EDMONTON A 29-year-old professional boxer from Sherwood Park will be competing for a Canadian title, even though she has only been in the ring for a few years. “Sometimes I look at it and think, ‘I’ve only been doing this for four years,’ but then I know that it’s been four hard years,” said Mikenna Tansley. “We haven’t taken our foot off the gas pedal.” Outside of the ring, Tansley is a graphic designer. “I’ve got two passions in life and you know, when I first started people said I’m going to have to choose between one of the other and I’ve just been trying to prove them all wrong,” said Tansley.
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Erika Cruz scored an upset in tonight’s Ring City USA main event, dominating against Jelena Mrdjenovich to take the WBA featherweight title and possibly move on to an even bigger bout with Amanda Serrano.
Cruz (13-1, 3 KO) won on technical decision scores of 70-63 across the board, after the fight was stopped early in the seventh due to cuts on Mrdjenovich (41-11, 2, 19 KO). Since the main cut was ruled to be caused by a clash of heads (replays showed it may well have been a punch that did it), it went to the cards. At that point, there was no doubt; Cruz had won every round.