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One of the top names in Women’s boxing was in action last night as Jisselle Salandy outpointed Yahaira Hernandez over ten rounds at Jean Pierre Sports Complex in Port-of-Spain on the Southern Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago.
21 year old light middleweight phenom Salandy thrilled her hometown audience with the form that has captured as many as seven world titles and that combination of speed and movement proved too much for the challenger to overcome.
Hernandez, just 21 years of age herself, came into the clash having gone 2-2 over her last four appearances but two of the losses came in world title fights to undefeated champions Natascha Ragosina at super middle and Karolina Lukasik at light middleweight, both in Germany.
The Dominican Republic native had been ranked in the top ten by the major sanctioning bodies and caused a stir at the pre-fight press conference when she nearly came to blows with Salandy.
Despite weathering several postponements for this bout, Salandy looked in no way troubled by the scheduling difficulties as she put on a clinic against her tough challenger and walked away with victory, improving to 17-0 (6). Hernandez drops to 10-3 (5).
Salandy defended her WBC,WBA and WIBA titles and has now cemented her number one status in the world at light middleweight.
The Port-Of-Spain resident also holds victories over top rivals Karolina Lukasik, Yvonne Reis and Dakota Stone.
A potential matchup with America’s Mary Jo Sanders could be on the horizon and that looks like the last significant challenge left for Salandy at 154 pounds.
