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	Lucia Rijker/Sumya Anani: Ready for a Boxing Close-Up \| TheSweetScience.com Boxing
		Beginning in December 1996, Rijker reeled off seventeen straight wins, fourteen by knockout, but she was probably best known in the boxing world as the fighter who could not or would not (depending on which camp you listened to) get a bout with Christy Martin, the aboriginal "face" of women's boxing.
		Not only was Rijker the flhearted malefactor in the movie, a role she played with stoic intensity, she also was a key figure behind the scenes, coaching Swank how to move like a fighter inside the ring.
		Rijker was an athlete and a boxer long before she was an actress playing a boxer.
	www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/1766/lucia-rijker/sumya-anani-ready-boxing-close (1311 words)

	Lucia Rijker
		Rijker, as a Kung Fu fighter, has been on the cover of Inside Kung Fu[?] magazine.
		In 2000, she and Martin met at a press conference to announce a Martin fight, and they brawled during the conference.
		Rijker's boxing record for the moment stands at 15 wins and no losses, with 14 wins by knockout
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/lu/Lucia_Rijker.html (169 words)

	LUCIA RIJKER - ROLLINGSTONE MAGAZINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Lucia Rijker, the World's greatest female boxer, climbs through the ropes in fl leather sparring headgear and a bright-red leather truss bells, an outlandish phallic bulge between her thickly muscled thighs.
		Rijker spars with men only; she says that most women boxers have nothing to teach her, and besides, they are too easy to knock down.
		Rijker played on the Dutch National Softball Team at the age of ten, and at thirteen she was the Netherlands Junior Fencing Champion.
	wban.net /lucia.htm (1700 words)

	Lucia Rijker ...Legendary fighter
		Rijker began kickboxing at age fifteen, studying in the gym of Johan Vos, one of the most respected training facilities in Holland and training primarily with male kickboxing, boxing and judo champions.
		Lucia eventually amassed a 36-0 (25 KO) record as a kickboxer, and won four different world titles.Her only defeat in a kickboxing ring was in a Muay Thai style exhibition match at Sporthalle Zuid in Amsterdam in October 1994, when Lucia fought male Thai boxer Somchai Jaidee, who knocked her out in the second round.
		Lucia Rijker's next fight was the first women's bout to be seen on prime time network TV in the USA.
	www.ronsmoorenburg.nl /lucia.htm (1484 words)

	Lucia Rijker/Sumya Anani: Ready for a Boxing Close-Up \| TheSweetScience.com Boxing
		Beginning in December 1996, Rijker reeled off seventeen straight wins, fourteen by knockout, but she was probably best known in the boxing world as the fighter who could not or would not (depending on which camp you listened to) get a bout with Christy Martin, the aboriginal "face" of women's boxing.
		Not only was Rijker the flhearted malefactor in the movie, a role she played with stoic intensity, she also was a key figure behind the scenes, coaching Swank how to move like a fighter inside the ring.
		As a result, Lucia Rijker is, at this point in time, the best known female boxer in a sport that has long been starved for publicity with the general public.
	thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/1766/lucia-rijker/... (1401 words)

	Lucia Rijker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Dutch-born Lucia Rijker is a former champion kickboxer whose reign lasted for quite a while.
		Lucia began to train in the martial arts at the age of 6 when she started studying judo.
		Lucia made a successful transition from kickboxing to boxing and she became the Most Dangerous Woman in the World.
	megspace.com /entertainment/highimpact/stars/female/luciarijker.html (97 words)

	Lucia Rijker -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		As a professional boxer, she has been able to win the (Click link for more info and facts about WIBF) WIBF world Welterweight title, and she has beaten name fighters such as (Click link for more info and facts about Marcela Acuna) Marcela Acuna, knocked out in five rounds.
		After winning her first 14 fights, but failing to secure a match with Martin, Rijker stepped away from the sport in 1999 to pursue a career in (The film industry of the United States) Hollywood.
		However, she returned to the ring in February of 2002, and then defeated standout Jane Couch on June 21, 2003 for her 16th win without a loss.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/lu/lucia_rijker.htm (218 words)

