Tag: 1984

Valdez returns to ring –  Santa Fe, N.M., Sunday , October 28, 1984   THE NEW MEXICAN    C-3 Santa Fe’s Darlina Valdez, who won the first world title ever decided in women’s boxing, will return to the ring for the first time in more than a year Saturday to take on Arlene Weber of Albuquerque in

Laurie Holt’s professional boxing career to date, consists of four fights against the same opponent–not quite the makings of a champion.  But consider the opponent. Holt’s only foe has been Cheryl Brown, the world’s fourth-ranked women’s featherweight.  Prior to a week ago, Holt, 20, of Waterville had lost three straight.  But her last time out