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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Sunday, June 8, 2008
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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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Best Kept Secret in Women’s Boxing Challenges for IFBA World Title
HENDERSON, Nevada– The best kept secret in women’s professional boxing today, Crystal Hoy, will not be a mystery to her next opponent, IFBA World flyweight champion Elena “Baby Doll” Reid, in their 10-round title fight on Thursday night, June 12 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., is headlined by a 10-round championship fight between IFBA World junior featherweight champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown (14-3-3, 4 KOs) and challenger Alicia “Slick” Ashley (14-7-1, 1 KO).
Hoy (3-1-2, 2 KOs), fighting out of Las Vegas, is a late replacement for Russian invader Anastasia Toktaulova (12-8, 2 KOs), whose visa problems prevented her from taking on Reid (19-4-5, 5 KOs) for the IFBA crown.
Up until a surprisingly strong performance this past February 29 against NABF title-holder Monica Lovato (11-1), Hoy was a relatively unknown having fought only four times between 2002 and 2004. She hadn’t been in action since November 19, 2005 when 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.
Hoy and Reid, however, are not strangers and Elena won’t make the mistake of underestimating Crystal. They both live and train in Las Vegas, where they have also sparred. “Crystal’s a great fighter who has a great trainer (Jessie Reid),” Reid said. “I saw what she did to my friend Monica Lovato and I respect Crystal a lot. I prepared for two months to fight Toktaulova and I’m disappointed in few people because they had plenty of time to get her visa straightened out. Crystal is much bigger than Toktaulova but I’m a fighter and at least I know Crystal.
We’ve sparred and two weeks is more than enough time for me to prepare to fight her.
“You know, I really love everything about boxing. It’s tough to explain. I’m really excited to be fighting on the East Coast. Some of my friends, family and fans will be there and others all across North America can watch me fight on Fox Sports Net and see what I’m all about. I’m so excited to be part of this show. Judy (Kulis, IFBA president) puts us all in great match-ups and she does a great service to women’s boxing in the United States. We’re not trying to take away from men’s boxing; we want to add to boxing. Women’s boxing is further along everywhere else in the world than the United States. I could fight in Europe, Japan or Korea and make a lot more money, but I’m an American and I want to help women’s boxing grow by fighting here. Shows like this one, especially with these kinds of match-ups, are what’s been lacking in this country.”
Las Vegas undefeated mega-star Melinda Cooper (18-0, 10 KOs) kick-starts her comeback after nearly 18 months of inactivity against vaunted knockout specialist 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 pair of 6-rounders, junior featherweight contender Jeri Stizes (14-7-1, 6 KOs), of Springfield, Missouri, faces tough 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 – meet in an entertaining junior 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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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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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Hallback-Garside potential female Gatti-Ward fight; Holm-Sanders headlines June 13 at Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque
Holm-Sanders headlines June 13 at Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE- Four time world champion Chevelle “Fists of Steel” Hallback (26-5-2, 11 KOs) is one of the most recognizable, experienced and respected woman boxer in the world.
Her June 13 showdown against WIBA featherweight champion Jeannine “G9” Garside (7-0-1, 3 KOs) in the 10-round co-feature feature for the vacant International Female Boxers Association (IFBA) lightweight championship on the “Finally” pay-per-view event, airing live (10 PM/ET-8 PM/MT) from Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque, not only figures to be a candidate for Fight of the Night, it also has all the makings of a female version of Gatti-Ward.
“Finally,” promoted by Fresquez Productions, Inc., will be produced and distributed by Integrated Sports for live viewing in the United States and Canada (10 PM/ET) on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, TVN, Shaw Communications, DirecTV, Bell Expressvue and StarChoice for a suggested retail price of only $24.95.
The greatest collection of women boxers on one show with all eight independently rated among the world’s top 3 by divisions, including five No. 1 rated fighters, will battle in four world title bouts on “Finally.” The main event features the top two women boxers in the world today, Albuquerque favorite Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (21-1-2, 6 KOs), recognized as the No. 1 welterweight in the world, versus the world’s No. 1 middleweight, Detroit icon Mary Jo Sanders (25-0, 8 KOs), fighting in the 10-round main event for the vacant IFBA junior middleweight crown and pound-for-pound supremacy.
