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Guadalupe Medina can be a growing claimant, but her trainer did not want to train her at first

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February 26, 2025

Guadalupe Medina, a straw boxer, can get closer to the title, but her trainer did not want to train her at first.

Medina, a boxer from Maywood in California with the Pro 9-0 Record (2 KO), started boxing after following his brother Amed Medina to the boxing gym. As trainer Edgar Jasso explained to her: whatever he did, she followed him. If he played basketball, she would do it too. “I started boxing at the age of eight. I just marked with my brother. Since he did it, I did everything he did. I marked myself, “21 -year -old medina said Boxingscene. “From the first day I just fell in love with him. I fell in love with the progress that I can do. “

The medina was eight years elderly when she first entered the boxing gym. She did not train with Jasso, but he was in the same gym, training other fighters. About five years later, Jasso cooperated with amateurs. Her brother started training with Jasso, but it was not a trouble -free or basic transition. At first Jasso did not want to train her.

“I started working with her when she was 13 or 14 years elderly,” Jasso said. “I really didn’t want to train her, because at that time we didn’t really train many women or we didn’t really do it at all.”

Medina also remembers it.

“He clearly threw me out and said he didn’t train girls. He thought the girls were too much responsibility, “Medina said.

“I would tell her that I was not sexist or anything, but I honestly did not know if women’s training was suitable for us,” Jasso said. “She never stopped coming and never stopped appearing in the gym”

The turning point came when the medina won the amateur tournament, a tournament about the 2019 Olympic Games in Compton, California. She would receive the best general boxer. Medina knew that after that she secured her place.

“When you tell someone that you won’t work with them and they still appear every day, he says something,” Jasso said.

Now the medina, which is signed to 360 promotions, is not lacking in interest in her career. Last Friday from Agustina Solange Vazquez at Chumash Casino, California, Santa Ynez, Santa Ynez, Santa Ynez, Santa Ynez, Santa Ynez, Santa Ynez, Santa Ynez, California.

Medina’s victory over Vazquez served in the competition as a step, because Medina moves very quickly in her teenage career. Vazquez, 4-3-2, Argentine boxer currently living in West Hills, California, had an amateur pedigree and despite the modest record, he served as the most arduous opponent of the medina on paper.

“I felt great. This was my first eight round – Medina said. “There was an augment from my last fight, which of course I love to see. I want to grow in every fight. I still want to observe improvements. Many things we were working on in the camp could demonstrate during the fight. “

With the victory over 22-year-old Vazquez, the depth of her division is now becoming a conversation. Medina takes in us number 1 according to Boxrec, as well as the same record goalkeeper as a ten warrior in the world. Medina is 21 years elderly, enters the title picture earlier than most could expect.

“To be truthful, I think we’re not very far away,” Medina said.

In fact, the medina has already been offered a fight for the title, but it would mean that the team is traveling to Germany. Jasso thought that the journey and atmosphere could be her career at that moment, although Jasso was clear that he had no doubt about her skills and skills of such a fight.

“After each fight they always ask me, what did I think about her performance?” Jasso said. “I always say it was good, but there is always room for improvement. I always look for more from her every time and this will lead her to the place where I want her to go. “

Lucas Ketelle is the author of “Inside the Ropes of Boxing”, a guide for teenage fighters, a boxing writer and a boxing member of the American Writers’ Association. Find it on X on @LukoBoxing.

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Conor Benns Fight Day Weight: The Risks of Extreme Weight Cutting in Boxing

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2 hours ago

September 12, 2026

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"Conor Benn's Fight Day Weight: The Risks of Extreme Weight Cutting in Boxing"

Conor Benn answered the biggest question surrounding his return to welterweight by weighing 146 pounds for Ryan Garcia, almost a full pound below the limit.

Benn left nothing to chance after months of questions over whether he could get back down to 147 pounds. But what happened after he stepped off the scales made the weight debate even more interesting.

DAZN reported Benn at 178.4 pounds after rehydrating, a staggering 32.4-pound difference from his official weight.

If accurate, the difference between Benn’s official and reported weights was more than 22 percent of his weigh-in body weight.

Benn Gains 32.4 Pounds

That’s where the real concern over Benn’s weight begins.

Coming in almost a full pound under the limit showed there was no appetite to take any chances by getting close to 147.

Questions had already been raised about what getting back down to welterweight would take.

Former opponent Regis Prograis previously said Benn “looks small” and hoped the weight was not “draining him already” after seeing his transformation ahead of the Garcia fight.

Those concerns were addressed when Benn stepped on the scales with room to spare. However, the DAZN figure showed the other side of making welterweight.

Zuffa Boxing received approval from the Nevada State Athletic Commission for an unusually early 9 a.m. PT official weigh-in, giving Benn and Garcia considerably more time to eat, drink, rehydrate and recover before fight night.

For Benn, DAZN’s reported second weight represented an extraordinary change from his official weigh-in figure.

Reaction was immediate. One commenter asked, “How is that possible to do after a couple of hours?” Another wanted someone to “explain how he gained 32 lbs in a few hours.”

Weight Cutting Dangers

Benn did nothing wrong. He made the contracted weight and did it comfortably.

The wider issue is what fighters continue to put their bodies through to make those limits.

