Center in Fort Smith…..first turned pro in 2003, getting stopped in the second round against Melissa Shaffer (3-0) in Memphis, Tennessee. Because Hollie didn’t have a promoter, she became a road warrior, fighting her opponents in their backyard, which explains her 3-3 start as a pro and relatively slow development until moving to St. Louis and signing with Rumble Time Promotions in 2007….recently relocated in Las Vegas to help hr boxing career….reigning WIBF-GBU & WIBC minimumweight and NABF flyweight champion.
Wendy “Little Thunder” Rodriguez: Holds a degree in child development and works in infancy relationship, making home visits for play therapy with needy children who are sick….. the diminutive (4-11) fighter is certainly testimony to the old statement about good things coming in small packages…she packs a solid punch and already has captured three titles….the stylish boxer compensates for her lack of size by frustrating her opponents with slick moves and tremendous boxing skills….had only had six amateur matches, including a win by four-round decision against Canadian National silver medalist Tracey Stevens, before turning pro on May 14, 1999, winning a four-round decision versus Lisa Butler…she is the reigning IBA junior flyweight champion.
Eileen “The Hawaiian Mongoose” Olszewski: By boxing standard a late bloomer having captured her first world title at the tender age of 39…..former New York Knicks dancer, born in Hawaii as Miyoko Kuwaye….became a world champion in only her sixth pro fight…..ballet student who also has done stunt work in movies… first introduced to boxing nearly 20 years ago by her father, but she really didn’t get into it until meeting her now husband and head trainer, Matthew, at his New York martial arts studio when she was preparing for a role as a stunt double…..a natural from the beginning, albeit her late start, she went on to make her mark in amateur boxing, winning three U.S. national championships, as well as a gold medal at the 2001 Pan-Am Games. She retired at the age of 35 after registering a 28-0 record in U.S. amateur competition and 3-4 in International matches……made her pro debut on November 3, 2007, winning a four-round decision from Kimberly Torres at the Montecello Raceway in New York….reigning WIBA flyweight champion.
Carina “La Reina” Moreno: She sells tortillas and manning the cash register at her family’s Tacos Moreno in Watsonville, California… relatively shy, wide eyed 26-year old who was the World Boxing Council’s 2007 Female Fighter of the Year…..her cousin taught her how to hit the heavy bag when she was seven, never realizing that she’d grow into a 5’ 0” fighting machine and world-class boxer…at 18 she started out as a kick-boxer but she soon discovered that finding opponents was going to be a problem, so she got into boxing, and the rest is history…..started boxing in 2000 and she immediately showed her potential, defeating 2-time national champion Linda Carrillo in the final of the USA Boxing Everlast National Championships. Off of the aforementioned performance, she was chosen to represent the United States in the Feenix Box Cup in Finland, where she won a gold medal and was selected “Best Fighter of the Tournament”….. her highly-decorated amateur career (36-2) concluded after she learned that female boxing would not be included in the 2004 Olympics….made her pro debut on July 3, 2003, winning a four-round decision against Cecelia Barraza (2-0) and went on to win her first eight pro bouts…..a business student at Cabrillo Junior College in Aptos (CA), she balances school, working at her family’s restaurant and her boxing career, training nights in gyms at Watsonville, Gilroy, San Jose, Los Angeles and Reno, Nevada….often spars with men who outweigh her by as much as 20 pounds, runs 3-4 miles every morning, and lifts weight three times a week.
Women's Boxing is supported the night before by an all-women’s nationally televised show, Fox Sport Network’s Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period. A total of six world championship bouts will be held for seven different world titles –6 International Female Boxers Association (IFBA) and one International Boxing Association (IBA).
Fox Sports Net’s Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period
Thursday, June 12, 2008 – 7 PM/ET
Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut
10 Rounds – IFBA World Junior Featherweight Championship
Lisa “Bad News” Brown (14-3-3, 4 KOs), Toronto, Canada vs.
Alicia “Slick” Ashley (14-7-1, 1 KO), Westbury, New York
10 Rounds – IFBA World Flyweight Championship
Elena “Baby Doll” Reid (19-4-5, 5 KOs), Las Vegas, NV vs.
Crystal Hoy (3-1-2, 2 KOs), Las Vegas, NV
6 Rounds – Junior Featherweights
Melinda Cooper (18-0, 10 KOs), Las Vegas, NV vs.