The No. 1 ranked lightweight, WIBA and IBA title-holder Hallback, of Tampa, and WIBA champion Garside, the world’s No. 1 rated featherweight from Ontario, agree that their fight will steal the “Finally” thunder and the PPV event will take women’s boxing to another level.
“We fought on the same card once but I didn’t see her fight,” Hallback said of Garside. “I know she has a big heart and can really fight. I may have more pro fights, but she had a lot of amateur fights, and I didn’t have one. Experience-wise, we’re even or she may even have a little more experience. She’s coming to fight and I am, too. Our styles help us put on a show for fans. We’re both very exciting fighters. It’s going to be like the 4th of July in June. We’re going to be a tough act to follow for the main event. Jeannine’s coming prepared to win and prove that she’s one of the best. So am I. This fight will go down in the history books. In 10 years, boxing fans will be talking about Hallback-Garside.
“There are a lot of good, quality fighters – some of the best females in the world – on this pay-per-view card. I’m excited to be fighting on it. It’s important that mainstream watches so women’s boxing gets to the next level. We belong on prime time TV. I’m excited to be part of it.”
Hallback is one of only five boxers to fight Holm and Sanders, dropping 10-round decisions to both. “Holm-Sanders isn’t going to be like my fight with Garside,” Chevelle noted. “Their fight is between good boxers with some power. It’s going to be a chess match. Holly moves a lot, Mary Jo doesn’t move as much. I pushed both fights, pressuring them throughout. I think it’s going to be a close match between two good fighters.
Also on PPV, IBA junior featherweight champion Wendy Rodriguez (18-4, 3 KOs), of Los Angeles, faces WIBF-GBU/WIBC minimumweight title-holder Hollie “Hot Stuff” Dunaway (21-6, 10 KOs), fighting out of Las Vegas by way of (Van Buren) Arkansas, in a 10-round bout for vacant IBA strawweight title; WBC 2007 Fighter of the Year, WBC mininumweight champ Carina “La Reina” Moreno (11-1, 5 KOs), of Watsonville (CA), meets WIBA flyweight title-holder Eileen “The Hawaiian Mongoose” Olszewski (5-0-1), fighting out of New York City by way of Honolulu, in a 10-round fight for the IFBA junior flyweight crown. All fights and fighters are subject to change.
Tickets, priced at $50.00, $100.00, $150.00, $200.00, $350.00 and $500.00, go on sale March 18 at the Isleta Casino and Resort box office, www.tickets.com or at Fresquez Productions, Inc. (508.884.7484). For more information go to www.fresquezproductions.com or www.holmvssanders.com. Doors open at 5:30 PM/MT, first bout 7:00 PM/MT, first televised bout 8:00 PM/MT.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Emery-Nickel Clash Added to FSN Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period show cardfeaturing two IFBA World championship bouts, at Mohegan Sun
Cristy “Code Red” Nickel
HENDERSON, Nevada– An compelling match between middleweights Jill Emery and Cristy “Code Red” Nickel has been added to the already exciting and competitive Fox Sports Net’s Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period card, headlined by a pair of International Female Boxers Association (IFBA) world championship bouts, on Thursday, June 12 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Jody Ann Weller (l) comedian Macio and Alicia “Slick” Ashley (r)
Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period, presented by Cappiello Boxing in association with Hollybrook Regency, Inc., features IFBA World junior featherweight champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown (14-3-3, 4 KOs) defending her crown against Alicia “Slick” Ashley (14-7-1, 1 KO) in the 10-round main event, plus 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.
Elena “Baby Doll” Reid (r)
Emery (8-2, 3 KOs) and Nickel (7-6, 4 KOs) have a lot in common, including historic roles played in fights overseas. Both are college graduates from middle class backgrounds and physical training instructors who live in New York City. Jill works and trains at the famed Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn, where Cristy often spars, yet, they’ve never met in person.
Pittsburgh-native Emery, a graduate of Bucknell University, is a 3-time US Nationals champion, who also 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.
Nickel was born in California but raised on a farm in Northern Idaho. The U. of Memphis graduate was one of only six Americans fighters invited to fight in 2005 on a card in Beijing, China.
Cristy was contacted in 2006 by producers of MTV’s hit reality show “MADE,” who were searching for a boxing coach to turn a lazy high school quitter into a hard-hitting boxer in only six weeks. Nickel auditioned with 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 more than 60 countries. The success of the show afforded Cristy an opportunity to move to New York City, where she started her own business as a personal trainer and boxing coach at “Peak Performance,” New York’s exclusive private training facility for the stars, including her personal clients such as Katie Couric.
