When Sharon Gaines met
Tonia Cravens in Yakima, WA at the Legends Casino,
it was a battle! Both women are very offensive boxers and fight coming
straight ahead and throwing lots of punches. Cravens actually out-punched
Gaines, but her accuracy was off. Gaines landed the truer, more accurate
shots and won by split decision.
"I felt great all during the fight and in between rounds....my main concern
was that the judges were seeing clearly that her shots weren't landing.
Although she was throwing a lot of punches, many were going right past me or
hitting on my elbows and gloves," said Gaines. "There was a lot of sunlight
streaming into the ring and I just was hoping the judges were seeing that
the punches were not landing...luckily 2 of 3 did!"
The crowd cheered both women as they put on a show...one of the best fights
of the night!