Did Anyone See Alicia "The Empress" Napoleon Win on Saturday Night?

The answer to the above question is, yes... However, most the people in attendance were her fans from nearby Lindenhurst, New York.

(Photo - AliciaNapoleon.com)

Women's World Boxing Association (WBA) champion, Alicia "The Empress" Napoleon (10-1, 5 KOs) defeated Scotland's Hannah Rankin (5-2, 1 KO) by unanimous decision in a ten round bout on Saturday night at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The fight, which was on the ten fight undercard of Andre Berto's victory over Devon Alexander, was fought after the main event as most fans walked out of the arena and members of the media flocked to the post-fight press conference. The fight did not begin until just before 11:00 PM EST. 

Napoleon, who is promoted by DiBella Entertainment, did not hold back her displeasure with the scheduling of her bout. Her ten round title fight was pushed to the back of a card that featured two four round and three eight round fights. When asked about the scheduling of her bout, Napoleon had this to say: “It’s typical of how women are treated in boxing. But we were the best fight of the night, for sure.”

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Claressa Shields vs. Hanna Gabriels

Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Claressa Shields (5-0, 2 KOs) is scheduled to fight Hanna Gabriels (18-1-1, 11 KOs) on June 22nd in Detroit. The two top-notch female fighters will square off in a ten round bout for the vacant IBF/WBA Women's Middleweight Title on Showtime. Shields, an undefeated fighter from nearby Flint, is coming off of a unanimous decision victory over women's middleweight contender Tori Nelson. Costa Rica's Gabriels, who is making her American pro debut, has one blemish on her veteran record, a TKO loss to Oxandia Castillo in 2013.

This title fight sits on top of a ten fight card, that also features another women's middleweight bout between Christina Hammer (22-0, 10 KOs) and Tori Nelson (17-1-3, 2 KOs) for Hammer's WBC/WBO Women's Middleweight Title. This match should be of interest to the winner of Shields vs. Gabriels in that it is likely that the winner will face Hammer or Nelson in their next bout. Hammer, an undefeated fighter from Germany, looks to preserve her perfect record in her American pro debut. Nelson, who is coming off of a unanimous decision defeat at the hands of Claressa Shields, hopes to get back in the win column, and potentially get a rematch against the popular, Shields.

The card, which will take place at the Masonic Temple, will also feature the following professional bouts:

Umar Salamov (20-1, 15 KOs) vs. Brian Howard (13-1, 10 KOs) - ten rounds, light heavyweights for the IBF North American Light Heavyweight Title

Bakhtiyar Eyubov (13-0, 11 KOs) vs. Nicholas Givhan (21-1-1, 11 KOs) - ten rounds, junior welterweights

Aslambek Idigov (12-0, 5 KOs) vs. James Ballard (10-1, 3 KOs) - ten rounds, light heavyweights

Jarico O'Quinn (8-0-1, 5 KOs) vs. Yaqub Kareem (14-9-1, 8 KOs) - eight rounds, bantamweights

Franchon Crews-Dezurn (3-1, 1 KO) vs. Crystal Byers (0-3) - six rounds, female super middleweights

Apti Davtaev (14-0-1, 13 KOs) vs. Cory Phelps (16-10-1, 8 KOs) - eight rounds, heavyweights

Leon Lawson III (6-0, 4 KOs) vs. TBA - six rounds, junior middleweights

Joseph Bonas (3-0, 3 KOs) vs. Michael Klekotta (1-2, 1 KO) - four rounds, welterweights

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Tonya "Bad Girl" Harding

Your friends at The Weigh-In don't just love combat sports... We are also casual women's figure skating fans! Our all-time favorite women's figure skater turned boxer is Tonya Harding.

Our very own Matt Ward came across this gem of an article today:

Tonya Harding Would Like Her Apology Now

This article makes us wish that Tonya Harding would get back into the ring and stop asking for apologies...

Celebrity Boxing Tonya Harding vs Paula Jones on YouTube

Tonya Harding's BoxRec Page

Come on Tonya... That 3-3 record would look a lot better with a four in the win column. Plus our favorite Tonya is the "Bad Girl"... Not the sad Tonya who orders fruity mixed drinks and steak appetizers.

(Teenage Dustin Johnson Loved this Photo!)

Love, 

TWI Dudes

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