	Christy Martin Still Wants to Trade With Lucia Rijker \| TheSweetScience.com Boxing
		Rijker was allegedly cut down by an injury but no records of her injury were ever released.
		Remember, it was Lucia who was an undefeated champion in a particular kick-boxing discipline and wanted to fight a man, "to test myself".
		Rijker was actually knocked unconcious by her male opponent, Somchai Jaidee.
	www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/4370/christy-martin-still-wants-trade-lucia-rijker (1333 words)

	The CyberBoxingZone News
		Rijker, who is acknowledged by many fight scholars as one of, if not the best, female boxer of this era, has been trying to arrange a bout with Christy Martin for three years.
		Rijker lives and trains in L.A. She had approached Martin at a 1998 press conference there, and asked her personally for a match.
		Rijker reacted with a left hook and Martin tackled her and the pair fell to the floor with Martin's retinue landing on top of them, one man even putting a choke hold on Rijker to get her off Martin.
	www.cyberboxingzone.com /boxing/kd3300.htm (1298 words)

	Women's Boxing: Lucia Rijker Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Lucia Rijker's next fight was the first women's bout to be seen on prime time network TV in the USA (albeit in a "death slot" opposite the Academy Awards).
		Lucia Rijker disappeared from public view after this fight, for what now apears to have been a mix of boxing and other reasons, and her reputation was diminished after she canceled several fight opportunities.
		Lucia's manager Stan Hoffman also revealed in an interview with Katherine Dunn that Rijker suffered a broken eardrum in her fight with Diana Dutra.
	www.wban.org /biog/lrijker.htm (3140 words)

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		Lucia, on the other hand, is wearing yellow jeans and a yellow zippered jacket that leave nothing of her visible but her hands and face.
		Lucia, as expected, is shut away in her hotel room, meditating and chanting.
		The Lucia Rijker who walks out of her dressing room in a strikingly sinister hooded fl velvet robe is a different person altogether.
	people.cs.uchicago.edu /~dinoj/lucia.html (5715 words)

	Boeddhistische Omroep Stichting - Nieuws
		Ontmoet Lucia's gasten door zelf tegen ze te boksen en hoor wat zij te zeggen hebben over democratie.
		Donderdag 13 september zendt de BOS om 22.50 in Holland Doc uur de documentaire Lucia Rijker, een bokser - een boeddhist uit.
		Regisseur George Schouten volgde Rijker voor deze documentaire tijdens drie turbulente jaren uit haar leven.
	www.buddhistmedia.com (205 words)

	CFW Enterprises - Standing Tall on Rijker’s Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Lucia Rijker needed a change, and decided to settle in Los Angeles, Calif., to pursue her boxing career and establish herself as the best female fighter of all time.
		Rijker was a Netherlands junior champion in fencing at 13, and one year later, she started boxing and kickboxing.
		Lucia Rijker is soft spoken, eloquent and philosophical, especially when discussing her career.
	www.cfwenterprises.com /article.asp?content_id=590 (2196 words)

	Lucia Rijker vecht om miljoen dollar - telegraaf.nl [Telesport] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Het is volgens Rijker de eerste keer in de geschiedenis dat de winnaar van een vrouwengevecht een miljoen dollar gaat verdienen.
		Rijker heeft de deal gesloten in de golf van publiciteit die volgde op haar belangrijke bijrol in de viervoudige Oscarwinnaar Million Dollar Baby.
		Niet alleen stond er nog nooit zo'n groot bedrag op het spel tijdens een damesgevecht, het is ook de eerste keer dat een Nederlander in Amerika zo'n groot gevecht aangaat.
	www.telegraaf.nl /telesport/19154661/Lucia_Rijker_vecht_om_miljoen_dollar.html (293 words)

	Women's Boxing: Lucia Rijker vs. Gwen Smith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Lucia used her free right hand to stab two short uppercuts to the midsection, before they were separated.
		Lucia follows with two left hooks, the first to the body and the second, to the head rocking Gwen.
		Lucia's corner continued to preach, she stay behind her left jab, as they had in previous rounds, per the announcer.
	www.wban.org /biog/fightreports/19970614_rijker_smith.htm (1092 words)