The Association of Ringside Physicians has warned that rapid weight loss and dehydration can affect cardiovascular and neurological function, among other areas. The organization has also stated that proper rehydration can take hours or even days.

That warning puts Benn’s dramatic change into perspective. Fighters can make the required limit, begin replacing everything lost during the cut and enter the ring considerably heavier than they were on the official scales.

The early weigh-in gave Benn even more time to recover, but it does not change what his two reported weights say about the process required to compete at welterweight.

Benn did everything required of him and comfortably made the limit. The concern is how far fighters continue to push their bodies to get there in the first place.

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Ryan Garcia vs. Conor Benn Weigh-In Results: What to Expect in the Ring

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4 hours ago

September 12, 2026

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Ryan Garcia vs. Conor Benn Weigh-In Results: What to Expect in the Ring

WBC welterweight champion Ryan Garcia (25-2, 20 KOs) defends his title against Conor Benn (25-1, 14 KOs) this Saturday, September 12, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The match will headline a Mexican Independence weekend normally reserved for Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.

For Conor, it’s his first fight at welterweight in more than four years. He last fought at welterweight against Chris Van Heerden in April of 2022. For Ryan, it’s his second welterweight bout after having defeated Mario Barrios in February of this year.

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There was much back-and-forth about whether Benn would make the welterweight limit of 147 pounds, since he had fought Chris Eubank twice at 160 pounds and grown into the middleweight division. In his match in April against Regis Prograis, he trimmed down to 150 pounds, and based on his performance in that fight, many believed he would struggle to lose an additional three pounds for this one.

The official weigh-in took place this morning at the Meta Apex, and Conor Benn made weight, proving all the doubters wrong, weighing 146 pounds, while Ryan Garcia came in at 145.5 pounds.

Official Weigh-In Results:

12 Rounds — WBC Welterweight Championship Match: Ryan Garcia (145.5 lbs.) vs Conor Benn (146 lbs.)

12 Rounds — WBC/Zuffa/Ring Cruiserweight Championship Match: Jai Opetaia (199 lbs.) vs Noel Mikaelian (200 lbs.)

8 Rounds — Heavyweight: Da’Mazion Vanhouter (231.5 lbs.) vs Raphael Akpejiori (246 lbs.)

10 Rounds — Lightweight: Mark Magsayo (134.5 lbs.) vs Andres Cortes (135 lbs.)

6 Rounds — Lightweight: Oswaldo Molina (131.5 lbs.) vs Pablo Rubio (131 lbs.)

8 Rounds — Super Middleweight: Abel Gonzalez (167.5 lbs.) vs Raul Salomon (167 lbs.)

6 Rounds — Super Welterweight: Vlad Panin (151.5 lbs.) vs Dakota Linger (150.5 lbs.)

10 Rounds — Welterweight: Jose Ramirez (146.5 lbs.) vs Alexis Rocha (146.5 lbs.)

6 Rounds — Lightweight: Sean Garcia (134 lbs.) vs. Abraham Morales (134 lbs.)

Image: Ryan Garcia vs. Conor Benn: Weigh-In Results — LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 11: during the Garcia v Benn ceremonial weigh-ins at T-Mobile Paramount+ Plaza on September 11, 2026. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa Boxing)

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Don King Removes WBC Belt from Mikaelian-Opetaia Fight: What It Means for Boxing

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September 12, 2026

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"Don King Removes WBC Belt from Mikaelian-Opetaia Fight: What It Means for Boxing"

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Jai Opetaia may defeat WBC cruiserweight champion Noel Mikaelian on Saturday night without being allowed to claim his title. What was presented as a unification fight could now proceed with only Opetaia’s Ring Magazine and Zuffa Boxing belts available.

“Don King reports that the WBC cruiserweight title will not be on the line in the Mikaelian vs. Opetaia fight this Saturday. Let’s wait for what the organization officially says,” Rodriguez on X.

Opetaia and Mikaelian are scheduled to meet in the co-feature of the Ryan Garcia–Conor Benn card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Removing the WBC title would take much of the historical value from the matchup. Opetaia can establish himself as the better fighter and beat the reigning WBC champion, yet leave the arena no closer to becoming undisputed. That is a poor result for a cruiserweight division already divided among several champions.

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The WBC had ordered Mikaelian to face WBA and WBO champion David Benavidez. Mikaelian instead accepted the Opetaia fight after a deal with Benavidez was not completed, placing his title status in danger.

King has also sent a cease-and-desist letter to Zuffa Boxing and TKO Group Holdings. His promotional company claims it holds an exclusive agreement with Mikaelian and did not authorize the Opetaia fight. Hehas already lost the IBF title without being defeated in the ring after the organization refused to sanction his fight with Brandon Glanton. The Australian may now be denied an opportunity to win the WBC belt for similar reasons involving sanctioning rules and promotional control.

Nothing changes about the difficulty of Saturday’s fight. Mikaelian remains a capable, experienced cruiserweight who defeated Badou Jack in their December rematch. The difference is that Opetaia may receive considerably less for beating him.

Until the WBC releases an official ruling, Mikaelian remains its cruiserweight champion. If King’s information is accurate, however, the fight has gone from a meaningful unification to another example of boxing preventing its leading cruiserweights from settling the division inside the ring.

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