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  Fight Night at the Tank Reaches New Levels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Jeffries looked like she was going to turn the corner near the end of the round but the two fighters came together twice to run out the clock on the round.
Jeffries went after the head of Tenberg and found what she was looking for when she cut her opponent at the nose mid-way through the round.
Kelsey Jeffries was awarded the victory in a unanimous decision improving here overall record to 25-8 with 2 KO's, while Linda Tenberg fell to 8-9 with 4 KO's on her career.
www.millerlitefightnight.com /fightnight/news/news_20040312-1079163486.htm   (2334 words)

  
 Inside Women's Boxing:
After she was settled in Cali, Kelsey entered the amateur ranks, becoming one of the first women to participate in the first-ever women’s USA championship.
Kelsey was 9-2 as an amateur when she decided to turn pro.
Jeffries describes herself as a boxer-puncher but with just one knockout in her 11 wins, she could hardly be described as a knockout artist.
www.insidewomensboxing.com /features/kelseyjeffries.html   (1214 words)

  
 Women's Boxing: Kelsey Jeffries Biography
Jeffries was the aggressor in the early going and tried to work on McCarter's body at close quarters while McCarter replied with good movement, hand speed and nifty counterpunching with her left hook.
Jeffries told WBAN that she was very impressed with Draine, who "had a lot of heart." Jeffries said that after the match-up with Salcido fell through, she went down two more pounds as Draine's weight was about 119 lbs.
Jeffries did some of her best work in the seventh and eighth, landing a solid right in the seventh and putting on a strong finish in the eighth, but by then it was too little and too late for the two judges who'd scored the early rounds solidly for Wyman.
www.wban.org /biog/kjeffries.htm   (4583 words)

  
 Boxing News & Views - East Side Boxing
Rather Kelsey Jeffries judiciously disperses her boxing talent with an eye towards the most competitive bouts available; she fights anyone, anytime: boxers, brawlers and "bangers" and when Jeffries wins, and that's the vast majority of the time, she doesn't waste time "talking the talk," Kelsey Jeffries and her team go looking for another bout, against another quality fighter.
Jeffries' record, at this point in her career, is 30-8, following a ten round unanimous decision over Trish Hill two weeks ago, a defense of Jeffries' IFBA title.
Kelsey Jeffries has deserved that label ever since she first climbed up the ring steps and she'll deserve it when she's ready to step down.
www.eastsideboxing.com /?p=2246&more=1   (653 words)

  
 Ringsidereport.com
Jeffries, fighting out of Gilroy, California, boasts a record of 28-8 with 2 knockouts, and has been on a roll in the past couple of years, with seven straight wins and 15 wins in her last 16 fights.
Jeffries' goal for the immediate future is to capture the vacant IBA 122 pound title on September 23, although an opponent has yet to be named.
Jeffries agrees, saying "It would be good if the magazines and boxing programs could find the best women boxers and showcase them, those that really work hard, and don't use their mouth or body or name to get recognition."
ringsidereport.com /newman8172004.htm   (1194 words)

  
 Metroactive Features | Boxing
The opponent appears to be tiring, but Jeffries maintains a dancing energy as she keeps her head tucked and her fists up to protect her face, all the while studying her opponent and moving fast to connect with flesh.
Jeffries' brother Jared acknowledged that having a sister who boxed was a tough idea to get used to, as was having his friends jokingly ask if his sister could beat him up.
Jeffries said she doesn't know how she circumvented the traditional girl route of dance and gymnastics classes to wind up in boxing.
www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/07.17.97/slices-9729.html   (830 words)

  
 The Dispatch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kelsey Jeffries returns to the ring tonight after the longest layoff of her professional career.
Jeffries is raring to lace up the gloves and get back into the ring.
Kelsey Jeffries of Hollister takes on Lakeysha Williams of Philadelphia tonight in a six-round non-title bout, the main event of a night of boxing at the Seven Feathers Hotel and Casino in Canyonville, Ore. Jeffries-Williams will likely start between 8-9:30pm.
gilroydispatch.1871dev.com /sports/contentview.asp?c=161585   (587 words)

