NAFB LIghtweight Champion, Selina Barrios, with protein of choice, JuicePlus Complete
Selina “Aztec Queen” Barrios (3-0, 1 KO) returns to the ring Saturday night, July 7th as the main event in Corpus Christi, Texas in the well established American Bank Center Water Garden Room bringing a loaded card of fistic fury. Barrios owns the NABF lightweight title which she won in her 3rd professional bout. Her opponent Aida “Lady Sparta” Satybaldinova (3-0-1 draw) from Astana, Kazakhstan is known as the “Female GGG” and is the current WBF International Lightweight Champion. Both girls are undefeated and hold titles as lightweights. Barrios is also rated 18 in the world by the WBC (World Boxing Council). This bout will be held over 8 rounds.
This bout is promoted by Reyna Promotions of Corpus Christi. The promoters were looking for a first class main event and landed a fight that is a solid television fight. The local ABC-TV affiliate in San Antonio will be in Corpus to film this fight live and stream it across the internet. Female and male fight fans across the world that know these two pugilists will be tuning in to watch an action packed fight as both warriors step forward and throw punches without grabbing and holding or running. Barrios and Satybaldinova are both guaranteeing a knockout.
“Selina has never been pressured in a boxing ring with a fighter like myself”, states Satybaldinova. “I’m a pressure fighter that will take two punches to throw one bomb and I feel I will be too strong for her. I do know I don’t have to look for Selina and have watched her fights. She stands and fight which is made to order for me,” concludes the WBF Champ.
Selina shoots back, “I have watched Aida’s videos and her comments about coming into my area of south Texas where I’m from and saying she is going to knock me out infuriates me. If it’s a war she wants she just lit the fuse. No one is coming to south Texas to beat “The Aztec Queen” and we will find out how tough she is. It’s war time. Let’s do this.”
Mario Barrios, the 21-0 rated junior welterweight brother of Selina, called his agents and promoters to let them know he is leaving camp to go to this fight and bringing a huge fan base with him. George Foreman’s former camp organizer is coming in to work the corner with Selina and Deborah Hawkins, the representative for the NABF Female Championship fights will be there to discuss a possible rematch for the championship if the fight is as competitive as she thinks it will be.
NAFB LIghtweight Champion, Selina Barrios, with protein of choice, JuicePlus Complete
GM3 Promotions from California, Keeppunching Entertainment from Louisiana, and CCC Entertainment from Corpus Christi, among other promoters are eyeing these two warriors for future shows and will also be in the audience along with other well known agents, managers, and promoters. Eying this fight from long distance is DiBella Entertainment in New York as Lou DiBella is building a huge stable of top notch female fighters across the globe.
Great athletes, especially boxers and in this case female boxers, are very fascinating. It’s a thrill to watch two undefeated female athletes compete against each other while the rest of the world of female fighters avoids the undefeated stars. The difference between the greats in boxing and the contenders are those who appear to be fearless and accept all challenges and how they respond to adversity. The greats put in persistent effort to excel while the contenders lose steam and regress by fighting easier fights regularly. This will be Barrios’ second undefeated opponent in only her 4th fight and both have had very advanced amateur backgrounds. Satybaldinova, on the other hand, is coming into unfamiliar territory. That is what the greats do. Two potential greats meeting head to head early in their careers with each having the utmost confidence that they will win by KO.
Vince Lombardi, a former great football coach of the Green Bay Packers, wrote, “Mental toughness is many things and is rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with the perfectly disciplined will, which refuses to give in. It’s a state of mind——you could call it “character in action.”
Character in action comes to you in an 8 round bout in Corpus Christi on July 7th with two undefeated females who are both avoided by the top rated girls in the sport but sooner or later these rated girls will have to put their “character in motion” and face the challenges of Selina and Aida.
GM3 Promotions from California, Keeppunching Entertainment from Louisiana, and CCC Entertainment from Corpus Christi, among other promoters are eyeing these two warriors for future shows and will also be in the audience along with other well known agents, managers, and promoters. Eying this fight from long distance is DiBella Entertainment in New York as Lou DiBella is building a huge stable of top notch female fighters across the globe.
Great athletes, especially boxers and in this case female boxers, are very fascinating. It’s a thrill to watch two undefeated female athletes compete against each other while the rest of the world of female fighters avoids the undefeated stars. The difference between the greats in boxing and the contenders are those who appear to be fearless and accept all challenges and how they respond to adversity. The greats put in persistent effort to excel while the contenders lose steam and regress by fighting easier fights regularly. This will be Barrios’ second undefeated opponent in only her 4th fight and both have had very advanced amateur backgrounds. Satybaldinova, on the other hand, is coming into unfamiliar territory. That is what the greats do. Two potential greats meeting head to head early in their careers with each having the utmost confidence that they will win by KO.
Vince Lombardi, a former great football coach of the Green Bay Packers, wrote, “Mental toughness is many things and is rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with the perfectly disciplined will, which refuses to give in. It’s a state of mind——you could call it “character in action.”
Character in action comes to you in an 8 round bout in Corpus Christi on July 7th with two undefeated females who are both avoided by the top rated girls in the sport but sooner or later these rated girls will have to put their “character in motion” and face the challenges of Selina and Aida.
Quotes:
Robert Hunt of GM3 Promotions: “I am glad we were able to come to an agreement to make this fight happen because I know Aida is going to win. Barrios is good but has never fought a fighter like Aida. One thing I know for sure is the fans are in for a great night of boxing and know this is a match-up that helps keep female boxing on the forefront.”
Colin Campbell of CCC Promotions: “The boxing community in south Texas is going bonkers over this fight and plans to set a record for attendance. It’s fights like this that creates raving fight fans.”
Ernest Reyna of Reyna Promotions: “This is my 3rd show and to be able to make this fight on this show is outstanding. Fighting as the co-main event is former heavyweight champion of the world, Oliver McCall. I am more excited about this show as a fan than a promoter. I’m pumped.”
Mario Serrano, Publicist: “I work with some of the most talented fighters in the world as a publicist. I have to say this is an amazing fight ……a great match. The world will see this fight through the local ABC affliate from San Antonio, Texas who will stream this throughout the world on the internet and will be available on several sites. That has a lot of say about the fight.”
Charles Campbell of CCC Promotions: “ I travel the USA going to top fights. To think this is going to be in south Texas says a lot about the emergence of boxing here in Corpus Christi.”
Kerry Daigle of Keeppunching Entertainment: “ In my 45 years of working in boxing this may be one of the most fun matches to be made in professional female boxing. Kazakhstan vs Mexico. You can’t ask for better athletes to compete against each other. Two champions….both undefeated….going head to head.
TICKETS ARE PRICED AT $25 GENERAL ADMISSION AND $40 RINGSIDE. TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE AT WWW.TICKETMASTER.COMOR BY CALLING KRYSTAL, THE TICKET CO-ORDINATOR AT (361) 434-7750 OR ABLE AT (361) 425-3900. DOORS WILL OPEN AT 5:30PM WITH THE FIRST FIGHT AT 7PM. THE AMERICAN BANK CENTER WATER GARDEN ROOM IS LOCATED AT 1901 NORTH SHORELINE BLVD IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.
WEIGH-IN
The weigh-in will be held Friday, July 6th from 2pm to 5pm at Brewster’s Street Ice House. The media and public is invited. ALL participants, managers, promoters, cornermen, promoters and agents will be in attendance for interviews etc.
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