Guyana woman wins light heavyweight world title
Monday, May 31, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Gwendolyn O'Neil
of Guyana defeated American female boxer Kathy Rivers on Sunday for the World
International Boxing Association's (WIBA) Light Heavyweight world title.
Neither women was knocked down during the 12-round fight.
"I want to thank God for winning it because without God you can't do
anything," O'Neil, a mother of five children, said.
Guyana's President, Bharrat Jagdeo, presented the WIBA belt to O'Neil in front
of spectators at the National Park in Georgetown.
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