More Female Boxing Action Worldwide this weekend! by Sue TL Fox
(OCT 4) Tonight in at the Auditorio Presidente Néstor Kirchner, Mercado Central, Tapiales, Buenos Aires, Argentina, there will be a six-rounder featuring super flyweight Florencia Roxana Canteros, 5-4-1, of Buenos Aires, vs. Yessika Flavia Munoz, 1-8-2 (1KO), also from Buenos Aires. In a second bout on the card, in a four-round bout, Ruth Stephanie Aquino will face Natali Elizabeth Ferreyra, both coming into the fight with a 1-0-0, and both from Argentina.
As we have reported, another fight in Argentina, will take place at the Club Sportivo America, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, where Erica Anabella Farias, 17-0-0 (9KO), of Buenos Aires, will be defending her WBC Lightweight title against United States Mary “Merciless” McGee, 20-2-0 (11KO). At the weigh-in yesterday, both weighed in at an even 135 lbs. [UPDATE: FARIAS WON BY UNA. DECISION AND RETAINED HER WBC LIGHTWEIGHT BELT]
In Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium, Delfine Persoon, 25-1-0 (11KO), will be fighting Irma Balijagic Adler, 14-3-0 (7KO), in an non-title eight round bout, in the lightweight division. [UPDATE: PERSOON WON BY UNA. DECISION].
In boxing action at the York Hall, Bethal Green, in London, United Kingdom, Jennifer Retzke, 12-1-1 (9KO), will in all reality have a not-so-difficult challenge for a world title fight for the vacant GBC welterweight title, when she takes on a 4-29-0 boxer, Angel McKenzie who has lost 29 of her last 31 fights….hey don’t ask WBAN how this match was made…..we are still scratching our head. In a second female bout on the card, Marianne Marston, 1-0-0, will be fighting Melinda Zsiga, 0-4-0.
In Lawton, Oklahoma, Sheena Chaney will be fighting Tiffany Alexander, in four rounds, junior featherweight division.
On Saturday night….
At the Salón de Usos Múltiples, Ocotlan, Jalisco, Mexico, Susana Vazquez, 9-8-1 (3KO), is scheduled to fight on the undercard, although we do not know who her opponent is, or how many rounds this flyweight will be fighting.
In Hipódromo Caliente, Arena Tecate, Tijuana, Mexico, Celia Roman, 5-2-0 (2KO), will be fighting Maria Guzman, 0-4-0. Both fight out of Mexico.
In Toluca, Mexico, Yazmin Rivas, 28-7-0 (9KO), will be fighting, with no opponent named, for an IBF Bantamweight title. Also, Ibeth Zamora Silva, 18-5-0 (8KO), will face Neisi Torres, 10-1-1 (6KO), for the WBC light flyweight title in a 10-round bout.
In the United States, at the Gobin Building, in Pueblo, Colorado, Chantel Cordova, 10-4-1 (3KO), of Colorado, will be fighting Christina Fuentes, 2-3-3, Laredo, Texas, in an eight-round non-title bout.