Rodriguez-Dunaway rematch on “Finally” PPV show
Holm-Sanders headlines June 13 at Isleta
Casino & Resort in Albuquerque
ALBUQUERQUE (May 7,
2008) – IBA junior flyweight champion Wendy “Little Thunder”
Rodriguez will be seeking revenge June 13 when she fights one of
only four opponents to ever defeat her, Hollie “Hot Stuff”
Dunaway, in their 10-round bout for the vacant IBA strawweight
belt on the “Finally” pay-per-view event, airing live (10
PM/ET-8 PM/MT) from Isleta Casino & Resort in Albuquerque, New
Mexico.
Rodriguez (18-4, 3
KOs), of Los Angeles, lost an eight-round decision March 15,
2007 to Dunaway (21-6, 10 KOs), the reigning WIBF-GBU/WIBC
minimumweight title-holder and NABF flyweight champion, fighting
out of Las Vegas by way of (Van Buren) Arkansas.
“I hadn’t fought in
more than a year,” Wendy explained. “I thought we were fighting
at 102-pounds, so I got down to that weight, but they upped it
to 105, and then 107. I took the fight anyway but mentally I
wasn’t into it. I was real rusty.”
“Finally,” promoted
by Fresquez Productions, Inc., is being produced and distributed
by Integrated Sports for live viewing in the United States and
Canada (10 PM/ET) on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via
iN Demand, TVN, Shaw Communications, DirecTV, Bell Expressvue
and StarChoice for a suggested retail price of only $24.95.
The greatest
collection of women boxers on one show, including five
independently No. 1 rated fighters, are scheduled to battle in
four world title bouts on “Finally.” The main event features the
top two women boxers in the world today, Albuquerque favorite
Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (21-1-2, 6 KOs), recognized
as the No. 1 welterweight in the world, versus the world’s No. 1
middleweight, Detroit icon Mary Jo Sanders (25-0, 8 KOs),
squaring-off in the 10-round main event for the vacant IFBA
junior middleweight crown and universal pound-for-pound
supremacy.
Rodriquez has a
degree in child development and she works in infancy
relationship, making home visits for play therapy with needy
children who are sick. Wendy is a 4’11” dynamo who is a true
ring technician. “Hollie is a counter puncher, tough and really
strong,” Rodriguez added. “It’s going to be an interesting
match-up of styles. I’m really excited about fight on this
pay-per-view show with some of the best woman fighters in the
world. Normally, men fight on shows like this and maybe there’s
one woman’s fight. Finally, we’re getting an opportunity like
this and I think it’s going to take us to another level.”
WIBA & IBA junior
lightweight title-holder Chevelle “Fists of Steel” Hallback
(26-5-2, 11 KOs), fighting out of Tampa (FL), takes on WIBA
featherweight champion Jeannine “G9” Garside (7-0-1, 3 KOs), of
Ontario (Canada), in a 10-round bout for the vacant IFBA
lightweight championship. Hallback-Garside has all the makings
of a female version of Gatti-Ward.
WBC 2007 Fighter of
the Year, WBC mininumweight champ Carina “La Reina” Moreno
(11-1, 5 KOs), of Watsonville (CA), faces WIBA flyweight
title-holder Eileen “The Hawaiian Mongoose” Olszewski (5-0-1),
fighting out of New York City by way of Honolulu, in a 10-round
fight for the IFBA junior flyweight crown. All fights and
fighters are subject to change.
Tickets,
priced at $50.00, $100.00, $150.00, $200.00, $350.00 and
$500.00, are on sale March 18 at the Isleta Casino and Resort
box office,
www.tickets.com
or at Fresquez Productions, Inc. (508.884.7484). For more
information go to
www.fresquezproductions.com
or
www.holmvssanders.com.
Doors open at 5:30 PM/MT, first bout 7:00 PM/MT, first televised
bout 8:00 PM/MT.
[Photo: Dunaway-Alan
Messick - Rodriguez - J.M. Yim]
