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MCMORROW UPSETS KENTIKIAN FOR UNIFIED FLYWEIGHT TITLE
By Ryan Maquieana
BoxingScene.com
http://www.boxingscene.com/mcmorrows-win-kentikian-womens-upset-year--52956
May 17 2012
Melissa "Mighty" McMorrow pulled off women's boxing's upset of the
year Wednesday with a majority decision win over previously unbeaten
WBA/WBO/WIBF flyweight champion Susi "Killer Queen" Kentikian in
Hamburg, Germany.
Judges Ingo Barrabas and Lahcen Oumghar turned in 96-94 tallies in
favor of McMorrow (7-3-3), while Frank Michael Maass saw it 95-95.
"Mighty went into a foreign country in February, beat up the champion,
and got robbed," said McMorrow's trainer Eddie Croft, himself a
former three-time world title challenger at 122 and 126 pounds. "She
went into a foreign country again, beat up the undefeated champion,
and became the new flyweight champion of the world."
Kentikian (29-1, 16 KOs), a Hamburg resident via Yerevan, Armenia, shut
out Teeraporn Pannimit last October in her 16th straight title fight,
while McMorrow had been unlucky in her previous bout, a split decision
defeat to Arely Mucino for the interim WBA 112-pound crown in February.
Now McMorrow will bring three belts back home to San Jose as she
becomes the second reigning flyweight champ in the Northern California
region. IBF boss Ava Knight of Chico fights out of San Francisco,
and the local fans have already begun to talk about unification.
From: Baghdasarian
By Ryan Maquieana
BoxingScene.com
http://www.boxingscene.com/mcmorrows-win-kentikian-womens-upset-year--52956
May 17 2012
Melissa "Mighty" McMorrow pulled off women's boxing's upset of the
year Wednesday with a majority decision win over previously unbeaten
WBA/WBO/WIBF flyweight champion Susi "Killer Queen" Kentikian in
Hamburg, Germany.
Judges Ingo Barrabas and Lahcen Oumghar turned in 96-94 tallies in
favor of McMorrow (7-3-3), while Frank Michael Maass saw it 95-95.
"Mighty went into a foreign country in February, beat up the champion,
and got robbed," said McMorrow's trainer Eddie Croft, himself a
former three-time world title challenger at 122 and 126 pounds. "She
went into a foreign country again, beat up the undefeated champion,
and became the new flyweight champion of the world."
Kentikian (29-1, 16 KOs), a Hamburg resident via Yerevan, Armenia, shut
out Teeraporn Pannimit last October in her 16th straight title fight,
while McMorrow had been unlucky in her previous bout, a split decision
defeat to Arely Mucino for the interim WBA 112-pound crown in February.
Now McMorrow will bring three belts back home to San Jose as she
becomes the second reigning flyweight champ in the Northern California
region. IBF boss Ava Knight of Chico fights out of San Francisco,
and the local fans have already begun to talk about unification.
From: Baghdasarian