On December 18, 2002, in front of sold out crowd at the Marriott Hotel in Irvine , CA , Para Draine of Spokane, Washington beat Marilyn Salcido of Rialto , California by a split decision to win the IFBA junior bantamweight title. The “ Battle of the Ballroom” fights at the Marriott have been around
(DEC 15, 2002) WBAN ran a public poll, asking boxing fans to vote on their favorite picks of the top 20 female boxers in the sport. We have listed their top 20 choices in Alphabetical order. These boxers are not only “hot” but they can definitely BOX! Jenifer Alcorn, Laila Ali , Sumya Anani, Sharon Anyos, Jamie Clampitt, Kathy
St John At Least Partially Redeemed from T & A Curse By Katherine Dunn – December 7, 2002 The Battle of the Cover Girls, as it was billed, involved Mia Rosales St John, who cuddled up to red boxing gloves on the cover of Playboy, versus Christy Martin whose blocky, blood smeared figure glared triumphantly from the
The Battle of the Cover Girls, as it was billed, involved Mia Rosales St John, who cuddled up to red boxing gloves on the cover of Playboy, versus Christy Martin whose blocky, blood smeared figure glared triumphantly from the cover of Sports Illustrated following her defeat of Deirdre Gogarty on the undercard of Tyson-Bruno back