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Misc Info:
November 18, 2005 -San Antonio,
Texas
 WBAN
Record Member's weigh-in photo gallery #303, MPEG/Photo galleries #305, and
#307
Anissa Zamarron, 107, defeated
Maribel Zurita, 108,
with split decision for WIBA Title. Judges scores were 97-93 for
Zurita; 97-93 for Zamarron and 96-94 for Zamarron. In the other
female fight: Elizabeth Villereal, 126.5, won by a
four-round unanimous decision over pro debuter
Tammy Franks,
124.5. Final judges scores, 40-36, 39-37, and 40-38.
August 19, 2005 -
Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas
In what has been reported as a history first for San Antonio to have
a women's world title bout, Maribel Zurita
won a 10-round unanimous decision over
Sachiyo Shibata of Japan,
and became the new WIBA Junior Flyweight World Champion.
According to news sources, Zurita outpunched and outboxed Shibata.
Final judges scores were 99-91, 98-92, and 98-92.
March 30, 2005 - Shenyang,
China
Report by www.IFBA.com
A standing room only crowd at the Sunrise International Ballroom in
Shenyang, along with viewers at home on KBS TV, witnessed the first
Women's Championship Tripleheader in China with mixed emotions. In
the first fight of the night, IFBA Flyweight Champion
Maribel
Zurita, 110, lost her title, when Referee Byungk Kim of South Korea,
stopped the bout in the eighth round due to a head-butt. Seeking advice
from the ringside physician, Referee Lee, quickly signaled the end of
the bout when a cut in the corner of the eye by South Korean challenger
Shin Hee Choi could not be stopped. Going to the scorecards for
the decision, Choi was named the new IFBA Flyweight Champion after South
Korean Judge Kwang Woo Kim scored the bout 68-65 Choi, South Korean
Judge Jaebung Kim scored it 68-65 Choi and American Judge Bruce Anderson
scored it 70-64 for Zurita. While many of the fans cheered decision,
many more in attendance questioned the quick stoppage and judging.
Immediately after the bout, Maribel Zurita's manager and trainer Tony
Ayala Sr. filed a protest with the IFBA to review the stoppage, and what
appeared to be an illegal use of a groin protector by Choi. The IFBA has
taken the matter under consideration and will issue a statement after it
has reviewed the tape of the fight. Until a ruling is made on the
protest, the decision in the ring will stand, and Shin Hee Choi has been
crowned the new IFBA Flyweight Champion of the World. The
second fight of the night found IFBA Jr. Bantamweight Champion
Mariana Juarez, 115, yielding her title to North Korea's
Myongok Ryu
by TKO in the 10th. The hard charging Ryu waged war with Juarez for over
10 exciting rounds. Both fighters used effective jabs and body shots to
set up hard right hands to the head throughout the fight. Ryu closed the
right eye of Juarez in the seventh round and kept the pressure up until
the referee stopped the fight with 30 seconds left in the 10th round as
Ryu battered Juarez against the ropes. Myongok Ryu becomes the new IFBA
Jr. Bantamweight Champion and is the second fighter from North Korea to
carry home the IFBA belt. Rounding out the card for the third and final
bout of the night, was IFBA Bantamweight Champion
Kwang Ok Kim,
117 1/2,
against Japan's Maki Koyakashiro. Scoring a unanimous decision
over 10 rounds, North Korea's Kim showed a steady command of the ring
throughout and beat Koyakashiro handily on all three cards. Also,
Eun Soon Choi won by an eight-round decision over
Nanaka Kikuchi.
September 18, 2004 - Seoul, South Korea
United States boxer Maribel Zurita won a ten-round
unanimous decision over Korea’s Shin Hee Choi.
Zurita is the new IFBA flyweight Champion. Final judges
scores were 96-94, 96-95, and 97-96.
February 12, 2004 -
Hilton Hotel - Austin,
Texas
Anissa Zamarron, 108, Austin, Texas, won by an eight-round
unanimous decision over Maribel Zurita, 108, San
Antonio, Texas. Final
Judges scoring was 77-75, 77-75, 78-74.
May 16, 2003 -Sunset Station in
San Antonio, Texas
Maribel Zurita, 112.5, San Antonio, won a four-round
unanimous decision over Jay Vega, 111.5, Austin.
Zurita improves her record to 5-4-1 (0 KO). Final Judges scoring
59-55, 59-55, and 59-56. Vega is now 6-2-0 (1
KO).
February 20, 2003 -
Renaissance Hotel, Austin, Texas
Anissa Zamarron, 111, San Antonio, won a Flyweight
six-round split decision over Maribel “Little Thunder” Zurita,
110, Austin. Final Judges scores, 56-58, 56-58, 59-56. Zamarron improved her record to 11-9-2 (5KO), and Zurita is now
4-4-1.