Donna Lee Biggers (19-7-1, 16 KOs), Shelby, NC
6 Rounds – Junior Featherweights
Jeri Sitzes (14-7-1, 6 KOs), Springfield, MO vs.
Ela “Bam Bam” Nunez (6-3, 2 KOs), Jamestown, NY
6 Rounds – Middleweights
Jill Emery (8-2, 3 KOs), New York, NY vs.
Cristy Nickel (7-6, 4 KOs), New York, NY
Best Damn Championships Fight Night Period Fighters
Lisa “Bad News” Brown: Trinidad and Tobago born, lives in Toronto…..late bloomer who didn’t start boxing until she was 26, after watching Christy Martin fight Dierdre Gogarty on a Mike Tyson PPC card, as well as encouraged by her husband and former pro boxer, Errol Brown, who still serves as her head trainer…..Lisa moved with her family in 1988 to a suburb of Toronto, where she won a pair of Ottawa regional championships. She competed in the Canadian national amateur championships in 1998, when she came within a point of capturing a gold medal, which she won the following year…..won 26 of 32 amateur matches, turned pro May 5, 2000 in Tucson (AZ), defeating Leilano Salazar by fourth-round TKO…..reigning IFBA World Junior Featherweight Champion.
Alicia Ashley
Alicia “Slick” Ashley: Transformed kick-boxer who was 10-0-1 before switching to boxing in the mid-nineties…..moved to New York City from her native Jamaica with her family at the age of 11, intending to follow in the footsteps of her professional dancing father……dance student since the age of six, she received scholarships to the renowned Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham schools….brother, Maurice, is the first and only black International Chess Grandmaster, while her other brother and head trainer, Devon, is 4-time World champion kick-boxer……devastating knee injury ended her dance career but she got into karate to fill the void, excelled at it, but quickly learned that she needed to develop boxing skills to successfully compete in kick-boxing……eventually became an amateur boxer and went on to win three consecutive New York Golden Gloves titles as well as a pair of U.S. National championships as a 125-pound boxer. After winning 16 of 18 amateur bouts she turned pro January 29, 1999, winning a six-round split decision against Lisa Howarth in Atlantic City…..Reigning NABF super bantamweight champion.
Elena “Baby Doll” Reid: One of the most athletic women boxers in the world. She played soccer, basketball, softball, volleyball and was a cheerleader through high school….no amateur boxing background….she started boxing at 15 and but competed in karate and kick-boxing, winning an Arizona state kickboxing title when she was 17…..made her pro boxing debut on April 18, 2000, winning a four-round decision against Jo Ellen Caldwell ….also a professional MMA fighter….reigning IFBA World flyweight champion
Elena Reid
Crystal Hoy: The best kept secret in women’s boxing today….. relatively unknown having fought only four times between 2002 and 2004, inactive since November 19, 2005when she walked up the three steps into the ring to face Lovato in their 8-round title fight… the dangerous Hoy floored Lovato twice in the seventh round but she lost a controversial decision (74-76, 74-76, 74-75) in Lovato’s hometown of Albuquerque that was met by heavy booing upon announcement…after the fight Lovato called Hoy an underestimated, hard hitter who was her toughest opponent…..took title fight against fellow Las Vegan Elena Reid on two weeks notice…..they have sparred several times....trained by highly respected Jessie Reid.
Melinda Cooper: Las Vegas crowd favorite who at the tender age of 23 rates among the most dominant smaller weight fighters in the world today….started boxing in 1996 when she wondered into the Nevada Partners gym and met trainer James Pena. …..developed into a U.S. national amateur champion, winning the Women’s National Golden Gloves in the 112-pound division for 14-15 year olds, the first of many regional and national titles she collected….. the first Nevada female to capture a USA Boxing National Championship, taking gold at the 2000 U.S. Everlast Championships in the 106-pound junior division. She added the 125-pound crown junior division at the 2001 Women’s National Golden Gloves…..after posting an impressive 37-2 amateur record, she turned pro at 17 with a four-round unanimous decision March 23, 2002 against Annalisa Middleton in Las Vegas. …Reigning IBA flyweight champion.
