QUICK HIT NEWS: KLINEFELTER MOVES TO 3-0 AS PRO FEMALE BOXER

Posted on | March 22, 2009 | No Comments

Grand Rapids, Michigan – Late Friday night at the Woodlawn Sports Complex, Iowa City native and University of Iowa Accounting graduate student Emily “the Enforcer” Klinefelter moved to 3-0 as a professional boxer with a 4-round unanimous decision over Michigan’s Brenda Rodriguez (now 1-5). Klinefelter scored a knockdown in the 1st round and earned a standing-8 (legal in Michigan) in the 4th, but the tough and scrappy Rodriguez proved that she was game to the core, fighting hard throughout.The bout was a credit to women’s boxing and had the crowd abuzz about what was dubbed the fight of the night. All three judges scorecards had Klinefelter winning 40-34.