Trinidad and Tobago-born Brown, a three-time world champion now fighting out of Toronto, Canada, takes on three-time world champion Ashley, who is from Jamaica and living in Westbury, New York. Las Vegas-based Reid fights former European super flyweight and bantamweight champion Toktaulova, representing Moscow.
On the undercard, Las Vegas unbeaten star Melinda Cooper (18-0, 10 KOs) starts her comeback after nearly 18 months of inactivity versus knockout specialist Donna “Nature Girl” Biggers (19-7-1, 16 KOs), of Shelby, North Carolina, in a special six-round junior featherweight bout. Junior featherweight contender Jeri Stizes (14-7-1, 6 KOs), of Springfield, Missouri, faces tough Ela “Bam Bam” Nunez (6-3, 2 KOs), fighting out of Jamestown, New York, in another highly competitive six-rounder.
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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HENDERSON, Nevada– An compelling match between middleweights Jill Emery and Cristy “Code Red” Nickel has been added to the already exciting and competitive Fox Sports Net’s Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period card, headlined by a pair of International Female Boxers Association (IFBA) world championship bouts, on Thursday, June 12 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Jody Ann Weller (l) comedian Macio and Alicia “Slick” Ashley (r)
Best Damn Championship Fight Night Period, presented by Cappiello Boxing in association with Hollybrook Regency, Inc., features IFBA World junior featherweight champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown (14-3-3, 4 KOs) defending her crown against Alicia “Slick” Ashley (14-7-1, 1 KO) in the 10-round main event, plus 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.
Elena “Baby Doll” Reid (r)
Emery (8-2, 3 KOs) and Nickel (7-6, 4 KOs) have a lot in common, including historic roles played in fights overseas. Both are college graduates from middle class backgrounds and physical training instructors who live in New York City. Jill works and trains at the famed Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn, where Cristy often spars, yet, they’ve never met in person.
Pittsburgh-native Emery, a graduate of Bucknell University, is a 3-time US Nationals champion, who also 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.
Nickel was born in California but raised on a farm in Northern Idaho. The U. of Memphis graduate was one of only six Americans fighters invited to fight in 2005 on a card in Beijing, China.
Cristy was contacted in 2006 by producers of MTV’s hit reality show “MADE,” who were searching for a boxing coach to turn a lazy high school quitter into a hard-hitting boxer in only six weeks. Nickel auditioned with 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 more than 60 countries. The success of the show afforded Cristy an opportunity to move to New York City, where she started her own business as a personal trainer and boxing coach at “Peak Performance,” New York’s exclusive private training facility for the stars, including her personal clients such as Katie Couric.
Trinidad and Tobago-born Brown, a three-time world champion now fighting out of Toronto, Canada, takes on three-time world champion Ashley, who is from Jamaica and living in Westbury, New York. Las Vegas-based Reid fights former European super flyweight and bantamweight champion Toktaulova, representing Moscow.
On the undercard, Las Vegas unbeaten star Melinda Cooper (18-0, 10 KOs) starts her comeback after nearly 18 months of inactivity versus knockout specialist Donna “Nature Girl” Biggers (19-7-1, 16 KOs), of Shelby, North Carolina, in a special six-round junior featherweight bout. Junior featherweight contender Jeri Stizes (14-7-1, 6 KOs), of Springfield, Missouri, faces tough Ela “Bam Bam” Nunez (6-3, 2 KOs), fighting out of Jamestown, New York, in another highly competitive six-rounder.
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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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
Monday, May 5, 2008
Jeannine Garside vs Chevell Hallback co-feature June 13 on PPV; Holm-Sanders headlines “Finally” PPV card at Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE– The much touted Fight of the Night candidate on the June 13th “Finally” pay-per-view event, airing live (10 PM/ET-8 PM/MT) from Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque, is the 10-round co-feature for the vacant International Female Boxers Association (IFBA) lightweight championship between WIBA featherweight champion Jeannine “G9” Garside (7-0-1, 3 KOs) and WIBA & IBA junior lightweight title-holder Chevelle “Fists of Steel” Hallback (26-5-2, 11 KOs).