November 15, 2002 - American Airlines Arena, in Miami, Florida
Patricia Martinez, of Puerto Rico, who fights out of Florida,
defeated San
Antonio’s 24 year-old Maribel Zurita, 5-3-1 with a six-round
unanimous decision. Martinez took
advantage of her long reach to outpunch and dominate Zurita. All
three judges had it 40-36.
August 16, 2002 - Sunset Station, San
Antonio, Texas
Maribel Zurita won a four-round decision over Terry Moss of
Athens, Georgia, in a 108-pound bout. MySanAntonio.com said the
following: "Zurita asserted
control in the second round and ended it with a five-punch flurry. She
went to her corner waving her right fist in the air. The former Highlands
graduate continued to load up on her left hook and straight right as she
pressed the attack in the third and fourth rounds. Zurita won on all three
judges' cards, 39-37." Zurita is now 5-2-1 (1KO), and Moss fell
to 0-2-0 (0KO). In a second women's match Austin's Lisa
Holewyne, 144, won an eight-round unanimous decision over Britt
VanBuskirk, 144. Holewyne improved her record to 15-8-1 (6KO), and
VanBuskirk fell to 7-13-2 (2KO).
May 17, 2002, Austin, Texas
There were two exciting women's matches on the card and two exhibition
matches. In the first women's match of the night Linda
Tenberg, 125, Austin, Texas, fought out-of-towner Gloria Ramirez
in a four-rounder. Hometown fans were rooting for Tenberg, but
Ramirez came out the winner. Ramirez won the fight by a split
decision, 37-39 (Ramirez), 39-37 (Tenberg), and 39-37 (Ramirez). Ramirez
improved her record to 9-11-3 (2KO), and Tenberg fell to 6-5-0 (2KO). The
card then featured two women's exhibition matches. Anissa Zamarron,
104, first fought a local female boxer for two rounds, and then she
fought Maribel Zurita in another exhibition that was a two-round
slugfest. Zamarron and her two opponents wore headgear. In the
second sanctioned match of the night, Delia "The
Chiquita" Gonzalez, 110, took on hometown fighter, Jay Vega,
111 3/4, in a six-rounder. Gonzalez and Vega fought toe-to-toe
throughout the six rounds with Gonzalez pulling the fight off with a
unanimous decision! Not bad in tonight's action where both boxers, Ramirez
and Gonzalez fought hometown favorites....Gonzalez improves her record to
12-7-4 (3KO), and Vega suffered her first loss as a professional and is
now 4-1-0 (0KO).
May 3, 2002, San Antonio, Texas
Maribel
Zurita won a unanimous decision over Gracie
Oliverez in an exciting four-rounds. Final scoring for all three
judges was 39-37.
January 31, 2002 - St. Paul, Minnesota
At the at Roy Wilkins
Auditorium there will be a women's bout on the undercard that will feature Maribel
Zurita of San Antonio, Texas, won a decision over Shannon Brown of South
Dakota. Zurita moved her record to 2-1-1.Fi
January 25, 2002 - San
Antonio, Texas
Texan
Audrey Vela,
119.5 TKO2 Isabel Mayseng, 116.
Mayseng, who
trains at Heavyweight Gym, was stopped by Vela of Austin at 0:25 of the
second round; and Maribel Zurita, 111, had a
four-round majority draw with Gracie Olivarez, 111.5. (2-1-1)
of Zarzamora Street Gym and Olivares (1-0-1) of Houston battled to a
four-round majority draw.
October 26, 2001 - Austin Texas
At the Frank Erwin Center, in Austin, Texas, there were two women’s
boxing matches that started the evening of boxing action. Lightweight Brenda
Bell-Drexel, 133, from San Marcos, won a six-round unanimous decision
over Austin's Snodene "Mean" Blakeney. According to WBAN’s
inside reporter, Drexel took the fight to Blakeney, and Blakeney fought
"Drexel’s" fight! Blakeney did not take advantage of her
reach, and fought on the inside most of the six rounds. There were some
headbutts by both fighters, but Drexel clearly won the fight. The second
women’s bout that was a flyweight six-rounder, featured Jay "Joltin"
Vega, from Austin, and Maribel "Little Thunder" Zurita,
who fights out of San Antonio. Vega won by a unanimous decision, and
clearly outpointed her opponent.
July 31, 2001 -
Sunset Station -Outdoor Pavilion, San Antonio, Texas
Maribel Zurita won a four-round decision over Anna Mora.
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