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Kaimuki grad wins women's boxing title
Advertiser Staff
Hawai'i-born boxer Eileen Kuwaye Olszewski defeated Elena "Baby Doll" Reid in a 10-round decision at the Roseland Ballroom in New York on Friday to capture the Women's International Boxing Association flyweight title.
Olszewski, nicknamed "The Hawaiian Mongoose," fought conservatively through the opening rounds, controlling Reid with her jab, before launching a brutal offensive in the eighth.
It was Reid's first title defense.
Olszewski, a Kaimuki High School alumna, improved her professional record to 5-0-1. She was undefeated (28-0) as an amateur.
The bout was Olszewski's second consecutive title fight. Last September, Olszewski fought Stefania Bianchini for the WBC title. The fight, held in Bianchini's hometown of Rovigo, Italy, ended in a majority draw.
Olszewski's manager David Selwyn later complained that the referee for the bout failed to warn Bianchini about holding Olszewski.
Olszewski's appeal for a rematch was granted by the WBC, but a date has not yet been scheduled.
— Michael Tsai
SURFING
ANDY IRONS MOVES ON
Kaua'i's Andy Irons advanced to the fourth round of the Quiksilver Pro men's surfing contest yesterday.
The third round was completed in 2- to 3-foot waves at Snapper Rocks, Coolangatta, Australia.
Irons was one of the standouts of the day, and scored a convincing third-round victory over North Carolina's Ben Bourgeois. Irons' top two waves received scores of 9.17 (out of 10) and 8.67 for a total of 17.84.
Bourgeois' two-wave total was 11.33.
Irons is the only Hawai'i surfer remaining in the contest. He is scheduled to face Australia's Kai Otton in the fourth round.
Other surfers still in the contest are defending world champion Mick Fanning of Australia, and eight-time former world champ Kelly Slater of Florida.
The Quiksilver Pro is the first event of the 2008 World Championship Tour.
SOFTBALL
UH POUNDS PITT, 8-1
Kate Robinson pitched a four-hitter, striking out 10, and went 3 for 4 at the plate to lead No. 15 Hawai'i to an 8-1 victory over Pittsburgh yesterday in the Eller Media Stadium Classic softball tournament at Las Vegas.
The Rainbow Wahine, who finished 3-2 in the tournament, are 13-4 overall. Pittsburgh is 7-6.
Robinson didn't walk a batter in a complete-game performance. Mary Hecker hit a bases-empty homer in the bottom of the fourth for Pittsburgh.
Robinson had a two-run double in the first inning and also scored two runs.
Brandi Peiler also went 3 for 4 for the Rainbow Wahine, who had 13 hits.
Hawai'i will host the four-day Pepsi Malihini Kipa Aloha Tournament starting Thursday.
The Rainbow Wahine will battle No. 25 Washington, Idaho State, Southern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, and the Netherlands national team.