  
 The Dispatch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
State featherweight champ Kelsey Jeffries rests in the corner of the ring Tuesday at the Sixth Street Gym in Gilroy with Friday's title defense and a Nov. 7 world title shot on her mind.
Jeffries (15-7-1, 1 KO) - who will try to take champion Lala McCarter’s IFBA world title when they meet November 7 in Bakersfield - believes she is a much improved fighter from the last time she met Wyman in only her fifth pro fight.
While Jeffries has fought in nearby San Jose twice already as part of Oscar De La Hoya’s Fight Night At The Tank series, this will be her first professional fight further north in San Francisco.
gilroydispatch.1871dev.com /printer/article.asp?c=4791   (792 words)

  
 Jorge's Corner - BoxingHelp.com
Kelsey, who goes by Road Warrior, ought to go by "Bar Room Brawler." I have no idea what is going on in her life, but her boxing has suffered.
Kelsey refused to let her escape; nailed her with a powerful right hand, then began to slug it out on the inside.
Kelsey got wilder, crazier, throwing fat-cats and smelly-cheese bombs, switching up as she attacked, dropping her guard and charging in like some kind of pain-loving kamikaze warrior, willing to die in order to inflict damage.
www.boxinghelp.com /martinez/pastposts/jorge-110603.html   (2900 words)

  
 Boxing’s Finest interview with Kelsey Jeffries--Boxing's Finest.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kelsey Jeffries, a native of Bakersfield California, but who grew up in Hawaii, began telling me that her day began working out this morning around 7:00 am.
Jeffries : Well, I fought for Roy Englebrecht before and when they came here, they called me to come to the press conference and they decided to use me. I was fired up for it.
Jeffries : She was supposed to fight in Oregon last month, but she got a back injury before the fight.
www.boxingsfinest.com /interviews/reyes/jeffries.htm   (1106 words)

  
 WOMEN'S BOXING - Kelsey Jeffries: Making her own breaks
Jeffries has always been a natural athlete, but at first it was not clear that boxing would be the direction in which she was taken.
Jeffries would soon shatter that perception with regard to herself when she began boxing at age fifteen, and came to be known as a “tita,” which she says is Samoan/Hawaiian slang for “tough girl.” She might have been different, but it was a good kind of different.
Jeffries speaks highly of Ali and her impact on the sport, saying “She is great for women’s boxing, and puts women’s boxing on the map.
www.womenboxing.com /news060704interviewjeffries.htm   (2314 words)

  
 JeffriesStory
The 5' 5” Jeffries, 30-8 (2), has a 10-fight winning streak, has managerial stability under Oregon-based Bruce Anderson, and has one of the top trainers in the world, Buddy McGirt, working her corner.
Jeffries overcame the tragic loss of her older brother, who died suddenly when he was 20.
By her late teens, Jeffries was living on her own, supporting herself by making money cleaning friends’ homes.
www.ifba.com /JeffriesStory.html   (314 words)

  
 BOXING NEWS: Photo Gallery - Kelsey Jeffries vs Jo Jo Wyman 4-21-03
In the first minute of the first round Wyman put Jeffries on the canvas, which surprised everyone, including Jeffries, and the grin on Wymans face made you very well aware that she was pleased with the changes that she had made.
Jeffries, being the Champion that she is drove on and in the middle of the fifth round began the smooth and technical flow that we all are accustomed to seeing from her.
Jeffries knew and would be the first to tell you it was close.
www.wban.org /fight042103jeffries.htm   (542 words)

  
 Boxing News -- 24 hours/day - Reload often!
The main event was a bit of a letdown compared to the previous bout: a 10 round majority decision won by Kelsey Jeffries in a bout that was for the vacant IBA Womens’ Super Bantamweight Title.
In round two Kelsey was able to get closer to Sites and landed a big right to the temple that was followed up with a nice 1-2 combo.
Jeffries kept pursuing and landed some nice shots of her own.
www.fightnews.com /hatheway31.htm   (913 words)

  
 Boxing News : Del Vale and Jeffries
Jeffries, the IFBA 126-pound title-holder, turned professional in 1999 and moved from the paradise of Hawaii just so that she could get more fights.
Jeffries, 27, a pixyish girl out of Hollister, California, her adopted town where motorcycle rallies is the claim to fame, has a record that would cause most to see her as a middle-of-the-road performer.
From the beginning, Jeffries has been tossed in with skillful fighters in a sink or swim attitude that forced her to quickly adapt to a higher level of boxing.
www.maxboxing.com /Avila/avila070803.asp   (1091 words)