Donna Lee “Nature Girl” Biggers: At 34 has become the unofficial gatekeeper of the featherweight and super bantamweight divisions in women’s boxing…..dangerous slugger got into boxing by accident, always staying in shape, one day she ran into Billy Mitchem, who owed Headhunter’s Gym in nearby Spartanburg, South Carolina. Biggers checked out his gym, tried boxing, and fell in love with the sport….. pro debut was July 19, 2003, when she won a four-round decision against Helen Shari Penson in Tennessee. Donna Lee went unbeaten through her first 12 fights (11-0-1)….former 3-time world champion.
Jeri “Fists of Fury” Stizes: Active professional boxing as well as kickboxing, in which, she sports a perfect 9-0 record…..Never one to duck an opponent, Sitzes has taken on all comers in boxing since making her pro debut May 9, 2007 on the short end of a four-round decision to Renee Richardt (7-0-1) in St. Louis. Jeri started a pattern of winning a few, losing a few, but many of her losses would be to world champions and top contenders such as Melinda Cooper, Lisa Brown, Kelsey Jeffries, and Mary Ortega.
Ela “Bam Bam” Nunez: A 30-year-old single mother of four, the Puerto Rico native has been boxing since she was 10, despite not having too much of an amateur background. She lost her first two pro fights to the same boxer, Dominga Olivo, by four and six round decisions in 2007. Nunez’ first victory was a four-round shutout (40-36 three times) versus Addy Irizarry at Mohegan Sun.
Jill Emery: Bucknell University graduate with one of the richest amateur pedigrees in women’s professional boxing…3-time US Nationals champion, captured top honors four years in the New York Daily News Golden Gloves Championship, won a gold medal in the 2004 Women’s World Boxing Tournament, and was named 2004 USA Boxing’s Female Athlete of the Year….extended her amateur career in hopes of women’s boxing being added to the Olympics. When that didn’t come to fruition she turned pro on February 4, 2005, winning a four-round decision against Cassandra Lindsey in Florida….the 5-8, southpaw on June 23, 2007 became the winner of the first women’s pro fight in Ireland by eight-round decision versus Angel McKenzie in a shutout performance, winning all eight rounds on the scorecard….fitness trainer in New York City.
Cristy Nickel
Cristy “Code Red” Nickel: U. of Memphis graduate involved in exercise and wellness since 1994….born in California but raised on a family ranch in the mountains of northern Idaho….dreamed of becoming a fitness competitor and did at 17, when she began to grow after watching a “Ms. Fitness” competition on television. After graduating and moving to a larger city, she began to lift weights, watch her diet and study about the sport of body building…..In the summer of 2003 Cristy finally competed in her first competition, placing in the top 5 in all three of the shows she competed in….all of the extreme dieting and twice-a-day training took its toll on and she burned out by the end of that summer….started looking for a workout that would allow her to maintain her fitness level and she discovered boxing….In April 2004, Cristy made her pro debut against Miriam Brakache and, despite dropping a four round decision, fans immediately took to the new fighter with the spiked hair and intriguing fight wardrobe choice…..In 2005, she was one of only six Americans fighters, including Eric “Butterbean” Ecsh and Mia St. John, to be invited to fight on a card in Beijing, China……received a call in the spring of 2006 from the producers of MTV’s hit reality show “MADE.” They were looking for a boxing coach to turn a lazy high school quitter into a hard-hitting boxer in only six weeks and put her in a real fight. Nickel auditioned against coaches from all over the country and after an intense and lengthy screening process, she was offered the position, and the episode was chosen as the season premier, continuing to re-run to date in over 60 countries. The success of the show landed her an opportunity to move to New York City in June, 2005….started her own business as a personal trainer and boxing coach at “Peak Performance,” New York’s exclusive private training facility on West 21st and 6th in the Flat Iron District…. her expanding clientele list includes numerous celebrities (including Katie Couric), CEO’s, athletes, writers, editors, new moms, and stressed-out Wall Street brokers, to name a few.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Alicia “Slick” Ashley: Dancing’s loss, boxing’s gain, FSN Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period Card June 12 at Mohegan Sun
HENDERSON, Nevada- If not for a knee injury, three-time world champion boxer Alicia “Slick” Ashley would probably be a pro on “Dancing With The Stars” instead of in the ring.
Ashley (14-7-1, 1 KO), fighting out of Westbury (NY) challenges IFBA World junior featherweight champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown (14-3-3, 4 KOs) on Thursday evening, June 12 in the 10-round main event on Fox Sports Net’s Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period card at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period, presented by Cappiello Boxing in association with Hollybrook Regency, Inc., also features Russian invader Anastasia Toktaulova (12-8, 2 KOs) challenging IFBA World flyweight champion Elena “Baby Doll” Reid (19-4-5, 5 KOs) in the 10-round co-feature.
