Saturday night in Biloxi, Mississippi saw Ann Wolfe outfight nemesis Valerie Mahfood to defend her IBA light heavyweight title and move into position to set a shocking precedent in her next bout. The thirty-four-year- old from Waco, Texas won her second contest over Mahfood, who handed Wolfe her only career loss five years ago. In this rubber match, Mahfood was never able to get a handle of the highly muscular Wolfe, who applied a heavy beating to her fellow Texan. Wolfe, 22-1(15), is scheduled on October 15 to fight a man, Roy Skipper, who has recorded a 11-3-2 (7) mark. Thirty-five-year-old Skipper hails from Laurel, Mississippi and has lost to the three fighters he's faced that had winning records. All of those losses have been by way of stoppage and Skipper is riding a two-fight losing streak.
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