	Lucia Rijker and Christy Martin, the Real "Million Dollar Ladies" by Tami Goldsmith (June 10, 2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Rijker states that the success of this film brought awareness to women’s boxing and was a catalyst for bringing about this fight.
		Rijker has waited many years for this fight — it is like a dream come true for her.
		Rijker answered the insults with a simple statement: “If that’s all she has to worry about, then she must be scared.” The taunting continued, and Rijker took every opportunity to challenge Martin, showing up at her fights and press conferences.
	www.boxingranks.com /Articles/Article802.htm (866 words)

	Boxing News -- 24 hours/day - Reload often!
		Even the ESPN show that they did where Laila Ali fought on, it ended up being a Lucia Rijker show and that wasn't the way they planed it but that's the way it turned out to be.
		She is going to come at her and Lucia is going to have to be ready cause you all think she is a big favorite but Christy is going to bring it to her, we know that and the tension is going to be thick that night in the arena.
		No, she did not spar with Lucia because they could both possibly fight each other, but she (Anne Wolf) is too big but Lucia never trains with a woman anyway she always boxed with guys.
	www.fightnews.com /reyes12.htm (1153 words)

	Boxing Scene Forums - Lalia Ali ducking Lucia Rijker
		Lucia Rijker is so much better than Ali, if they were the same size it wouldnt be up for debate!!
		Sure, Rijker is clearly more gifted physically, but she has never met anyone approaching her level or had to work through adversity.
		Rijker disappeared before the Martin fight could be made, and Laila had to delve down twenty pounds to the south to find a name.
	www.boxingscene.com /forums/showthread.php?t=1542 (478 words)

	New Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Rijker, like Martin, had the benefit of a protective, powerful promoter.
		Since she was KO'd by a man in a Muay Thai exhibition in Amsterdam, she's been playing it very safe with her boxing career.
		Lucia was personally sent a copy, so no excuse that she didn’t know!!
	pound4pound.com /MythOfRijker.htm (325 words)

	Shadow Boxers (1999): Michael Bentt, Lucia Rijker - PopMatters Film Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Rijker's socially progressive endeavors are the film's focus, but Shadow Boxers is neither explicitly political, nor didactic in its presentation.
		Despite the film's positioning of Rijker as the model of a successful, independent woman fighter, however, we learn that it's the last of these qualities (her looks) that gave Rijker her break in the fight game.
		The title of the film could refer to one of several slow motion scenes in which Rijker, in dramatic, fl and white chiaroscuro, weaves in and out of light and shadow, practicing her boxing technique to the strains of an atmospheric soundtrack (composed by an artist known as Zoel).
	www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/s/shadow-boxers.shtml (1180 words)

	Boxing News : Rijker is Still On at Staples Center
		Since breaking into professional boxing after terrorizing the martial arts scene, Rijker has awed the boxing experts who saw her as one of the truly skillful female fighters along with Christy Martin.
		Rijker has only fought once in four years but whispers have spread that she still has the speed and power that left onlookers awestruck.
		She had been scheduled to fight Rijker on June 11, but the opportunity to fight Mia Rosales-St. John in front of a large crowd was too tempting for Rijker to pass up.
	www.maxboxing.com /Avila/avila052903.asp (578 words)

	David Avila
		With the recent announcement that Lucia Rijker will be fighting Christy Martin for a $1 million prize to the winner, it opens the door for female professional boxers such as Elena “Baby Doll” Reid (16-1-5, 5 KOs), who fights on an all-female fight card Saturday in Laughlin, Nevada.
		Rijker, 37, has long been considered the best, but recently has fought only three times in four years.
		Rijker weighed 134 and a half pounds in her last fight in the summer.
	www.maxboxing.com /avila/avila032405.asp (1450 words)

