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11/08/2007 Archived Entry: "Kelsey Jeffries Wins GBU Featherweight Title in Oregon"
Kelsey Jeffries Wins GBU Featherweight Title in Oregon
By Ricardo Ibarra
Courtesy of Boxingprospects.net
Fighting in her forty-ninth bout as a professional prize fighter, Kelsey Jeffries (39-9-1 3KOs 121lbs.) added the women's GBU featherweight title to her collection with a unanimous 10 round decision over Elizabeth Villarreal (4-5-2 125 lbs.) in southern Oregon this past Saturday November 3rd. The battle for the vacant GBU title was the main event of a stacked seven bout card promoted by Patrick Ortiz' Ringside Tickets Inc.
Jeffries got off to a slow start in the first round of the bout as she struggled to get around her opponents long, rangy jab. Villarreal effectively kept Jeffries off balance and unable to get a rhythm going. In the second round Jeffries slowly began to assert herself, finding angles and landing repeatedly with precise jab-right hand combinations. Using good lateral movement and quick, straight punching Jeffries effectively stopped Villarreal from getting off first. A big double right hand combination from Jeffries stunned her opponent in the third round. Villarreal made it out of the round, moving out of harms way and snapping her jab to keep her opponent from landing anything of consequence. Jeffries used her jab and effective right hands to easily outbox her opponent throughout the remainder of the fight. Villarreal mounted a small comeback in the fifth round, landing repeatedly with hard one-twos as Jeffries slowed her output. Jeffries came back strong and stunned her opponent once again in the seventh round, snapping her head back with a straight right-left hook combination. Villarreal proved to be a tough fighter and fought back gamely throughout the fight, but she was in with a different level of fighter. Final judges scores 98-92, 98-92, 98-92 all for the new GBU titleholder, Kelsey Jeffries.
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