Natalia Ragozina wins eighth title belt
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posted by The Glowing Edge Lisa Creech Bledsoe: Speaker, writer, media ninja, Apple fangirl, boxer chick. Online a bunch. Otherwise in the gym. |
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Saturday night Russia’s glamorous middleweight boxer Natalia Ragozina (22-0-0, 13 knockouts) took on heavyweight boxer Pamela “Grenade” London (6-4-1) in front of a supercharged home crowd of over 5,000 fans in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
33 years old and six feet tall, Ragozina — “The Russian Tsarina” — wowed her fans by facing an opponent 60 pounds heavier and still putting London on the canvas for the knockout victory in the eighth round.
It was a one-shot deal, this bout of a solid middleweight against a heavyweight; Ragozina wanted to take the Women’s International Boxing Federation (WIBF) heavyweight title but has no plans to move permanently out of her middleweight category.
With this win, Ragozina becomes the world’s most decorated female boxer.
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AnnGaff
OK Lisa, I'm embarrassed I don't know this, but what are the weight categories for women? What is a middleweight, heavyweight, etc?
Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 11:42am EST
Lisa Creech Bledsoe
Hi, Ann -- No need to be embarassed, it's definitely not always clear or simple. For the most part, you can find the women's pro weight categories at this site (scroll down for the women): http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Weight_divisions#Professional_Women.27s_Weight_Divisions
It works a little differently in the amateurs than it does for pros; the pros will often agree to fight at a specific weight that may or may not be in their "usual" weight category. Also, some people call the "Light" categories "Super" versions of the higher weight class. For example, a Light Welterweight might also be called a Super Lightweight. You can see them set up this way at the following link: http://www.pubquizhelp.com/sport/boxing.html
In the amateurs, there's no penalty for weighing in above or below your weight class but you generally won't get to fight in that class if your weight doesn't fall in. In the pros, you may forfeit part of the purse to your opponent if you're not directly on the weight agreed upon in advance.
Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 6:20pm EST
AnnGaff
Thanks! Interesting that the classes listed are so close together. No wonder women are jumping between weight classes so much!
Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 6:58pm EST