Ashley moved to New York City from her native Jamaica with her family at the age of 11, fully intending to follow in the footsteps of her professional dancing father. A dance student since the age of six, she received scholarships to the renowned Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham schools. Her brother, Maurice, is the first and only black International Chess Grandmaster, and her other brother and head trainer, Devon, is 4-time World champion kick-boxer.
A devastating knee injury, however, prematurely ended Alicia’s dance career and could have destroyed her athletic ambitions as well. So, she got into karate to fill the void, excelled at it, and soon realized that she needed to develop boxing skills to successfully compete in kick-boxing, in which, she was 10-0-1 before switching to boxing in the mid-nineties.
“I started dancing when I was six with a goal to become a professional dancer,” the stylish southpaw said. “At 20, I partially tore the meniscus in my right knee and couldn’t dance anymore. I didn’t have surgery but took time off to go to college and get my degree in computer science. I’d always been in the spotlight and wanted to stay there. I started weight training and got into kickboxing. I kick-boxed against a boxer. I could drive my legs, but I didn’t move my head or punch. I freaked out and had to keep on the outside. I had the flexibility and discipline from dancing you need, but I knew that I had to learn how to box. I didn’t like boxing at first because I didn’t think there was art to it. I thought boxing was like Tyson knocking people out, but I learned the intricacies of the sport. I wish that I could have gone further in dance. I’d love to be on ‘Dancing With The Stars’ as one of the professionals.”
Ashley challenges Trinidad and Tobago born Brown, who moved with her family in 1988 to a suburb of Toronto. Brown is a late bloomer not having boxed until she was 26, after she watched Christy Martin fight Dierdre Gogarty on a Mike Tyson PPV card, as well in addition to being encouraged by her husband and former pro boxer, Errol Brown, who still serves as her head trainer.
“Lisa is strong, that’s the main thing,” Alicia evaluated her opponent, Brown. “I’m so much faster and speed will beat power. I’ve been trying to get a fight likes this for a while and I definitely looking forward to fighting in the 10-round main event on Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period on national television. This is what I’ve wanted so everybody can see what type of fighter – slick, entertaining. I’m a boxer, not a brawler, and I’m going to move and make you miss. That’s why a lot don’t want to fight me.”
On the undercard, Las Vegas undefeated star Melinda Cooper (18-0, 10 KOs) begins her comeback after nearly 18 months of inactivity against knockout artist Donna “Nature Girl” Biggers (19-7-1, 16 KOs), of Shelby, North Carolina, in a special 6-round junior featherweight bout.
In a pair of 6-rounders, junior featherweight contender Jeri Stizes (14-7-1, 6 KOs), of Springfield, Missouri, meets dangerous Ela “Bam Bam” Nunez (6-3, 2 KOs), fighting out of Jamestown, New York, while popular Jill Emery (8-2, 3 KOs) and experienced Cristy “Code Red” Nickel (7-6, 4 KOs) -- both fighting out of New York City, college graduates and physical training instructors – square off in a middleweight bout.
Tickets are priced at $10.00, $25.00 and $40.00 and on sale at the Mohegan Sun box office or online at www.mohegansun.com.
Go to www.ifba.com for more information. The undercard will start a 7 PM/ET, followed by the first of three scheduled televised bouts beginning at 8 PM/ET.
IFBA
Since its inception in 1997, the IFBA has sanctioned more than 100 women’s title bouts and was the first to sanction all-women’s cards on cable and broadcast television, including ESPN2, USA Network, Pay-Per-View, Fox Sports International and on SBS, MBC and MBC-ESPN in Korea. With the help of various State Boxing Commissions, the IFBA established many of the rules used in the sport today. The IFBA is sanctioning four championship bouts June 13, featuring a showdown between Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm and Mary Jo Sanders for the vacant IFBA World junior middleweight title and pound-for-pound supremacy, live on pay-per-view television from Albuquerque. For more information, visit www.IFBA.com.
FSN
FSN is the nation’s leading provider of local sports. FSN’s 16 owned-and-operated regional networks and its affiliated networks reach more than 70 million homes across the U.S. FSN serves as the TV home to nearly two-thirds of all MLB, NHL and NBA teams based in the United States. FSN also produces close to 5,000 live local events each year, including more than 1400 in high definition. In addition to its thousands of home team games and a wide variety of locally produced sports programs, FSN televises national sports events and programs, including Pac-10 and ACC basketball and Pac-10 and Big 12 football.
