(MAR 27. 2005 ) LAUGHLIN, NEVADA-Bloodied, battered and disappointed, Elena Reid suffered her first loss in several years. Before more than 1,000 people at Harrah’s Hotel and Casino, Reid was stopped by technical knockout by New York’s Alicia Ashley in a bantamweight bout scheduled for eight. Referee Jay Nady stopped the fight because of a cut
Shortly before his death, someone asked Albert Einstein what weapons would be used in World War III. The old man thought for a moment and then said he didn’t know, but World War IV would be fought with sticks and stones. Christy Martin and Lucia Rijker won’t be bringing sticks and stones into the Staples
(MAR 11, 2005) Rumors are flying that Lucia Rijker has signed a contract with a promoter to fight Laila Ali. Problem is that Team Ali won’t bite. “That’s insulting,” said Johnny McClain, Ali’s husband and promoter. “I haven’t even received a phone call.” Ali won’t be fighting Rijker, but hopes to fight again against one of the
(MAR 10, 2005) Kristy “Rose” Follmar [Inset photo] meets Lisa “Lil Warrior” Lewis in an eight-round junior lightweight match in Tustin on Saturday. Follmar and Lewis headline the 7th annual charity fight card sponsored by Marconi Foundation for Kids at the famous Marconi Auto Museum home to dozens of the most exotic cars in the
(FEB 13, 2005) A seventeenth century French dramatist, Pierre Corneille, no boxing fan he, once said “When there is no peril in the fight, there is no glory in the triumph.” Those 300 year old words were proven conclusively once again over the weekend when two women boxers, Laila Ali and Layla McCarter both achieved
Two of the integral ingredients in the business of boxing are fighters and promoters; the fighters fight and the promoters promote. This is especially true for the sport of Women’s boxing which, today, has more talented fighters than at any time since the sport began in the 1970s. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for
There is only one fight that will truly energize the sport of Women’s boxing. The surprise, and maybe it’s not a surprise at all, is that the bout is the same one, the only one, that would have energized the sport of Women’s boxing five years ago. Christy Martin and Lucia Rijker need to step
(JULY 20) Last night at the Sky Ute Casino, in Ignacio, Colorado, there was a women’s match on the undercard between Terri Cruz vs. Vangie Abeyta. Abeyta was stopped in the second round. The first time Cruz fought Abeyta, was last year on July 21, 2002—-in that fight, Abeyta was KO’d in the first round.
(JULY 1, 2003) Today in Biloxi, Mississippi, the press conference for the August 23rd, Pay-Per-View fight that is to take place at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum, proved to be quite exciting when Martin and Ali ended up in a pre-fight brawl! WBAN spoke to Laila Ali shortly after the incident and told WBAN about what had
WBAN had an opportunity to talk with Laila Ali in a candid one on one, where Ali pulls NO punches about many issues in this sport, including her upcoming fight with Christy Martin on August 23, her past fights with Valerie Mahfood, her thoughts on Ann Wolfe, and much more! TL Fox: First off, I