The Fresquez Productions, Inc.-promoted “Finally” will be produced and distributed by Integrated Sports for live viewing in the United States and Canada (10 PM/ET) on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, TVN, Shaw Communications, DirecTV and StarChoice for a suggested retail price of only $24.95.
“‘Finally” features the greatest collection of women boxers on one show with all eight independently rated among the world’s top 3 by divisions, including five No. 1 rated females, battling in four world title bouts. The headliner matches the top two women boxers in the world today, Albuquerque favorite Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (21-1-2, 6 KOs), recognized as the No. 1 welterweight in the world, against the world’s No. 1 middleweight, Detroit icon Mary Jo Sanders (25-0, 8 KOs), in the 10-round main event for the vacant IFBA junior middleweight crown as well as universal pound-for-pound supremacy in female boxing.
WIBA champion Garside, the world’s No. 1 rated featherweight from Ontario, agrees that hershowdown against the No. 1 ranked lightweight, WIBA and IBA title-holder Hallback, of Tampa, could very well steal the “Finally” PPV show. “I’ve heard that and it’s because of what both of us bring to the table,” Jeannie explained. “When things get slow in a fight, I pump-up the pace to get the crowd into it. That’s my style; I feel the crowd and love to hear them. I’m so grateful to be part of the best women’s boxing card ever. Every single bout is exciting with eight women coming to fight. The passion in us makes our fights so exciting, especially on a show of this level taking women’s boxing to another level. I’ve sparred with Mary Jo. We’re close and I’m excited to be fighting on the same card as her.
Jeannine Garside
Below and attached please find a Fresquez Productions media release about the
“I’ve known Chevelle since I turned pro and we both fought once on the same card. She is one of the best fighters out there. I believe I’ve been underestimated in the past, but she’s not going to underestimate me. We’re getting an opportunity to put a fire under the butts of everybody watching our fight. It has all of the makings of a great fight….the Fight of the Night!”
Garside was a highly-decorated Canadian amateur boxer who 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.
Her 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, but a year later Jeannine reached the semifinals of the AIBA World Amateur Championships and she won her fourth straight national title in 2002. Garside finished her amateur career with a 40-5 record. She made her pro debut on December 4, 2004, taking a four-round decision from Heather Percival in Tacoma, Washington, captured the WIBA super bantamweight title in only her fourth pro fight, and the WIBA featherweight title in her seventh.
In her fourth pro fight, the aggressive southpaw Garside easily won a 10-round decision (99-90, 98-90, 98-91) against Lisa Brown (12-1-2) for her WIBA super bantamweight crown. Last November, Jeannine added the WIBA featherweight title belt to her collection, dominating an exciting 10-round decision (100-87, 99-89, 98-90) against Laura Serrano (16-2-2).
“When I won my first world title in only my fourth pro fight,” Garside remarked, “there were some naysayers. Now, though, I have credibility because they know I have the skill and talent of a true champion. My best experience was fighting Europeans in the amateurs, when I developed my ring generalship and mind set I need to fight. I’m proud of my amateur career, but most women don’t spend a lot of time as amateurs. Hopefully, women’s boxing will be added to the Olympics. and more women will get into amateur boxing.”
Also on PPV, IBA junior featherweight champion Wendy Rodriguez (18-4, 3 KOs), of Los Angeles, takes on WIBF-GBU/WIBC minimumweight title-holder Hollie “Hot Stuff” Dunaway (21-6, 10 KOs), fighting out of Las Vegas by way of (Van Buren) Arkansas, in a 10-round vacant IBA strawweight title fight; WBC 2007 Fighter of the Year, WBC mininumweight champ Carina “La Reina” Moreno (11-1, 5 KOs), of Watsonville (CA), faces WIBA flyweighttitle-holder Eileen “The Hawaiian Mongoose” Olszewski (5-0-1), fighting out of New York City by way of Honolulu, in a 10-round title fight for the IFBA junior flyweight crown. All fights and fighters are subject to change.
Tickets, priced at $50.00, $100.00, $150.00, $200.00, $350.00 and $500.00, go on sale March 18 at the Isleta Casino and Resort box office, www.tickets.com or at Fresquez Productions, Inc. (508.884.7484). For more information go to www.fresquezproductions.com or www.holmvssanders.com. Doors open at 5:30 PM/MT, first bout 7:00 PM/MT, first televised bout 8:00 PM/MT.