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Ashley (14-7-1, 1 KO), fighting out of Westbury (NY) challenges IFBA World junior featherweight champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown (14-3-3, 4 KOs) on Thursday evening, June 12 in the 10-round main event on Fox Sports Net’s Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period card at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period, presented by Cappiello Boxing in association with Hollybrook Regency, Inc., also features Russian invader Anastasia Toktaulova (12-8, 2 KOs) challenging IFBA World flyweight champion Elena “Baby Doll” Reid (19-4-5, 5 KOs) in the 10-round co-feature.
Ashley moved to New York City from her native Jamaica with her family at the age of 11, fully intending to follow in the footsteps of her professional dancing father. A dance student since the age of six, she received scholarships to the renowned Alvin Ailey and Martha Graham schools. Her brother, Maurice, is the first and only black International Chess Grandmaster, and her other brother and head trainer, Devon, is 4-time World champion kick-boxer.
A devastating knee injury, however, prematurely ended Alicia’s dance career and could have destroyed her athletic ambitions as well. So, she got into karate to fill the void, excelled at it, and soon realized that she needed to develop boxing skills to successfully compete in kick-boxing, in which, she was 10-0-1 before switching to boxing in the mid-nineties.
“I started dancing when I was six with a goal to become a professional dancer,” the stylish southpaw said. “At 20, I partially tore the meniscus in my right knee and couldn’t dance anymore. I didn’t have surgery but took time off to go to college and get my degree in computer science. I’d always been in the spotlight and wanted to stay there. I started weight training and got into kickboxing. I kick-boxed against a boxer. I could drive my legs, but I didn’t move my head or punch. I freaked out and had to keep on the outside. I had the flexibility and discipline from dancing you need, but I knew that I had to learn how to box. I didn’t like boxing at first because I didn’t think there was art to it. I thought boxing was like Tyson knocking people out, but I learned the intricacies of the sport. I wish that I could have gone further in dance. I’d love to be on ‘Dancing With The Stars’ as one of the professionals.”
Ashley challenges Trinidad and Tobago born Brown, who moved with her family in 1988 to a suburb of Toronto. Brown is a late bloomer not having boxed until she was 26, after she watched Christy Martin fight Dierdre Gogarty on a Mike Tyson PPV card, as well in addition to being encouraged by her husband and former pro boxer, Errol Brown, who still serves as her head trainer.
“Lisa is strong, that’s the main thing,” Alicia evaluated her opponent, Brown. “I’m so much faster and speed will beat power. I’ve been trying to get a fight likes this for a while and I definitely looking forward to fighting in the 10-round main event on Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period on national television. This is what I’ve wanted so everybody can see what type of fighter – slick, entertaining. I’m a boxer, not a brawler, and I’m going to move and make you miss. That’s why a lot don’t want to fight me.”
On the undercard, Las Vegas undefeated star Melinda Cooper (18-0, 10 KOs) begins her comeback after nearly 18 months of inactivity against knockout artist Donna “Nature Girl” Biggers (19-7-1, 16 KOs), of Shelby, North Carolina, in a special 6-round junior featherweight bout.
In a pair of 6-rounders, junior featherweight contender Jeri Stizes (14-7-1, 6 KOs), of Springfield, Missouri, meets dangerous Ela “Bam Bam” Nunez (6-3, 2 KOs), fighting out of Jamestown, New York, while popular Jill Emery (8-2, 3 KOs) and experienced Cristy “Code Red” Nickel (7-6, 4 KOs) -- both fighting out of New York City, college graduates and physical training instructors – square off in a middleweight bout.
Tickets are priced at $10.00, $25.00 and $40.00 and on sale at the Mohegan Sun box office or online at www.mohegansun.com.
Go to www.ifba.com for more information. The undercard will start a 7 PM/ET, followed by the first of three scheduled televised bouts beginning at 8 PM/ET.
