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PREGNANT BOXER LOSES CHANCE TO FIGHT FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
By Alex P. Vidal
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 16 Oct 2009
LOS ANGELES, California – A 20-year-old Colombian boxer has been disqualified from fighting for the World Boxing Council (WBC) female super flyweight championship after doctors discovered that she was pregnant, the WBC announced in Mexico City October 15.
Francia Elena Bravo (11-3, 8 KO’s) was the mandatory challenger of champion Ana Maria Torres for the WBC title on October 31 in Mexico but was found positive in a pregnancy test during the mandatory safety examinations ordered and conducted by the WBC last October 14.
Bravo, who hails from Crete, Colombia, earned the title shot after he pulverized Vanesa Medrano in two rounds in Cordoba, Colombia on August 8, 2009.
Prior to besting Medrano, she solidified her title bid by hacking out a spectacular second round stoppage win over Laura Zarate in Barranquilla, Colombia.
KO LOSS
In her only other fight outside Colombia, she was knocked out in the fourth round by Yesica Yolanda Bopp in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the WBC international female light flyweight title on September 26, 2008.
It would have been her first fight in Mexico and second title fight outside Colombia.
“The World Boxing Council’s mandatory pregnancy test during the 14-day advance weigh-in surprised Francia Elena Bravo, who found out that she will be a mom,” the WBC reported.
“The WBC wishes Francia Elena Bravo the best of luck on her beautiful motherhood journey,” concluded the WBC which was expected to announce immediately the challenger for Torres (19-3, 11 KO’s) who will defend her title for the third time.
Torres is nine years older than Bravo.
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