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Moreno has plenty of reason to smile after shocking Kentikian in Germany. (Team Moreno)
Watsonville's Carina Moreno was crowned world champion in a third weight class Saturday, stunning Susi Kentikian by split decision at Castello in Dusseldorf, Germany, for the vacant WBA flyweight title.
According to BoxingScene.com, two 96-94 tallies for Moreno overruled a 97-93 card for Kentikian. Moreno (23-5, 6 KOs) had lost four of five coming into the clash, while Kentikian (29-2, 16 KOs), of Hamburg, Germany, was coming off a majority decision loss to San Jose's Melissa McMorrow in May.
Moreno now adds a 112-pound title to previous belts at 105 and 108 pounds.
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.
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