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Originally slated to challenge
then champion Myriam Lamare for
the World Boxing Federation
World Light Welterweight title,
Pound-For-Pound Number-One Holly
Holm is now set to take on
Australian Diana Prazak for the
vacant championship on December
7 at the Route 66 Casino Hotel
in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Holm, 31-2-3 (9), the reigning
WBF Women’s World Champion at
Welterweight, was moving down in
weight to make a true
super-fight with Lamare, but the
Frenchman pulled out citing a
shoulder injury, and Prazak,
11-1 (7), willingly stepped in
to secure a stern challenge for
Holm with the vacant title on
the line.
"Lamare sent us X-rays and
medical records of her injured
shoulder," explained promoter
Lenny Fresquez. "It's
frustrating because we've
already spent a lot of money
promoting Holm vs. Lamare, but
we're fortunate to have a great
fighter like Diana Prazak
step-up to fight the best
Pound-For-Pound women's fighter
in the world, Holly Holm.
Diana deserves a lot of credit
for accepting that big challenge
and I know she's coming to pull
off an upset of Holly."
Diana Prazak lost her pro debut
in 2010, but has since defeated
every opponent put in front of
her. In 2011 she captured the
Australian National title at
Light Welterweight, but later
that year she moved down to
Super Featherweight to win a
world title by stopping tough
Canadian Lindsay Garbatt.
Prazak successfully defended her
world championship this past
April with a shutout unanimous
decision over Kenyan Fatuma
Zarika, and, now trained by the
great Lucia Rijker in new
hometown Los Angeles, she feels
ready to return to Light
Welterweight against arguably
the best female boxer on the
planet:
“I'm a determined fighter. I
have fought at 130-135-pounds;
however, I walk around at 145. I
will feel much stronger at 140
because I don't have to starve
myself. I'm lucky to have the
opportunity to work with some
great champions, not to mention
the rounds I get in with my
trainer, Lucia Rijker”, said
Prazak.
“If I can get punched by the
most dangerous women in the
world, I most definitely do not
have any concerns about being
hit by girls in other weight
classes.”
And Prazak is not fazed by the
thought of fighting in the
backyard of “The Preachers
Daughter”, where sold-out crowds
of around three-thousand are a
regular occurrence, saying:
"I think it's great that she has
such great hometown support.
Three-thousand people are great.
My dream is for myself and for
other women fighters to fight
for crowds of 30,000. The bigger
the challenge, the bigger the
victory, is my mantra."
“Fire & Ice”, Holly Holm vs.
Diana Prazak for the vacant
World Boxing Federation Women’s
World Light Welterweight title
at the Route 66 Casino Hotel in
Albuquerque, New Mexico on
Saturday December 7, will be
promoted by Fresquez
Productions.
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