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Boxing: Holm stops Turton, wins title
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Holly Holm lands a hard right to the face of Tricia Turton. Holm dominated the fight on Friday night at Isleta Casino. Two judges had Holm winning, 100-90, and a third had it 99-91. "Holly didn't ring my bell at all," said Turton after the loss.
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After Holly Holm won her third title, she did what she dislikes about boxing.
She challenged another fighter. THE fighter in her weight division.
"If there's one thing I hate doing, it's calling out fighters," Holm said after her lopsided win over Tricia Turton for the vacant International Female Boxing Association title on Friday night at Isleta Casino.
"I don't want to appear cocky, but if there's anyone I'd like to fight, it's Mary Jo Sanders."
Holm (16-1-2, 5 KOs), who now holds the IFBA's 154-pound title, appears ready to take on the undefeated Sanders after her dominating win over the iron-chinned Turton (8-2, 3 KOs) of Seattle over 10 punishing rounds.
Sanders (22-0, 6 KOs) is the reigning World Boxing Council champion at 147 pounds and 154-pound champion by the Women's International Boxing Association. She also has fought and beaten Turton.
"Of the two, Sanders was a much tougher fight," Turton said in her locker room after losing nearly every round in her bout to Holm.
Two judges favored Holm 100-90, and the third, the one from Turton's home state, had it 99-91. The Tribune scored it 100-90 for Holm, a southpaw who dominated the fight with big left hands and her jab.
Holm outboxed Turton, and landed the harder, cleaner shots from a multitude of angles.
In Turton's loss to Sanders, all three judges scored it 100-90.
"Holly didn't ring my bell at all," said Turton.
After the one-sided walloping Holm dished out to Turton, it's hard to imagine anyone taking a tougher loss.
"They always say that," Holm said. "They're never dazed. They're never hurt, but I beat Turton every round and can still admit she hit me with some solid shots."
Trainer Mike Winkeljohn said he thought Turton was dazed a couple of times in the later rounds, but admitted she could take the all the punishment Holm handed her.
"Believe me, I tried to knock her out," admitted Holm. "But she was tough."
Tough is what Holm wants in her future foes, too.
"I want the best out there," she said. "At 154 or 147, that means Sanders. I know she's a great fighter and strong; I also admit that I wouldn't be taking the fight with 100 percent confidence."
Promoter Lenny Fresquez says a fight against Sanders is being negotiated but added: "It's obvious that she (Sanders) doesn't want any part of Holly.
"We're Sanders' No. 1 mandatory (challenger) for her WBC belt, so it could still happen, but if not, we're looking to make Holly the undisputed welter (147 pounds) champion."
Holm holds a minor belt at 140 and another world title (the WBA) at welterweight. Two other belts at 147 are vacant and Sanders holds the other one.
"Either way it goes, we're moving on to prove that Holly is, pound-for-pound, No. 1 in the world," Fresquez said.
Co-main event: Albuquerque's Hector Mu¤oz (17-1, 11 KOs) wore down and stopped Jeremiah Torres (7-14, 1 KO) of Belen with a fourth-round technical knockout for the vacant World Boxing Council's "U.S. Nationals" super welterweight belt.
Esquibel wins: Albuquerque strawweight Jodi Esquibel (4-1, 2 KOs) completely dominated last-minute sub Holly Kunisch of Cheyenne, Wyo., who was making her pro debut. Referee Rocky Burke stopped the fight at 1:10 of the first round when Kunisch broke into tears after Esquibel blasted her with a combination.
Other bouts: Brooklyn heavyweight Taurus Sykes (25-3-1, 7 KOs) won by KO over Denver's Patrick Smith (5-8-2, 4 KOs) in the third round; El Paso bantam Alex Becerra (19-4, 9 KOs) TKO'd Felix Flores (13-8-1, 11 KOs) of Colombia at the end of the fifth; welterweights Joe Gomez (9-1-1, 3 KOs) of Aztec and Bobby Joe Valdez (9-3-2, 4 KOs) of El Paso fought a six-round draw; and flyweight Cesar Lopez (20-3, 4 KOs) of El Paso, won by unanimous decision over Colombian Luis Doria (20-15-1, 13 KOs).
