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BROWN RETAINS TITLE IN HOTLY CONTESTED BATTLE AGAINST SITZES; Barber, Julaton Continue Undefeated
In the hotly contested third title bout of the February 7th card, in the 122-pound division, Lisa “Bad News” Brown of Toronto, CAN, defending IFBA Jr. Featherweight champ, held onto her belt against Jeri “Fists of Fury” Sitzes of Springfield, MO, in an unpopular decision that drew boos from the crowd. Sitzes came out aggressively in the early rounds, bruising Brown’s left eye with a flurry of punches to the face, but she appeared to have spent herself too soon, and had too little left in the 9th and final 10th round. The Trinidad-born Brown paced herself to a unanimous decision, with the judges scoring it 97-92, 98-91, 96-93. Brown is now 14-3-3, 4KOs and Sitzes’ record is 14-5-1,6 KOs.
In the undercard fights, Ana Julaton of San Francisco, training with Freddie Roach, picked up her second victory as a pro in a six-round Jr. Featherweight (122 pound) bout with San Diego’s Carly Batey (now 3-3-2) , a tough but tiny ex-Marine. In the decision in her favor, Julaton gave her Filipino fans plenty to cheer about, but Batey never made it easy. Batey came out swinging, but Julaton kept the heat on till the end.
In the second undercard fight of the night, a six-round Jr. Lightweight (130 pound) bout, Jennifer Barber of Granada Hills, California, demolished Phoenix Arizona’s Handi Hernandez, for a TKO 30 seconds into the third round. Barber controlled it from the opening bell and clearly outmatched Hernandez with furious combinations. Barber, who took one good shot to the face, called Hernandez a “one punch boxer, with only a good left hook,” and upped her undefeated record to 5-0-0 with 3 KOs. Hernandez dropped to 5-3, 3KOs.