The Fresquez Productions, Inc.-promoted “Finally” will be produced and distributed by Integrated Sports for live viewing in the United States and Canada (10 PM/ET) on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, TVN, Shaw Communications, DirecTV and StarChoice for a suggested retail price of only $24.95.
“‘Finally” features the greatest collection of women boxers on one show with all eight independently rated among the world’s top 3 by divisions, including five No. 1 rated females, battling in four world title bouts. The headliner matches the top two women boxers in the world today, Albuquerque favorite Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (21-1-2, 6 KOs), recognized as the No. 1 welterweight in the world, against the world’s No. 1 middleweight, Detroit icon Mary Jo Sanders (25-0, 8 KOs), in the 10-round main event for the vacant IFBA junior middleweight crown as well as universal pound-for-pound supremacy in female boxing.
WIBA champion Garside, the world’s No. 1 rated featherweight from Ontario, agrees that hershowdown against the No. 1 ranked lightweight, WIBA and IBA title-holder Hallback, of Tampa, could very well steal the “Finally” PPV show. “I’ve heard that and it’s because of what both of us bring to the table,” Jeannie explained. “When things get slow in a fight, I pump-up the pace to get the crowd into it. That’s my style; I feel the crowd and love to hear them. I’m so grateful to be part of the best women’s boxing card ever. Every single bout is exciting with eight women coming to fight. The passion in us makes our fights so exciting, especially on a show of this level taking women’s boxing to another level. I’ve sparred with Mary Jo. We’re close and I’m excited to be fighting on the same card as her.
Jeannine Garside
Below and attached please find a Fresquez Productions media release about the
“I’ve known Chevelle since I turned pro and we both fought once on the same card. She is one of the best fighters out there. I believe I’ve been underestimated in the past, but she’s not going to underestimate me. We’re getting an opportunity to put a fire under the butts of everybody watching our fight. It has all of the makings of a great fight….the Fight of the Night!”
Garside was a highly-decorated Canadian amateur boxer who 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.
Her 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, but a year later Jeannine reached the semifinals of the AIBA World Amateur Championships and she won her fourth straight national title in 2002. Garside finished her amateur career with a 40-5 record. She made her pro debut on December 4, 2004, taking a four-round decision from Heather Percival in Tacoma, Washington, captured the WIBA super bantamweight title in only her fourth pro fight, and the WIBA featherweight title in her seventh.
In her fourth pro fight, the aggressive southpaw Garside easily won a 10-round decision (99-90, 98-90, 98-91) against Lisa Brown (12-1-2) for her WIBA super bantamweight crown. Last November, Jeannine added the WIBA featherweight title belt to her collection, dominating an exciting 10-round decision (100-87, 99-89, 98-90) against Laura Serrano (16-2-2).
“When I won my first world title in only my fourth pro fight,” Garside remarked, “there were some naysayers. Now, though, I have credibility because they know I have the skill and talent of a true champion. My best experience was fighting Europeans in the amateurs, when I developed my ring generalship and mind set I need to fight. I’m proud of my amateur career, but most women don’t spend a lot of time as amateurs. Hopefully, women’s boxing will be added to the Olympics. and more women will get into amateur boxing.”
Also on PPV, IBA junior featherweight champion Wendy Rodriguez (18-4, 3 KOs), of Los Angeles, takes on WIBF-GBU/WIBC minimumweight title-holder Hollie “Hot Stuff” Dunaway (21-6, 10 KOs), fighting out of Las Vegas by way of (Van Buren) Arkansas, in a 10-round vacant IBA strawweight title fight; WBC 2007 Fighter of the Year, WBC mininumweight champ Carina “La Reina” Moreno (11-1, 5 KOs), of Watsonville (CA), faces WIBA flyweighttitle-holder Eileen “The Hawaiian Mongoose” Olszewski (5-0-1), fighting out of New York City by way of Honolulu, in a 10-round title fight for the IFBA junior flyweight crown. All fights and fighters are subject to change.
