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Hallback-Garside
potential female
Gatti-Ward fight
April 29, 2008
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ALBUQUERQUE (April 29, 2008) –
Four-time world champion Chevelle “Fists of Steel” Hallback
(26-5-2, 11 KOs) is one of the most recognizable, experienced
and respected woman boxer in the world.
Her June 13 showdown against WIBA featherweight champion
Jeannine “G9” Garside (7-0-1, 3 KOs) in the 10-round co-feature
feature for the vacant International Female Boxers Association (IFBA)
lightweight championship on the “Finally” pay-per-view event,
airing live (10 PM/ET-8 PM/MT) from Isleta Casino & Resort in
Albuquerque, not only figures to be a candidate for Fight of the
Night, it also has all the makings of a female version of Gatti-Ward.
“Finally,” promoted by Fresquez Productions, Inc., will be
produced and distributed by Integrated Sports for live viewing
in the United States and Canada (10 PM/ET) on both cable and
satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, TVN, Shaw Communications,
DirecTV, Bell Expressvue and StarChoice for a suggested retail
price of only $24.95.
The greatest collection of women boxers on one show with all
eight independently rated among the world’s top 3 by divisions,
including five No. 1 rated fighters, will battle in four world
title bouts on “Finally.” The main event features the top two
women boxers in the world today, Albuquerque favorite Holly “The
Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (21-1-2, 6 KOs), recognized as the No.
1 welterweight in the world, versus the world’s No. 1
middleweight, Detroit icon Mary Jo Sanders (25-0, 8 KOs),
fighting in the 10-round main event for the vacant IFBA junior
middleweight crown and pound-for-pound supremacy.
The No. 1 ranked lightweight, WIBA and IBA title-holder Hallback,
of Tampa, and WIBA champion Garside, the world’s No. 1 rated
featherweight from Ontario, agree that their fight will steal
the “Finally” thunder and the PPV event will take women’s boxing
to another level.
“We fought on the same card once but I didn’t see her fight,”
Hallback said of Garside. “I know she has a big heart and can
really fight. I may have more pro fights, but she had a lot of
amateur fights, and I didn’t have one. Experience-wise, we’re
even or she may even have a little more experience. She’s coming
to fight and I am, too. Our styles help us put on a show for
fans. We’re both very exciting fighters. It’s going to be like
the 4th of July in June. We’re going to be a tough act to follow
for the main event. Jeannine’s coming prepared to win and prove
that she’s one of the best. So am I. This fight will go down in
the history books. In 10 years, boxing fans will be talking
about Hallback-Garside.
“There are a lot of good, quality fighters – some of the best
females in the world – on this pay-per-view card. I’m excited to
be fighting on it. It’s important that mainstream watches so
women’s boxing gets to the next level. We belong on prime time
TV. I’m excited to be part of it.”
Hallback is one of only five boxers to fight Holm and Sanders,
dropping 10-round decisions to both. “Holm-Sanders isn’t going
to be like my fight with Garside,” Chevelle noted. “Their fight
is between good boxers with some power. It’s going to be a chess
match. Holly moves a lot, Mary Jo doesn’t move as much. I pushed
both fights, pressuring them throughout. I think it’s going to
be a close match between two good fighters.
Also on PPV, IBA junior featherweight champion Wendy Rodriguez
(18-4, 3 KOs), of Los Angeles, faces WIBF-GBU/WIBC minimumweight
title-holder Hollie “Hot Stuff” Dunaway (21-6, 10 KOs), fighting
out of Las Vegas by way of (Van Buren) Arkansas, in a 10-round
bout for vacant IBA strawweight title; WBC 2007 Fighter of the
Year, WBC mininumweight champ Carina “La Reina” Moreno (11-1, 5
KOs), of Watsonville (CA), meets WIBA flyweight title-holder
Eileen “The Hawaiian Mongoose” Olszewski (5-0-1), fighting out
of New York City by way of Honolulu, in a 10-round fight for the
IFBA junior flyweight crown. All fights and fighters are subject
to change.
Tickets, priced at $50.00, $100.00, $150.00, $200.00, $350.00
and $500.00, go on sale March 18 at the Isleta Casino and Resort
box office, www.tickets.com or at Fresquez Productions, Inc.
(508.884.7484). For more information go to
www.fresquezproductions.com or www.holmvssanders.com. Doors open
at 5:30 PM/MT, first bout 7:00 PM/MT, first televised bout 8:00
PM/MT.
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