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| | PUERTO RICO HERALD: Belinda Laracuente Hungry For Title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | What Laracuente called "the most exciting moment as a pro boxer" when the bell sounded to end the fight, turned into "the most disheartening" when the judges awarded Martin the controversial majority decision, as judges Carol Castellano and Patricia Jarman-Manning had it 77-75 for Martin, and judge Dave Moretti had it 76-76. |
 | | Though she had a handful of fights afterward, including another loss to a lesser-name opponent Karla Redo "where the real Belinda simply never showed up," according to then trainer David Marks, Laracuente was never quite the same in the ring. |
 | | For Laracuente, who lives in Miami, the fight will be a tune-up for an eventual showdown with WIBA champion Lucia Rijker and perhaps a rematch with Martin (43-2-2, 31 KOs), according to trainer Jessie Robinson of Warrior's Gym in Hollywood, where Laracuente trains. |
| www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2003/vol7n06/BelindaLaracu-en.shtml (466 words) |
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