Tickets, priced at $50.00, $100.00, $150.00, $200.00, $350.00 and $500.00, go on sale March 18 at the Isleta Casino and Resort box office, www.tickets.com or at Fresquez Productions, Inc. (508.884.7484). For more information go to www.fresquezproductions.com or www.holmvssanders.com. Doors open at 5:30 PM/MT, first bout 7:00 PM/MT, first televised bout 8:00 PM/MT.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Golden Girl Boxing Promotions 1st promotion; Ijeoma "The Praise" Egbunine, The WIBF World champion Ijeoma Egbunine is back again after a year off
Ijeoma "The Praise" Egbunine is making a homecoming fight May 9th, 2008 at FIESTA RODEO IN ATLANTA GEORGIA.
In the main event Ijeoma "The Praise" Egbunine is fighting Lisa Ested who last fought Ann wolf and lost in a unianimous decision in 2006. There will be three other female bouts on the Golden Girl Boxing Promotions 1st promotion debut show.
Ijeoma said , "this is like a tune up fight for me", Ijeoma "The Praise" Egbunine is fighting for the WBC, IFBA, WIBA Light Heavy Weight Championship sometime in July.
"I have a score to settle with Laura Ramsey, Nikki Eplion" said Ijeoma.
"Then after that I will collect from Natasha Rogasina what belongs to me". "I chased Laila Ali for months, she took a brake now it is you Natasha".
"Natasha you must stop fighting Junior middle weights for Supper middle weights titles, that is an insult to female boxing".
"Natasha you cannot continue with Laila's pattern and others to avoid defeats by me".
"Team Praise" PR.
In the main event Ijeoma "The Praise" Egbunine is fighting Lisa Ested who last fought Ann wolf and lost in a unianimous decision in 2006. There will be three other female bouts on the Golden Girl Boxing Promotions 1st promotion debut show.
Ijeoma said , "this is like a tune up fight for me", Ijeoma "The Praise" Egbunine is fighting for the WBC, IFBA, WIBA Light Heavy Weight Championship sometime in July.
"I have a score to settle with Laura Ramsey, Nikki Eplion" said Ijeoma.
"Then after that I will collect from Natasha Rogasina what belongs to me". "I chased Laila Ali for months, she took a brake now it is you Natasha".
"Natasha you must stop fighting Junior middle weights for Supper middle weights titles, that is an insult to female boxing".
"Natasha you cannot continue with Laila's pattern and others to avoid defeats by me".
"Team Praise" PR.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Holly Holm vs. Mary Jo Sanders; Fresquez Productions revised bouts sheet; “Finally” June 13 PPV show; Eileen Olszewski vs Carina Moreno
Holm-Sanders headlines “Finally” PPV in greatest female boxing show ever
June 13 at Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE – The two best female boxers in the world, Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm and Mary Jo Sanders, headline the June 13th “Finally” pay-per-view event (10 PM/ET-8 PM/MT) – the greatest collection of women fighters on one show in history – live from Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The Fresquez Productions, Inc.-promoted “Finally,” produced and distributed by Integrated Sports, will be available for live viewing on cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, TVN and DirecTV for a suggested retail price of only $24.95.
Albuquerque favorite Holm (21-1-2, 6 KOs), recognized as the No. 1 welterweight in the world, takes on the world’s No. 1 middleweight, Detroit icon Sanders (25-0, 8 KOs), in the 10 round main event for the vacant International Female Boxers Association (IFBA) junior middleweight title.
“Holly and Mary Jo are fighting for the right to be called the top pound-for-pound female fighter in the world today,” promoter Lenny Fresquez said. “This show is the all-time best ever for female boxing with five No. 1 fighters, based on independent rating groups, starting with Holly and Mary Jo, along with the No. 1 featherweight (Jeannine Garside), junior lightweight (Chevelle Hallback, and strawweight (Careno Moreno). Add a pair of No. 2 rated fighters (flyweight Eileen Olszewski) and (junior flyweight Hollie Dunaway), plus a No. 3 (junior flyweight Wendy Rodriguez);
‘Finally’ is featuring eight fighters - all rated among the world’s top 3 - in four world title fights shown worldwide on pay-per-view.”
The most punishing, action-packed fight could turn out to be the 10-round co-feature for the IFBA lightweight title between WIBA & IBA junior lightweight title-holder Chevelle “Fists of Steel” Hallback (26-5-2, 11 KOs), fighting out of Tampa (FL), and WIBA featherweight champion Jeannine “G9” Garside (7-0-1, 3 KOs), of Ontario (Canada).
