Cherneka Johnson vs Melissa Esquivel Live While their male counterparts joined in rumblings about their weight, there was nothing but respect between boxer Cherneka Johnson and Mexican Melissa Esquivel while the world title was in line.
Cherneka Johnson vs Melissa Esquivel Live Melbourne-based Johnson and Esquivel were supposed to dodge flying punches between Michael Zerafa and Issac Hardman, who will fight a middleweight world title eliminator at the Melbourne Convention Center on Wednesday night. Johnson and Esquivel are on the undercard, dueling for the vacant IBF World Super Bantamweight title.
Cherneka Johnson vs Melissa Esquivel Live
Cherneka Johnson vs Melissa Esquivel Live Johnson’s only loss to her 13-1-0 record came 12 months earlier when she was on the wrong side of a controversial split decision against fellow Australian Shannon O’Connell for the WBA gold bantamweight title.
Esquivel (12-2-1) comes into the fight on the back of a title fight loss, lost to Erika Cruz Hernandez in a WBA world bantamweight title clash.
Cherneka Johnson vs Melissa Esquivel Live I’ve been boxing for a long time and it’s so exciting to finally get this opportunity to fight for the world title,” said Johnson, who goes by the name Sugar Knicks. I deserve a shot… I don’t believe I’ve lost my last fight, so it’s great to fight for the world title here in Australia.
I’m going with full confidence and I can’t wait to bring it home.”
Johnson said he saw footage of Esquivel online and thought he had a fighting game to win. I feel like I have a better skill set to bring myself into the night mentally, and I’m going to the next level with my boxing ability.
Cherneka Johnson vs Melissa Esquivel Live Full fight card
Cherneka Johnson vs Melissa Esquivel Live
Michael Zerafa vs Issac Hardman (10 rounds at middleweight)
Cherneka Johnson vs Melissa Esquivel (10×2-minute rounds at super-bantamweight)
Carly Salmon vs Krystina Jacobs (6×2-minute rounds at featherweight)
Benjamin Bomber vs Waiwit Nareeruk (8 rounds at super-middleweight)
Jack Gipp vs Thoedsek Seenam (6 rounds at super-middleweight)
Kim-Alina Ross vs Zoe Putorak (4×2-minute rounds at super-welterweight)
Campbell Somerville vs Ben Holdsworth (4 rounds at super-welterweight)
Cherneka Johnson vs Melissa Esquivel Live Michael Zerafa (29-4, 18 KOs) goes up against unbeaten Issac Hardman (12-0, 10 KOs) in the headline bout at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Australia on Wednesday, April 20. The pair squares off in the twelve-round all-Australian IBF middleweight title eliminator. The event airs live on pay-per-view.
It’s no secret that Issac Hardman and Michael Zerafa don’t like each other, and the feud somehow reached another level at Tuesday’s pre-fight weigh-in.
Cherneka Johnson vs Melissa Esquivel Live footage of the event shows Hardman taking exception to something that was said, and the pair having to be dragged apart as punches are exchanged.
Cherneka Johnson vs Melissa Esquivel Live The weigh-in has been rescheduled for Tuesday evening.
Cherneka Johnson vs Melissa Esquivel Live Cherneka Johnson vs Melissa Esquivel Live Not long after the pair stood up for the face-off, separated by promoter Sam Labruna, Hardman struck Zerafa to the side of the face, with a brawl ensuing as people came from the crowd to separate the two fighters.
Cherneka Johnson vs Melissa Esquivel Live Eventually Hardman left the venue, but not before being involved in another fracas with a member of the crowd on his way out.
Earlier, Hardman said he believed his MMA experience and pre-fight training with champion Tim Tszyu would him in good stead to win the bout.
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