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Post by Dee Williams on Feb 21, 2009 21:24:16 GMT -5
Kina Malpartida stopped Maureen Shea in the tenth round of their bout at Madison Square Garden. Malpartida was down in the first, but she dropped Shea in the tenth to get the stoppage. This was for the WBA super featherweight title. www.womenboxing.com/NEWS2009/news022209sheakina.htm |
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Post by Martin Peters on Feb 23, 2009 5:11:42 GMT -5
Malpartida had lost three of her previous 5 bouts so perhaps Shea thought it would be a lot easier. Well, now we know her true level as a boxer.
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Post by Dee Williams on Feb 23, 2009 10:14:09 GMT -5
Malpartida's last two losses were to good opponents - Ela Nunez and Rhonda Luna. Shea was also out of the ring for a while and was not tested hard in her "tuneup". Malpartida rose to "Shea's occasion" and took it away from her big time. As always be careful what you wish for unless you are really well prepared for it  |
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Post by Rick Scharmberg on Feb 24, 2009 19:33:21 GMT -5
She was much taller than Shea, and had a better reach. She'll be back. Good win for the South American fighter.  |
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Post by Dee Williams on Feb 24, 2009 20:22:35 GMT -5
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Post by Martin Peters on Mar 2, 2009 0:45:19 GMT -5
Does anyone know Malpartida's actual nationality? A lot of the Latin websites claim her as Peruvian given this is where she was born, but on WBAN and elsewhere she's described as Australian. And for all I know, she may have taken out US citizenship! Just curious.
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Post by Dee Williams on Mar 2, 2009 1:21:14 GMT -5
Martin - wban.org/biog/kmalpartida.htmPeru, Australia and California can all lay some claim to her --- she was born in Peru, became a pro boxer in Oz, and now lives in CA. Now she's "famous", everyone will want to say she's "theirs" But you normally have to be in the US 5 years as a legal permanent resident before you can apply to become a US citizen, and she was still fighting in Oz in early 2005. |
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Post by Martin Peters on Mar 7, 2009 0:55:15 GMT -5
Here's a link to an article (in Spanish) about the controversy surrounding Malpartida's nationality. She has double nationality, apparently, though is being denied an award in her country of birth owing to her Australian connections...and some were angry that she wore an Australian flag on her shorts in the bout. Kina herself is fed up with the controversy, saying professional boxers represent themselves and not their country when they fight. www.rpp.com.pe/2009-02-28-kina-malpartida-decepcionada-ante-polemica-por-su-nacionalidad-noticia_167240.html |
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Post by Dee Williams on Mar 7, 2009 6:58:50 GMT -5
Thanks for the link, Martin. Indeed she wore an Oz flag on her shorts in the title fight. All of her early sanctioned fights were in Oz and that is where she developed her boxing career but I imagine she is far more concerned with getting future fights than which countries want to claim her (or not) as "theirs" now she has won her first world title.
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Post by Rick Scharmberg on Mar 19, 2009 11:49:12 GMT -5
Where was she born? That is her nationality.
Kostya Tszyu fought and lived in OZ, but he is Russian.
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Post by Dee Williams on Mar 19, 2009 21:11:20 GMT -5
wban.org/biog/kmalpartida.htm describes her early career. Also: Lima, Mar. 04 (ANDINA).- Peruvian fighter Kina Malpartida would defend her WBA female super featherweight title at a packed National Stadium in Lima, said the president of the Peruvian Sports Institute (IPD), Arturo Woodman.
Woodman said he has talked to World Boxing Association (WBA) President Gilberto Mendoza, who expressed his desire to see Malpartida defending the WBA title in her native Peru.
On February 22, Peruvian born fighter Kina Malpartida won the vacant WBA super-featherweight title stopping Maureen Shea in the tenth round at the Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Peruvian fighters Luis Ibáñez, Oscar Romero and Orlando Rivadeneyra attempted to win a world boxing title but they were unsuccessful.
Lima has only hosted fights for the South American and Latin American championship in the 1970s and 1980s.
Woodman also commented that Malpartida has never lost her Peruvian nationality, despite taking Australian citizenship, adding that everything indicates that she would receive the Sporting Laurels, Peru's highest sports award.
www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/Noticia.aspx?id=Jp5SyJPczUI=
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Post by Rick Scharmberg on Mar 31, 2009 6:15:09 GMT -5
Nice ad for Calvin Klein!
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