  
 Hollister Free Lance
Gilroy - Boxer Kelsey Jeffries earned her nickname “The Road Warrior” because she would often travel around the country in order to take on the best opponents she could find near their home.
Jeffries is fighting on the undercard for the event, which features Paul “The Punisher” Williams (23-0, 17 KOs) taking on Mexican Arturo Reyes in a 10-round welterweight bout.
In Jeffries’ first fight under his watch, she won a unanimous decision against a much-larger Melissa Yanas during a six-round bout last month in Temecula.
www.freelancenews.com /sports/contentview.asp?c=124638   (668 words)

  
 Morgan Hill Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Jeffries kept quiet beforehand, but jumped all over Wilcox from the opening bell until the referee stopped the fight.
Jeffries, tagged “The Road Warrior” for a reason, made short work of Wilcox for her first knockout since her professional debut when she floored Sandra Mapone in 61 seconds in Tuscon, Arizona in July 1999.
Jeffries, a world champion who holds four championship belts, upped her professional record to 24-8 with two knockouts as well as her 2003 record to 8-1.
www.freelancenews.com /printer/article.asp?c=86886   (567 words)

  
 Fists Of Fury
Kelsey Jeffries, as the challenger, entered the ring first wearing a white hard-hat, with some sort of emblem on it that I couldn't make out.
Jeffries was well-schooled -- kept her hands up by her head, threw short, straight punches, and moved just enough to keep McCarter off-balance most of the time.
She tagged Jeffries several times with good punches, and sometimes got in another shot before Jeffries gave her the slip, but Jeffries took the shocks in stride and kept scoring.
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 G4 - Feature - She's a Knockout
Jeffries logs just as many hours at Apple, as she does defending her world championship, featherweight title with the International Female Boxers Association.
For Jeffries, it's all about balancing keystrokes with left hooks in two unforgiving careers, neither of which shows her any mercy.
Jeffries claims champion fighter Oscar De La Hoya as a fan, as well as young, female wannabes.
www.g4tv.com /techtvvault/features/40818/Shes_a_Knockout.html   (488 words)

  
 Beltran & Jeffries Highlight July Event   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Also, local women's IFBA Featherweight Champion Kelsey Jeffries of Gilroy, California, took tough Leona Brown of New York to school over six rounds distance to notch another win on her ledger.
Local favorite Kelsey Jeffries upped her record with a spirited decision win over game but outgunned Leona brown.
The action wasn't close as Jeffries was able to control Brown with the jab and bruising left hooks to the body of her much shorter opponent.
www.millerlitefightnight.com /fightnight/news/news_20052105-1103318591.htm   (704 words)

  
 Women's Boxing: Kelsey Jeffries
Jeffries comes from the amateurs and she was one of the first women boxers to attend the country's first-ever national women's amateur boxing tournament that was sponsored by USA Boxing and was held in Augusta, Georgia.
On 12/09/99, Kelsey fought Brenda Burnside in a four-round bout, and won by a unanimous decision.
On 05/05/00, at the Steven's Steak House in Commerce, California, Kelsey Jeffries (lightweight) defeated Elizabeth Aguilera in a split decision, and remains undefeated at a 7-0 (1KO) record.
www.womenboxing.com /jeffries.htm   (1177 words)

  
 Fightnews.com: Women's Boxing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Jeffries (who lost a close six-round decision to Serrano in November 2001) fought eight times in 2002, and twice for world titles.
The high point of Kelsey's year came on November 7 in Bakersfield, California, where she had lived until she was 13.
Kelsey kept the heat on Layla for ten rounds to get a unanimous decision and her first world title.
www.insidewomensboxing.com /2002review2.html   (3914 words)

  
 Mercury News: Laid-Off Apple Employee Thinks Apple Punished Her For TV Interviews || The Mac Observer
According to the article, Kelsey Jeffries, a part time Apple employee pursuing a professional boxing career, was laid off from Apple a couple of months after giving an interview to two TV outlets about her boxing career.
Jeffries says she was told not to talk to the television outlets.
Jeffries is able to find a new job that isn't tense with the idea that she will be giving interviews.
www.macobserver.com /article/2003/05/21.5.shtml   (890 words)

