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Post by Dee Williams on May 8, 2010 10:15:39 GMT -5
www2.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/sports/story.html?id=bcbc91be-0756-464f-92c7-b674a5f44683Jelena Mrdjenovich said she was going for the knockout, and on Friday night she made good on her promise. The Edmonton-based boxer flattened Brooklyn's Dominga Olivo, 1:28 into the sixth round of their junior lightweight fight, earning a technical knockout win in front of an appreciative home crowd at the Shaw Conference Centre. Mrdjenovich improved to 24-5-1, while Olivo fell to 8-6-1. "It took me a good couple of rounds to settle down and (my trainers) were telling me to shorten up, tighten up," Mrdjenovich said of the knockout. "I was a little over-anxious, a little over-excited. Everyone knew I was looking to rip heads off and finally I sat down on a short left hook." A quick right to the face did Olivo in, after she stood toe-to-toe with the former World Boxing Council super featherweight champion through the first five rounds of the bout. Mrdjenovich said she had a good feeling about the sixth round. "I felt that round," she said. "I told Milan (Lubovac, her trainer) in the corner, I said, 'This is it, this is the round.' And I shortened up and that right hand just opened up and it was a nice, tight punch." Perhaps more than a boost to her record, the win will go a long way toward boosting Mrdjenovich's confidence. She had lost her two previous fights going into Friday night's Reload or Retreat card, put on by KO Boxing.
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Post by Dee Williams on May 8, 2010 10:19:26 GMT -5
By MURRAY GREIG, Edmonton Sun www.edmontonsun.com/sports/othersports/2010/05/08/13874981.htmlEdmonton's former WBC super featherweight world champion landed a textbook straight right at 1:28 of the sixth round that instantly separated Brooklyn's Dominga Olivo from her senses in the semi-main event of KO Boxing's Reload or Retreat card at the sold-out Shaw Conference Centre. It was the kind of Foreman-esque one-punch KO that should make the SportsNet highlight reel for the next week. “It's feels great ... unbelievable,” said Mrdjenovich, who improved to 24-5-1 with her 12th KO — and first stoppage since 2006. “It took a few rounds to get rid of the rust and find my rhythm, but once I did, she started opening up a little to take away my jab. She was moving backward when I caught her, but her hands were down.” Olivo, who fought Mrdjenovich to a draw here in 2007, was still woozy 20 minutes after being counted out by referee Len Koivisto. Seconds before Mrdjenovich landed the laser right, Olivo slipped to the canvas. When she regained her feet, Mrdjenovich slammed three lefts to the body and a double jab to the head to set up the pay-off punch. As for it being her first KO since she put Frachesca Alcanter to sleep here on May 20, 2006, Mrdjenovich was ecstatic. “It was important to win ... but I wanted to win big and make a statement,” she said. “I think I've only had one other one-punch knockout like this. It feels so great.” As for her next move? “I want my title back,” Mrdjenovich said. “This was a great night ... but it's just the first step.”
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