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Cederroos, Espinosa Fight Photos Gallery - Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey - In a battle for the IBF, WBA super middleweight titles, Elin Cederroos (8-0, 4 KOs) won a razor-close ten round unanimous decision over Alicia Napoleon Espinosa (12-2, 7 KOs), who went down in the second round.
ATLANTIC CITY – Elin Cederroos ruined Alicia Napoleon-Espinosa’s plan to fight Claressa Shields. The unknown, undefeated Swede knocked down Napoleon-Espinosa in the second round Friday night, which accounted for the one-point difference on the scorecards of each of the three judges. Mark Consentino, Lawrence Layton and John McKaie all scored their action-packed fight 95-94 for Cederroos, who won their 10-round, 168-pound title unification fight by unanimous decision on the Shields-Ivana Habazin undercard at Ocean Resort Casino’s Ovation Hall
Napoleon, Cederroos Weights Photos Gallery - NEW YORK - Undisputed middleweight world champion Claressa Shields and former welterweight champion Ivana Habazin met face-to-face at the official weigh-in before their long-awaited showdown for the vacant WBC and WBO 154-pound world titles this Friday, January 10 live on SHOWTIME from Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. (photos by Stephanie Trapp)
ATLANTIC CITY – Other than typical trash talk, the Claressa Shields-Ivana Habazin weigh-in went off without incident Thursday. Shields, women’s boxing’s undisputed middleweight champion, officially weighed a career-low 153¼ pounds when she stepped on the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board’s scale at Ocean Resort Casino. Habazin, who ate ice cream and taunted Shields while standing on the scale, came in at 152½ pounds for their 10-round, 154-pound title fight Friday night at Ocean’s Ovation Hall.
Napolean, Cederroos Fight Photos Gallery - NEW YORK - Undisputed middleweight world champion Claressa Shields and former welterweight champion Ivana Habazin met face-to-face Tuesday at the final press conference three days before their long-awaited showdown for the vacant WBC and WBO 154-pound world titles this Friday, January 10 live on SHOWTIME from Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. (photos by Stephanie Trapp)
Asloum Event staged "No Limit XI" on December 13 at the Sport de Palais Marcel Cerdan in Levallois Perret. In the main fights, lightweight veteran Yvan Mendy (44-5-1) knocked out Jaider Parra (33-3-1) to win the vacant WBA Gold title, hard-punching light heavyweight Mathieu Bauderlique (19-1) stopped Hugo Kasperski in the fifth of an all French matchup and retained the WBA I/C crown, bantam prospect Elie Konki (9-0) won a unanimous decision over Sebastian Perez (12-1-1) to win the EU title
Claressa Shields isn’t confident she’ll be able to get Cecilia Braekhus to move up for the type of fight Shields seeks. Alicia Napoleon-Espinosa apparently is more than willing to move down to face the undefeated Shields. BoxingScene.com has learned that Napoleon-Espinosa, the WBA women’s super middleweight champion, has agreed to box IBF 168-pound champ Elin Cederroos on the Shields-Ivana Habazin undercard January 10 at Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
It´s official: IBO cruiserweight king Kevin Lerena (24-1) defends the title on February 8 in Goeppingen (Germany) against 48-year old veteran and fomer WBA champ Firat Arslan (47-8-3) with EC Boxing promoting.