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July 1, 2005 - New Orleans Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, NevadaWBAN Record Member's Fight Photo gallery  #269 Melinda Cooper, 120,  now 16-0-0, of Las Vegas, won a four-round unanimous decision over Mexico's Lina Ramirez, 124.  This is the third time the two have fought with their last bout that took place on May 13, 2005, at the Plaza Hotel.  Their first fight in May of 2004,  ended in an early stoppage of Ramirez. Cooper was originally supposed to fight Susana Morales, but Morales had just fought on June 24^th , and was stopped in that bout.  Looks like it is time to move on to other prey in the sport, now that Ramirez is 0-3-0 to Cooper alone. Final judges scores were all 40-36.  ©Copyrighted photos by Rick Pineda.

May 13, 2005 - The Plaza Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
WBAN Record Member's  Photo gallery  #259
Hot Photo gallery of Melinda Cooper -  #258
IFBA flyweight champion Melinda Cooper moved up to junior featherweight to tangle with Mexico's Lina Ramirez (3-2-1), a tall 122-pounder. It was no contest. Cooper still won.  Cooper tested Ramirez's speed and found it less than sterling as she banged punches to the body while deftly avoiding counters at the Plaza Hotel on Friday.   The fight was originally scheduled for six rounds, but due to television needs, the fight was dropped to a mere four rounds.  "If she had six rounds, no doubt she would have stopped her," said James Pena, Cooper's trainer and manager. Ramirez never stopped trying to land her big punches. But they were too wide and too slow. In the second, a good right hand caught Cooper almost accidentally. No matter, Cooper countered and slipped every blow fired by the much taller Mexican fighter.  Cooper opened the third round with a one-two combination that snapped Ramirez head back. A lead right followed by a left hook had the Mexican fighter teetering, but two minutes was not enough for Cooper to finish her.  "I almost knocked her out," said Cooper (15-0, 9 KOs). "She was bigger than me, but I didn't feel it because she was always moving away from me."  It was a near flawless display of Cooper's boxing skills.  "I worked on a lot of things that I learned in the gym," said Cooper who rarely was hit with a punch.   The judges scored it unanimously for Cooper, 40-35, 40-36 twice.  Recently, Cooper has picked up some endorsements and the support has given her more confidence.  "It feels good to have them supporting me," said Cooper, who is as shy out of the ring as she is aggressive in the ring. "I want to win the 115-pound world title now."  Cooper will relinquish the IFBA flyweight title and now seeks a match against Elena "Baby Doll" Reid or Mariana Juarez.  "She's ready for anybody," said Pena. "She'll knock out Elena Reid."  Earlier in the year Cooper said she wanted to retire. But the recent endorsements have reinvigorated her. "Now I want to make history," she said.  At the Plaza fight card was Laila Ali sitting in the front row for Cooper's fight. Also in the audience was Layla McCarter. Both have fights coming up in June. Report by David Avila

January 14, 2005 - Agua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California
Flyweight Melinda Cooper,  110½ , now 14-0-0 (9KO), of Las Vegas, Nevada,  stopped  Anissa Zamarron, now 16-12-2 (4KO), of Austin, Texas, 39 seconds of the ninth round. Cooper  earned her first world title,  and became the new IBA's (112 lb.)  Flyweight World Champion. Looks like this may be the first women's match of the new year.   Full Story What's Hot/What's Not (What did boxing fans vote for and how did they do in their prediction?)

November 5, 2004 - Plaza Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Cannot say that this was NOT predicted way before this match took place...Melinda Cooper took just 26 seconds of the first round,  to stop Tracy Stevens in a mismatch.

July 23, 2004 - Agua Caliente Casino, in Palm Springs, California
WBAN Record Member's  Gallery #190)
Melinda Cooper,114, now (12-0), won by a unanimous decision over Johanna Pena, 115.  WBAN's insider reported that there was a lot of holding on Pena's part, and that she was nearly stopped in the sixth and final round. Final judges scores were t 58-54, 59-55 twice. Full Fight report by David Avila of MaxBoxing.com.

May 28, 2004 - Orleans Casino and Hotel, in Las Vegas, Nevada WBAN Members Photo Gallery #173)
Melinda Cooper, 19, of Las Vegas, defeated Lina Ramirez from Mexico, with 17 sec. of the second round. Retired World boxing champion Trina Ortegon attended the event.