	Lucia Rijker Blasts 'Afraida' Ali for Refusing "Million Dollar Lady" Challenge
		Rijker, 17-0 (14 KOs), is training for her July 30 pay-per-view mega-bout at Mandalay Bay against the legendary CHRISTY MARTIN, 46-3-2 (32 KOs), in "Million Dollar Lady" the richest event in women's boxing history, with the winner receiving a cool $1 million.
		Ali, who refused to fight Rijker, despite the $250,000 guarantee to the loser, chose to fight Erin Toughill, 6-1-1, on the undercard of this weekend's Mike Tyson-Kevin McBride event.
		Rijker, who is noted for taking on and defeating top competition throughout her professional career, had a feature role in Clint Eastwood's Academy Award winning motion picture "Million Dollar Baby."
	www.eastsideboxing.com /news.php?p=3801&more=1 (295 words)

	USATODAY.com - Martin, Rijker credit movie for making match possible (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Rijker appeared in the film, portraying Billie "The Blue Bear," who critically injures the character portrayed by Hilary Swank.
		Martin, a Bluefield, W. Va., native, and Rijker are two of the most successful and best-known female boxers, although neither has fought much recently.
		The 37-year-old Rijker, who was born in Amsterdam and who now lives in Los Angeles, has fought three times since 2000, most recently last May 20 when she won a 10-round decision over Deborah Fettkether in Amsterdam.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/boxing/2005-05-18-martin-rijker_x.htm (416 words)

	Boeddhistische Omroep Stichting - TV archief
		Daarom laat hij hem nu elke derde maand langskomen...
		Lucia Rijker is viervoudig kickboks- en tweevoudig bokswereldkampioen.
		Deze documentaire volgt haar gedurende de afgelopen turbulente vier jaar, waarin ze naar Hollywood gaat, het gevecht van haar leven misloopt en steeds nadrukkelijker voor keuzes wordt gesteld.
	www.boeddhistischeomroep.nl /uitzendingList.aspx?lIntType=0 (775 words)

	Articles - Sumya.com
		The only problem with that scenario is that the best out there aren’t willing to fight her.”
		Jack Dunne Part 2 Jack Dunne concludes his conversation with Sumya Anani by discussing Laila Ali, Christy Martin, Lucia Rijker...
		On the eve of getting the call for Sumya Anani to replace Lucia Rijker (against the talented Lisa...
	www.sumya.com /articles.htm (352 words)

	Movie Database - [TV Guide Online] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		It's an intermittently fascinating look at a world-class athlete (she fights like a man, her admirers marvel) who's as thoughtful as she is physically disciplined.
		Rijker is a charismatic trailblazer who comes complete with requisite dramatic contrasts — soft voice vs. killer moves in the ring, bruiser's build tempered by devotion to Buddhist chanting.
		But whenever the movie gets away from Rijker it loses focus; you come away knowing neither as much as you'd like about her, nor about the sport at which she's excelled.
	online.tvguide.com /movies/database/showmovie.asp?MI=42343 (254 words)

	Inside Women's Boxing:
		Rijker, 35, is finally injury-free and hungry to resume her boxing career
		Lucia's prime may have passed, but how far remains to be seen.
		televising the main event, the Rijker - Couch bout was not to be part of the broadcast.
	www.insidewomensboxing.com /features2003/luciarijker.html (826 words)

	FILMMAKER MAGAZINE \| Summer 2000: Contenders
		But I didn’t find Lucia Rijker until I was into the project for a few years.
		And then I found Lucia Rijker and followed her for the next three years.
		I didn’t want to make a movie that was didactic, a film that said, "Look at what women today are doing!" Lucia Rijker, because she breaks down the stereotype of what a female boxer might be, allowed me to make a movie that breaks down stereotypes of how women are depicted on film.
	www.filmmakermagazine.com /summer2000/features/contenders.php (3714 words)

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		She has challenged Rijker and Lucia won’t acknowledge it.
		In this interview with Doghouse boxing the 'massage therapist-slash-lady of destruction' talks about wanting Lucia Rijker, a rematch with Christy Martin, what it took her to get at this point and where she is going.
		I’m ranked #1 in three organizations over Lucia Rijker so her and I seem like the most logical fight out there in my decision.
	www.doghouseboxing.com /Henderson/Henderson090104.htm (2674 words)

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