Belinda Laracuente
| Belinda Laracuente | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Rated at | Super-bantamweight |
| Born |
June 14, 1980 Bridgeport, Connecticut |
| Boxing record | |
| Wins | 26 |
| Wins by KO | 9 |
| Losses | 27 |
| Draws | 3 |
Belinda Laracuente (born 1980) Bridgeport, Connecticut is a women's boxing competitor who hails from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico where she lived from 1989 to 1998. Her nickname is Brown Sugar.[1][2]
Laracuente's debut as a professional boxer came on February 12 1997 against Karen Nye, whom Laracuente beat. Soon, she would fight former world champion Cora Webber, but she lost that fight.
She got back into the winning track until, on October 10, 1999, she had to settle for a draw in four rounds with Jeanne Martinez. After winning her next fight, she went to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where she got arrested the night before the fight for gambling before reaching that state's legal age for that activity. She spent a night in jail, and to make matters worse, lost a decision in ten rounds to Denise Moraetes.
In her next bout, Belinda beat future world champion Daniela Somers by a unanimous eight round decision in Miami. After Somers went on to win the world title by beating Leah Melinger, Laracuente asked for a rematch but with the world title on the line, but was denied by Somers' management.
She went on to win three more bouts in a row, and then she faced Zulfia Koutdoussova, losing a ten round split decision to her.
Next came Belinda's first world title try. Faced with world champion Christy Martin at the Félix Trinidad-David Reid Pay Per View undercard, Laracuente lost a decision in eight rounds, in a bout that HBO Boxing commentator Jim Lampley said that he thought Laracuente should have won it by 78 to 74 on his unofficial score.[3]
After losing one more fight, she retired, but in December 2002 she announced plans to return into the ring, with hopes of getting a new world title chance.
On May 14, 2005, she finally returned, losing an eight round decision to Mary Jo Sanders, in Kinder, Louisiana. She later loss also to Layla Mccarter.[4]
On July 8, she fought Italian-American Missy Fiorentino on short notice, losing a six round unanimous decision to the undefeated prospect.[5]
In 2008, she appeared as a defendant on The People's Court. She was sued by a one-time cornerman who claimed Belinda never paid him for his services. The cornerman had sued for $2500 of her $7000 purse, plus an additional $2500 for embarrassment and threats, but was awarded only $350 by judge Marilyn Milian.
Laracuente ended her boxing career on June 22, 2012 with a career record of 26-27-3 (9 KO's).
She also appeared in an episode of MADE when a teenager named Wyatt was being Made into a boxer.
See also
References
- ↑ "Women's Boxing: Belinda Laracuente Biography". Wban.org. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
- ↑ "Woman Hungry For Title - tribunedigital-sunsentinel". Articles.sun-sentinel.com. 2003-01-17. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
- ↑ "Trinidad Belts Reid Around - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. 2000-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
- ↑ Malissa Smith (2000-03-03). "A History of Women's Boxing". Books.google.co.uk. p. 244. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
- ↑ J. E. Grant. "The Ropes Held Him Up - Boxing Essays and Articles". Books.google.co.uk. p. 81. Retrieved 2016-02-09.