IFBA
Since its inception in 1997, the IFBA has sanctioned more than 100 women’s title bouts and was the first to sanction all-women’s cards on cable and broadcast television, including ESPN2, USA Network, Pay-Per-View, Fox Sports International and on SBS, MBC and MBC-ESPN in Korea. With the help of various State Boxing Commissions, the IFBA established many of the rules used in the sport today. The IFBA is sanctioning four championship bouts June 13, featuring a showdown between Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm and Mary Jo Sanders for the vacant IFBA World junior middleweight title and pound-for-pound supremacy, live on pay-per-view television from Albuquerque. For more information, visit www.IFBA.com.
FSN
FSN is the nation’s leading provider of local sports. FSN’s 16 owned-and-operated regional networks and its affiliated networks reach more than 70 million homes across the U.S. FSN serves as the TV home to nearly two-thirds of all MLB, NHL and NBA teams based in the United States. FSN also produces close to 5,000 live local events each year, including more than 1400 in high definition. In addition to its thousands of home team games and a wide variety of locally produced sports programs, FSN televises national sports events and programs, including Pac-10 and ACC basketball and Pac-10 and Big 12 football.
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Saturday, May 3, 2008
MOHEGAN SUN TO HOST WOMEN'S DOUBLE BILL; Alicia Ashley vs. Lisa Brown and Elena Reid vs. Anastasia Toktaulova, June 12, 2008 on Fox Sports Net’s
International Female Boxers Association (IFBA) title action heads East on Thursday, June 12, 2008 for a show airing on Fox Sports Net’s Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. IFBA junior featherweight champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown (14-3-3, 4 KOs) defends her title belt against Alicia “Slick” Ashley (14-7-1, 1 KO) in the ten-round main event.
Female fighter Jody Weller, Comedian Macio and Alicia "Slick" Ashley
IFBA flyweight champion Elena “Baby Doll” Reid (19-4-5, 5 KOs) puts her crown on the line versus Anastasia Toktaulova (12-8, 2 KOs) in the ten-round co-feature.
Elena “Baby Doll” Reid
Three-time world champion Brown, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, now fights out of Toronto, Canada. She captured the IFBA crown 13-months ago with a 10-round decision against Jackie Chavez and successfully defended it February 7 via a 10-round decision versus Jeri “Fists of Fury” Stizes.
Ashley, born in Jamaica and living in Westbury, New York, is a 3-time world champion in three different divisions. Her most notable wins have been against previously unbeaten Alesia Graf, Reid, Bonnie Canino and Leona Brown.
Female Fighters and Alicia "Slick" Ashley (far right)
Las Vegas-based Reid, born in Phoenix, captured her IFBA flyweight title by 10-round decision last July against Shin-Hee Choi. “Baby Doll” also fought a 10-round draw three years ago with the great Regina Halmich in Germany.
Toktaulova comes from Moscow, where she was the European super flyweight and bantamweight champion, as well as Russian super flyweight title-holder.
Las Vegas’ unbeaten star Melinda Cooper (18-0, 10 KOs) returns on the undercard after nearly 1 1/2 years of inactivity to take on knockout specialist Donna “Nature Girl” Biggers (19-7-1, 16 KOs) in a special six-round junior featherweight bout. Cooper has had difficulty finding opponents, which accounts for her recent inactivity and only two fights in almost three years, while South Carolina-based Biggers, conversely, has fought some of the best including Layla McCarter, Jelena Mrdjenovich, and Mia St. John.
Stizes (14-7-1, 6 KOs), of Springfield, Missouri, is matched in a six-round bout on the June 12th card against Ela “Bam Bam” Nunez (6-3, 2 KOs), fighting out of Jamestown, New York. Another six-round bout will soon be announced.
Go to www.ifba.com for more information. The undercard will start a 7 PM/ET, followed by the first of three scheduled televised bouts beginning at 8 PM/ET.
“We're delighted to bring our IFBA Championship Boxing series East to beautiful Mohegan Sun,” IFBA president Judy Kulis said. “Many of the world’s top women fighters are on this card and all of the matches promise to be very competitive and exciting. We’re especially happy to have Melinda Cooper’s much-anticipated comeback on this show.”
IFBA
Since its inception in 1997, the IFBA has sanctioned more than 100 women’s title bouts and was the first to sanction all-women’s cards on cable and broadcast television, including ESPN2, USA Network, Pay-Per-View, Fox Sports International and on SBS, MBC and MBC-ESPN in Korea. With the help of various State Boxing Commissions, the IFBA established many of the rules used in the sport today. The IFBA is sanctioning four championship bouts on June 13th, featuring a showdown between Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm and Mary Jo Sanders for the vacant IFBA World junior middleweight title and pound-for-pound supremacy, live on pay-per-view television from Albuquerque.
