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Athletic Junot Trades In Softball Mitts For Boxing Gloves

Light welterweight Tiffany Junot celebrates after another victory. (Photo credit: Calm Before The Storm Promotion)

By Gail Janotta
Staff Writer

TIffany Junot excelled in softball and volleyball during her high school days at Edna Karr in New Orleans.

Junot was good enough to receive scholarship offers in both sports from a number of universities.

However, Junot has traded her softball mitt for boxing gloves. The 30-year-old Junot is a successful light welterweight professional boxer with a record of 6-2, with 4 knockouts..

"I came from a rich sports oriented school. A lot of pro players came from there. I just didn't want to continue playing those sports," Junot said. "I've always been a Tomboy. I grew up with guys in a rough neighborhood. At 23, I knew I wanted to do something else. I started going to the gym and working out. I didn't expect to ever become a professional boxer. But, little by little, it started happening. I started fighting and winning, so I kept doing it."

In 40 amateur bouts, Junot was 35-5. She participated in the Pan American Games in Argentina, as well as the World Games in Russia.

Winning Streak Ends For Andrews In Decision Loss To West

From Staff Reports RANCHO MIRAGE, CA - Bantamweight Rolanda Andrews saw her two-fight winning streak come to an end on Saturday (Aug.1) at Agua Caliente Casino. Up against 21-year-old Moreno Valley, CA's Kaliesha West, rated in the Top 5 in the world of most women's boxing organizations, the 40-year-old Andrews, from Atlanta, lost a 6-round unanimous decision.
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Woods Defeats Watkins Once Again By Unanimous Decision

With Kita Watkins, left, charging in, Nicole Woods snaps off a jab while against the ropes. (Photo credit: Gail Janotta)

By Randy Hammons
Editor at ringside

TUNICA, MS - In a workmanlike performance, Atlanta's Nicole Woods won a convincing unanimous decision victory over Camden, AR's Kita Watkins in the July 18 welterweight co-feature on Prize Fight Boxing's "Fights at the Fitz" card from Fitzgerald's Casino and Hotel.

Woods (9-4, 1 KO) set the tone in the opening round. Stiff jabs from Woods were followed by dropping accurate right hands to the head as Watkins (3-5, 1 KO) charged in. Woods scored with three- and four-punch combinations throughout the fight. Woods won 60-54 on all three scorecards.

Mayfield Battles Injuries While Maintaining Boxing Career

By Gail Janotta Staff Writer Photo caption - Geboria Mayfield warns opponents not to look past her because of her size. (Photo credit: Calm Before the Storm Promotion) Standing just over 5-foot-5 and weighing in at 125 pounds, 24-year-old Columbus, MS super bantamweight Geboria Mayfield doesn't cast a menacing shadow. However, Mayfield says not to let her size fool you.
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Junot, Ward Come Up With Victories On Separate Cards

From Staff Reports

Out of five Deep South women's boxers who who were in action on Saturday (July 11). only New Orleans light welterweight Tiffany Junot and Batesville, AR middleweight April Ward wound up victorious.

Fighting at the San Miguel Arena in Houston, Junot wasted little time in disposing of Pine Bluff, AR's Nikita McCargo. Junot (6-2, 4 KOs) took out McCargo (0-3) at 39 seconds of the opening round in a bout scheduled for four rounds.

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