Quebec boxer Leïla Beaudoin is insulted. With good reason, her Mexican opponent Laura Avendano Mondragon showed up for the weigh-in weighing 136 pounds, or 6.6 over the allowable limit.
“I just want to kick his ass some more,” Beaudoin said with his usual frankness, and burst out laughing.
“I honestly find it insulting, mentioned the athlete from Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region. It’s not about panties or bras that weigh too much… It’s disrespectful. For my part, I made every effort necessary to respect the weight and I don’t get the impression that she did.
For her part, the Quebecer weighed 129.6 pounds on Wednesday.
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Leïla Beaudoin and Mexican Laura Avendano Mondragon face off at Wednesday’s weigh-in at the Casino de Montréal.
Unless the situation changes, the clash between Beaudoin (8-0, 1 KO) and Mondragon (6-0, 2 KOs) is still scheduled to take place on Thursday evening at the Casino de Montréal. A new limit of 140 pounds was requested for the day of the fight.
“We will accept the fight,” said the 26-year-old Quebecer. I didn’t do all the work at the gym for nothing.”
In her last appearance in the ring, on December 16, Beaudoin defeated Iceland’s Valgerdur Gudstendottir by unanimous decision of the judges at a gala in Shawinigan. Recall that this time the Quebecer is fighting on the undercard of a night that features the finals Christian Mbilli and Carlos Gongora in the super middleweight division.