IBA junior featherweight champion Wendy Rodriguez (18-4, 3 KOs), of Los Angeles, faces WIBF-GBU/WIBC minimumweight title-holder Hollie “Hot Stuff” Dunaway (21-6, 10 KOs), from (Van Buren) Arkansas, in a 10-round strawweight title fight.
WBC 2007 Fighter of the Year, WBC mininumweight champ Carina “La Reina” Moreno (17-1, 5 KOs), of Watsonville (CA), squares-off against newly crowned WIBA flyweight title-holder Eileen “The Hawaiian Mongoose” Olszewski (5-0), fighting out of New York City by way of Honolulu, in a 10-round title fight for the IFBA junior flyweight crown. All fights and fighters are subject to change.
Eileen “The Hawaiian Mongoose” Olszewski
Tickets, priced at $50.00, $100.00, $150.00, $200.00, $350.00 and $500.00, go on sale March 18 at the Isleta Casino and Resort box office, www.tickets.com or at Fresquez Productions, Inc. (508.884.7484). For more information go to www.fresquezproductions.com or www.holmvssanders.com. Doors open at 5:30 PM/MT, first bout 7:00 PM/MT, first televised bout 8:00 PM/MT.
© 2007, 2008 Keisha Morrisey all rights reserved
June 13 at Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE – The two best female boxers in the world, Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm and Mary Jo Sanders, headline the June 13th “Finally” pay-per-view event (10 PM/ET-8 PM/MT) – the greatest collection of women fighters on one show in history – live from Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The Fresquez Productions, Inc.-promoted “Finally,” produced and distributed by Integrated Sports, will be available for live viewing on cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, TVN and DirecTV for a suggested retail price of only $24.95.
Albuquerque favorite Holm (21-1-2, 6 KOs), recognized as the No. 1 welterweight in the world, takes on the world’s No. 1 middleweight, Detroit icon Sanders (25-0, 8 KOs), in the 10 round main event for the vacant International Female Boxers Association (IFBA) junior middleweight title.
“Holly and Mary Jo are fighting for the right to be called the top pound-for-pound female fighter in the world today,” promoter Lenny Fresquez said. “This show is the all-time best ever for female boxing with five No. 1 fighters, based on independent rating groups, starting with Holly and Mary Jo, along with the No. 1 featherweight (Jeannine Garside), junior lightweight (Chevelle Hallback, and strawweight (Careno Moreno). Add a pair of No. 2 rated fighters (flyweight Eileen Olszewski) and (junior flyweight Hollie Dunaway), plus a No. 3 (junior flyweight Wendy Rodriguez);
‘Finally’ is featuring eight fighters - all rated among the world’s top 3 - in four world title fights shown worldwide on pay-per-view.”
The most punishing, action-packed fight could turn out to be the 10-round co-feature for the IFBA lightweight title between WIBA & IBA junior lightweight title-holder Chevelle “Fists of Steel” Hallback (26-5-2, 11 KOs), fighting out of Tampa (FL), and WIBA featherweight champion Jeannine “G9” Garside (7-0-1, 3 KOs), of Ontario (Canada).
IBA junior featherweight champion Wendy Rodriguez (18-4, 3 KOs), of Los Angeles, faces WIBF-GBU/WIBC minimumweight title-holder Hollie “Hot Stuff” Dunaway (21-6, 10 KOs), from (Van Buren) Arkansas, in a 10-round strawweight title fight.
WBC 2007 Fighter of the Year, WBC mininumweight champ Carina “La Reina” Moreno (17-1, 5 KOs), of Watsonville (CA), squares-off against newly crowned WIBA flyweight title-holder Eileen “The Hawaiian Mongoose” Olszewski (5-0), fighting out of New York City by way of Honolulu, in a 10-round title fight for the IFBA junior flyweight crown. All fights and fighters are subject to change.
Eileen “The Hawaiian Mongoose” Olszewski
Tickets, priced at $50.00, $100.00, $150.00, $200.00, $350.00 and $500.00, go on sale March 18 at the Isleta Casino and Resort box office, www.tickets.com or at Fresquez Productions, Inc. (508.884.7484). For more information go to www.fresquezproductions.com or www.holmvssanders.com. Doors open at 5:30 PM/MT, first bout 7:00 PM/MT, first televised bout 8:00 PM/MT.
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