Austin’s Favorite – “The Assassin” Zamarron Two round Exhibitions

(May 18) Last night, many Austin boxing fans watched with interest the two consecutive two-round exhibition bouts of Anissa “The Assassin” Zamarron.  As a World Champion in 1998, she became an Austin favorite, and everyone was happy to see her back in the ring after a two-year layoff. The first bout with inexperienced Isabel Manyseng was fast moving without much domination by either boxer.  The second bout featured Maribel Zurita, who came in much improved over her appearance in Austin last year. Maybe the veteran Zamarron was a little rusty after her long layoff, but Zurita gave her all she could handle in an exciting two rounds of exhibition boxing!

Related Report – Fight Report:  Ramirez Wins by a Split…Gonzalez Won by a Unanimous Decision

Last night in 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).