Elena "Baby Doll" Reid interview with SBS go to;
Starlite Boxing's Sweetscience The Video Channel Online at http://www.youtube.com/ELEmpress1
EL Boxing Empress Keisha Morrisey's Myspace http://www.myspace.com/Keishadivine
Honorable Keisha Morrisey' http://www.keishamorrisey.com/
©®™ 2007, 2008 All photos by "EL Boxing Empress" Keisha Morrisey- Empire Morrisey Studios, for Bloodline Boxing Communications Entertainment and Starlite Boxing's Sweetscience Magnews-Online Publication all rights reserved
Female fighter Jody Weller, Comedian Macio and Alicia "Slick" Ashley
IFBA flyweight champion Elena “Baby Doll” Reid (19-4-5, 5 KOs) puts her crown on the line versus Anastasia Toktaulova (12-8, 2 KOs) in the ten-round co-feature.
Elena “Baby Doll” Reid
Three-time world champion Brown, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, now fights out of Toronto, Canada. She captured the IFBA crown 13-months ago with a 10-round decision against Jackie Chavez and successfully defended it February 7 via a 10-round decision versus Jeri “Fists of Fury” Stizes.
Ashley, born in Jamaica and living in Westbury, New York, is a 3-time world champion in three different divisions. Her most notable wins have been against previously unbeaten Alesia Graf, Reid, Bonnie Canino and Leona Brown.
Female Fighters and Alicia "Slick" Ashley (far right)
Las Vegas-based Reid, born in Phoenix, captured her IFBA flyweight title by 10-round decision last July against Shin-Hee Choi. “Baby Doll” also fought a 10-round draw three years ago with the great Regina Halmich in Germany.
Toktaulova comes from Moscow, where she was the European super flyweight and bantamweight champion, as well as Russian super flyweight title-holder.
Las Vegas’ unbeaten star Melinda Cooper (18-0, 10 KOs) returns on the undercard after nearly 1 1/2 years of inactivity to take on knockout specialist Donna “Nature Girl” Biggers (19-7-1, 16 KOs) in a special six-round junior featherweight bout. Cooper has had difficulty finding opponents, which accounts for her recent inactivity and only two fights in almost three years, while South Carolina-based Biggers, conversely, has fought some of the best including Layla McCarter, Jelena Mrdjenovich, and Mia St. John.
Stizes (14-7-1, 6 KOs), of Springfield, Missouri, is matched in a six-round bout on the June 12th card against Ela “Bam Bam” Nunez (6-3, 2 KOs), fighting out of Jamestown, New York. Another six-round bout will soon be announced.
Go to www.ifba.com for more information. The undercard will start a 7 PM/ET, followed by the first of three scheduled televised bouts beginning at 8 PM/ET.
“We're delighted to bring our IFBA Championship Boxing series East to beautiful Mohegan Sun,” IFBA president Judy Kulis said. “Many of the world’s top women fighters are on this card and all of the matches promise to be very competitive and exciting. We’re especially happy to have Melinda Cooper’s much-anticipated comeback on this show.”
IFBA
Since its inception in 1997, the IFBA has sanctioned more than 100 women’s title bouts and was the first to sanction all-women’s cards on cable and broadcast television, including ESPN2, USA Network, Pay-Per-View, Fox Sports International and on SBS, MBC and MBC-ESPN in Korea. With the help of various State Boxing Commissions, the IFBA established many of the rules used in the sport today. The IFBA is sanctioning four championship bouts on June 13th, featuring a showdown between Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm and Mary Jo Sanders for the vacant IFBA World junior middleweight title and pound-for-pound supremacy, live on pay-per-view television from Albuquerque.
Elena "Baby Doll" Reid interview with SBS go to;
Starlite Boxing's Sweetscience The Video Channel Online at http://www.youtube.com/ELEmpress1
EL Boxing Empress Keisha Morrisey's Myspace http://www.myspace.com/Keishadivine
Honorable Keisha Morrisey' http://www.keishamorrisey.com/
©®™ 2007, 2008 All photos by "EL Boxing Empress" Keisha Morrisey- Empire Morrisey Studios, for Bloodline Boxing Communications Entertainment and Starlite Boxing's Sweetscience Magnews-Online Publication all rights reserved
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