Jackie Nava to rematch Leona Brown

[Dee Williams]

May 20, 2006:

Jackie Nava
(13-1-1, 8 KO)
WBAN #1 ranked jr featherweight

vs.

Leona Brown
(13-17-0, 5 KO)
WBAN #9 ranked bantamweight

Los Cabos, Mexico
10 rds, WBC Super Bantamweight title

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4'11" Leona Brown gets another shot at Jackie Nava at age 45!

Nava won their first fight by a wide margin (100-88,100-88,100-89)
after knocking Leona down with a straight left in the first round, but Leona hung in for the full 10. Leona has never been stopped despite fighting the entire who's who of bantamweights during her career, which she began at age 37.

After their previous bout a year ago Leona said she wanted a rematch as she felt that with more time to prepare (she had taken the earlier fight on about a week's notice) she could take Nava.

Leona Brown has to be the "Energizer Bunny" of over-40 women boxers but Jackie Nava will be heavily favored ...

Boxer profiles on WBAN:

www.wban.org/biog/jnava.htm

www.wban.org/biog/lbrown.htm

[computerrank]

Boxrec goes with WBAN here -

Nava #1 Super Bantamweight - Brown #8 Bantamweight

... and in Mexico

[Ryan Wissow]

what the heck has Leona done to deserve a rematch with Jackie?
Jackie is a very good fighter, they dont have to protect her this much!
RYAN

[Dee Williams]

ryanwissow said:

what the heck has Leona done to deserve a rematch with Jackie?

She was a willing participant (as a late replacement) in Jackie getting the first ever WBC women's world title belt on Jackie's home turf, and she made nice after, calling Jackie a "great champion".

That's just a guess, of course ...

[Rick Scharmberg]

ryanwissow said:

what the heck has Leona done to deserve a rematch with Jackie?
Jackie is a very good fighter, they dont have to protect her this much!
RYAN

I'd rather see her rematch Kelsey Jeffries...in Cali this time. Leona is the Brenda Bell Drexel of her division. I mean that respectfully.