February 27, 2004 - The Orleans Casino and Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada  Photos of weighin   Photos of fight
Using speed and combinations Melinda Cooper pounded out a win against the tough Jerri Sitzes. Before more than 700 people at the Orleans Casino and Hotel, Cooper (10-0, 6 KOs) opened up quickly against the taller Sitzes with stiff jabs and three-punch combinations. The first two rounds saw Cooper dominating the Missouri fighter while eluding Sitzes' counters with ease. Using long right hands and left uppercut hooks, Cooper scored repeatedly with little worry about return shots.  "I thought I was dominating her with my jab," said Cooper, who bloodied Sitzes' nose in the first round and caused a slight swelling over the left eye. "I thought I might be able to knock her out in the second but I lost it."  But in the third round, Sitzes (5-3-1, 3 KOs) began timing Cooper's advances with her own well-timed rights and lefts, stinging Cooper occasionally and advancing forward against the Las Vegas fighter for the first time in the fight.   "I wasn't hurt at all," said Cooper whose nose was bloodied in the round. Sitzes scored with a left hook and a right uppercut and seemed to win the round.   The fourth round saw Cooper open up with a big right hand followed by a snapping left hook. But in close quarters, Cooper grabbed her opponent's head and hit her with three quick shots. The referee deducted a point from Cooper for the illegal tactic.  "I was wrong for doing it," said Cooper, who is a niece of former lightweight world champion from Mexico Miguel Angel Gonzalez. "It's a bad habit I have." With Sitzes more accustomed to Cooper's speed, the Missouri fighter who beat Mary Ortega in her last fight by technical knockout, began to trade more frequently and with precision. Cooper traded blow for blow with the game fighter.  "I think my jab was the difference in the fight," said Cooper who was most effective when backing up the Springfield fighter.  In the final round, Cooper opened up with combinations and snapped Sitzes head back several times with several long rights. At one moment. Sitzes put her hands down while along the ropes and ate two solid punches. But she was unhurt and tried to rally.  "She was a good fighter," said Cooper. "This was the first time I went six rounds."  Bobby Estella, one of her cornermen, said she could improve on some aspects.  "I think she could have been more aggressive," Estella said. "But sometimes you can be too aggressive and you can get caught."  The judges scored the decision 59-55 twice and 58-54 for Cooper who feels she is just beginning.   "I think my advantage is my youth and amateur experience," Cooper said, adding that she spent seven years as an amateur.   "She could have gone 12 rounds easy," said Doug Ward another cornerman of Cooper. 
©This fight was televised on ESPN2 "Friday Night Fights, and report was submitted by WBAN's Insider Correspondent

July 11, 2003 -Fox Sports Net -Agua Caliente Casino -Rancho Mirage, California
Tonight at the Aqua Caliente Casino, in Rancho Mirage, California, Bantamweight Melinda Cooper, 116.5, Las Vegas, KO'd last minute opponent Yvonne Chavez, 117.3. New Mexico. Cooper is 9-0-0 (6KO), and Chavez is now 1-1-0 (1KO).

April 4, 2003 - Agua Caliente Casino, in
Rancho Mirage, California, and promoted by Mark Liddy Promotions
18-year-old Melinda Cooper, now 8-0-0 (5KO), Las Vegas, TKO'd Evangeline Abeyta, now 0-4-0, Denver, in the first round of a scheduled four-round bantamweight bout.

February 28, 2003-The Orleans Casino/Hotel - Las Vegas, Nevada
17-year old Melinda Cooper remained undefeated when she stopped Reiko Muruyama in a controversial stoppage at 1:46 of the second round, in a scheduled four-rounder. 

December 27, 2002 - The Orleans Casino/Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
17 year-old Melinda Cooper, 117, won a four-round unanimous decision over  Antoinette Weaver, 117.5, of Atlanta, Georgia. Final judges scoring was 40-36.

October 18, 2002 - Orleans Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
Melinda Cooper, a boxer with an extensive amateur background, becoming a pro boxer when she was 17 years old,  wasted little time when she quickly disposed of her overmatched opponent, 22 year old Brittney Conan, 117 lbs., when Cooper KO'd Conan 14 seconds into the first round. Cooper is now 5-0-0 (3KO). Conan has fallen to 0-2-0.  Conan trains out of Colorado and according to information received she has been boxing for about one year.  One side note from WBAN is, if this boxer is paying a manager to put her in two fights that she has now had where she has been overmatched----the best thing this fighter could do is get rid of him or her. This is NOT managing a boxer in their best interests. Report with Photos

August 23, 2002 - Las Vegas, Nevada
At the Orleans Hotel & Casino, in Las Vegas, Melinda Cooper, 113,  stopped Stephanie Dobbs 1:13 seconds of the first round of a scheduled four-rounder. There were no knockdowns... the Ref stopped the fight.

July 26, 2002 - Las Vegas, Nevada
At the Orleans Hotel, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Melinda Cooper won a four-round majority decision over Rieko Muruyama. Final scoring by judges was 39-37, 39-37, and 38-38.

May 17, 2002 - Orleans Hotel, Las Vegas, NV Melinda Cooper, 116, now 2-0-0 (1KO), won by a TKO in the second round after, her opponent Elizabeth Cervantes, 115, did not come out for the third round. Cervantes fell to 0-2-0 (0KO). Butch Gottlieb, BILV reported the results Report with Photos

March 23, 2002, Aladdin Casino and Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada
17-year-old Melinda Cooper won her first professional bout by a four-round unanimous decision over Annie Middleton.  Cooper is now 1-0-0 (0KO) and Middleton fell to 0-3-0. Melinda made a "History First" in the state of Nevada when she became the youngest female boxer to get granted a professional boxing license in that state.

COOPER MAKES HISTORY FIRST
By Sue TL Fox