She truly is the Roberto Duran of women’s boxing. “She has the fighting style that everyone wants to see. “There is no doubt in my mind, Selina will be the next female fighter to showcase her talents on a major network,” stated co- manager Charles Campbell. She is fighting the best opposition she can and knocking them out in dramatic fashion. “Corpus Christi fell in love with Selina’s style and power in her last fight, and what she is doing in women’s boxing, hasn’t been done before,” said Colin Campbell, who co-manages Barrios with his dad Charles. “What separates Selina from the rest of her peers, is her high-level ring intelligence, along with devastating punching power”īarrios, who captured the NABF Lightweight title in only her third pro fight is taking a Vasyl Lomachenko approach to women’s boxing as she is facing her third undefeated fighter in a row. “Selina Barrios is one of the most talented fighters in the world and will be a force for anyone in her division,” said Kerry Daigle, Selina Barrios’ advisor. The knockout has already been featured on many boxing publications list for knockout of the year, as Barrios showed off uncanny punching power for the women’s lightweight division. In her last bout, Barrios, who is a devastating power-puncher, scored a sensational knockout against previously unbeaten, Aida “Lady Sparta” Satybaldinova (3-1-1). I’m going to bring home a victory for my people back home in Mexico.” I can’t wait to take advantage of this opportunity and follow in the footsteps of my sister Mariana. “I asked for this fight, and now I have it. “I want to represent Mexico and fight on behalf of my country, and win this title for my people,” said Patricia Juarez, who trains in Denver, Colorado. I look forward to making a title defense against a worthy challenger like Patricia Juarez.” “She is an undefeated fighter with the same record as me, and her sister is a future Hall of Famer. “Patricia Juarez asked to fight me, and I feel that part of being a champion is accepting fights with worthy opponents,” said Selina Barrios, who hails from San Antonio, TX. The 10-round bout will take place at Whataburger Field, home to the Corpus Christi Hooks, the double-A affiliate of the Houston Astros. On the line will be Selina’s NABF Lightweight title. Barrios will face Patricia Juarez (4-0), sister of WBC Bantamweight champion, Mariana “Barbie” Juarez (50-9-4, 13 KOs). SAN ANTONIO, TX (August 18, 2018) – Undefeated NABF Lightweight champion, Selina “Aztec Queen” Barrios (4-0, 2 KOs), has an opponent for her Corpus Christi Showdown on September 22, 2018. NABF LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE ON THE LINE FOR SEPT 22 SHOWDOWN This was a fun fight.TWO UNDEFEATED FIGHTERS COLLIDE ONCE AGAIN Hill just kept going back to the body and finished things. Alfred was pretty much done when he went down from a body shot the first time, but he showed great heart and toughness trying to fight on. Lightweight Jeremy Hill (7-0, 4 KO) dropped Kaylyn Alfred (3-2-1, 0 KO) three times to earn a stoppage win in the third round.Light heavyweight Sean Hemphill (3-0, 3 KO) followed Montrel, and again we saw a fight stopped early due to injury, this one after just one round when Dennis Williams (4-12-1, 2 KO) had to pull out due to what DAZN commentator Kendall Gill (the basketball player, yes) suspected might have been a torn bicep.Lightweight Jonathan Montrel (3-0, 1 KO) won his fight with Ivan Reyes (0-2, 0 KO) after two rounds, when Reyes was forced to retire from the bout due to an obvious shoulder injury, which was suffered in the opening frame.We also got to see a few local fighters in action. Selina, the older sister of PBC junior welterweight prospect Mario Barrios, was favored a bit going in, but Hernandez looked terrific in her comeback effort, outclassing Barrios (5-1, 2 KO) and beating her up over eight rounds, winning on scores of 79-73, 79-73, and 80-72. Tonight, Hernandez came back at age 39 to face Barrios in a junior welterweight bout. In 2011, Hernandez challenged Erica Anabella Farias for the WBC lightweight title in Argentina, losing a decision, but she won the WBC featherweight title in 2012 from Jelena Mrdjenovich, before dropping it back in a rematch the following year. If it helps put into perspective how long ago that is, that fight was on the Wilder-Arreola undercard. Hernandez (23-7-3, 7 KO) hadn’t fought since a July 2016 loss to Layla McCarter in Alabama. Our Prograis-Relikh / Donaire-Young live coverage continues here! Tonight’s prelim lineup on DAZN wasn’t the best one, as the World Boxing Super Series-led card has been impacted by various things - injury, substitutions, fighters missing weight - but we did see the return of former WBC featherweight champion Melissa Hernandez, who came back to boxing and handed Selina Barrios her first loss.
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