  
 Ada Velez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Velez won her first 10 pro fights before suffering her first loss as a professional, in her first defense of the WIBA title.
On June 21, 2002, Melissa Del Valle decisioned Velez in Waco, Texas in the featured bout on an all-women's card featuring world champions Anne Wolfe, Sumya Anani, Delia Gonzalez and Kelsey Jeffries.
On December 21, she bounced back to reclaim the IBA version of the world bantamweight title by decisioning Lakeysha Williams over 10 rounds.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ada_Velez   (314 words)

  
 Women's Boxing - Fight Photo Gallery - June 8, 2002 - Tyson - Lewis card - women's match   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kelsey Jeffries, who captured the California state featherweight championship last month and has fought both Wyman and van Ryck de Groot, thinks Wyman will do alright because of her style and great side-to-side movement although van Ryck de Groot is the bigger and taller woman.
Jeffries, a slow starter, was knocked down twice and had her nose bloodied in the 2nd round by van Ryck de Groot when Jeffries tried to get off to a faster start and take a more direct approach in the early going.
As Jeffries started to box more, she was able to press the match in the later rounds, succeeding in backing van Ryck de Groot up according to various reports.
www.wbannetwork.com /fight060802van.htm   (743 words)

  
 Women's Boxing: Records - Jo Jo Wyman
Kelsey Jeffries won a six-round unanimous decision over Jo Jo Wyman in a California Featherweight title fight, featherweight division.
Kelsey Jeffries won a four-round unanimous decision over Jo Jo Wyman.
Kelsey Jeffries won an eight round decision over Jo Jo Wyman, with a final scoring of 76-75, 77-75, and 76-75, in the featherweight division (126 lbs).
www.womenboxingrecords.com /wymanjojo1.html   (1054 words)

  
 :: - News & Results - USA News
Also, local women's IFBA Featherweight Champion Kelsey Jeffries, 33-8(2), of Gilroy, California, took tough Leona Brown of New York to school over six rounds to notch another win on her ledger.
Local favorite Kelsey Jeffries, 124lbs., upped her record in the win column with a spirited decision win over the game but out gunned Leona Brown, 122lbs.
The action wasn't close as Jeffries was able to control Brown with the jab and bruising left hooks to the body of her much shorter opponent early on.
www.secondsout.com /USA/news.cfm?ccs=229&cs=16977   (1086 words)

  
 Recent Fights
Kelsey Jeffries, 118.5, of Gilroy, California,  won a six-round unanimous decision over Leona Brown,122, of Buffalo, New York.
World Featherweight champ Kelsey Jeffries, 123 1/2 lbs of Gilroy, CA stepped in for her second non-title fight in 9 days vs Kimberly Colbert, 125 1/2 lbs, of Atlanta, GA. Two judges called it 60-54 and one saw it as 60-55, all for Jeffries.
June 16th at the Seven Feathers Casino, in Canyonville, Oregon, Kelsey "Road Warrior" Jeffries, 123, won a unanimous six-round decision over Lakeysha William, 122.
homepage.mac.com /kelcjeffries/Personal7.html   (112 words)

  
 Boxing News : David A. Avila : The State of Women's Boxing for 2004
One fighter Kelsey Jeffries makes it easy for promoters to remember her.
Jeffries, who is the IFBA featherweight title, competes against fighters 122 pounds to 140 pounds.
Kelsey Jeffries (24-8) - She's another fighter who will fight toe-to-toe.
www.maxboxing.com /Avila/Avila010204.asp   (2036 words)

  
 Women's Boxing - Fight Photo Gallery - May 25, 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
SAN JOSE (MAY 24) Kelsey Jeffries defeated Karen Martin by majority decision in an exciting six-round match to win the California state featherweight championship at the Compaq Center in San Jose.
Jeffries recovered and used her experience and ring savvy to mount a comeback, working inside and wearing down her opponent in the later rounds.
Jeffries’ victory breaks a string of tough losses and raises her record to 12-7; Martin drops to 5-3.
www.wbannetwork.com /fight052302jeffries.htm   (148 words)

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