(COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) – The largest Women’s World Boxing Championships in the event’s history will begin today in Bridgetown, Barbados with three U.S. team members taking the ring on the opening day of competition. Light flyweight Jessica Ponce (Napa, Calif.), bantamweight Lauren Fisher (Indiana, Pa.) and lightweight Queen Underwood (Seattle, Wash.) will all box in Thursday afternoon’s action.
Ponce will be the first U.S. boxer to compete as she takes on Anusha Kodithuwakku of Sri Lanka in the final light flyweight contest of the opening round. Fisher faces a stiff challenge in European Champion Ayse Tas of Turkey in her first round match-up. Veteran Underwood will be the third U.S. representative to compete as she battles Ecuador’s Karina Mamarandy.
Over 300 boxers from 75 nations are slated to compete in the tournament, which is the first Women’s World Championships following the addition of women’s boxing to the 2012 Olympic Games. Eight nations, including the United States, boast a full roster of 10 boxers competing in the tournament. Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, China, India, Canada, and Kazakhstan all join the United States with a full contingent of athletes. In addition, Australia, Kenya, Brazil, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, Poland, Hungary, France, Bulgaria, Germany and North Korea, all brought large teams of athletes to the 2010 event.
The United States team arrived in Barbados on Monday following a successful training in Hollywood, Fla., with the squad from Great Britain. The U.S. team is being led by an experienced group of coaches with strong knowledge in both international and women’s boxing. 2004 Olympic Head Coach Basheer Abdullah (Fort Carson, Colo.), former professional boxing champion and elite women’s coach Bonnie Canino (Dania Beach, Fla.) and two-time Women’s World Championships coach Bruce Kawano (Pearl City, Hawaii) will be supporting the U.S. team in Barbados.
Results from the day’s action will be disseminated upon the completion of the bouts. For additional information on the event including live results and bracket sheets for all 10 weight divisions, go to http://aiba.org/en-US/womens/Womens2010.aspx.
USA Boxing, as the national governing body for Olympic-style boxing, is the United States’ member organization of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) and a member of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC).
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