Norcalboxing.net
Moreno (left) is ready for Saturday's showdown with Kentikian. (Sturm Sports)
Watsonville's Carina Moreno fights Susi Kentikian for the vacant WBA flyweight title Saturday at Castello in Dusseldorf, Germany. Kentikian came in at 110.89 pounds, while Moreno tipped the scale at an even 112 pounds.
Kentikian (29-1, 16 KOs) is coming off a majority decision defeat to San Jose's Melissa McMorrow in May. While the Hamburg, Germany, resident lost the WBO and WIBF belts to the Bay Area fighter, the WBA strap was not on the line.
Moreno (22-5, 6 KOs) has lost four of five, but the former strawweight and junior flyweight world titleholder is primed for one more championship run.
Ryan Maquiñana was the boxing producer for NBCOlympics.com during London 2012 and writes a weekly column for CSNBayArea.com. He is a full member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and the Ratings Panel for Ring Magazine. E-mail him at rmaquinana@gmail.com, check out his blog at Norcalboxing.net, or follow him on Twitter: @RMaq28.
No comments:
Post a Comment