Former female champion Heather “The Heat” Hardy (24-2, 4 KOs) outworked Taynnaa Cardoso (5-2, 1 KO) over eight rounds on Thursday night at Sony Hall in Times Square, New York City. Hardy, 41, took a majority decision to win 76-76, 78-74, 77-75.
Unbeaten former Olympian Tsendbaatar Erdenebat (5-0, 3 KOs) punished Giovanni Gutierrez (11-4, 6 KOs) for three rounds before getting a referee’s stoppage.
Lightweight Terell Bostic (8-1, 1 KO) outpointed Clay Burns (10-17-2, 4 KOs) over six rounds. Burns down in round three. Scores were 58-55, 57-56, 60-53.
Light heavyweight Frederic “French Revolution” Julan (13-2, 10 KOs) topped Decarlo “3medno” Perez (19-7, 6 KOs) over eight rounds by scores of 78-74, 78-74, 79-73.
Super lightweight Michael Hughes (4-1, 1 KO) topped Nelson Morales (3-4, 0 KOs) 39-37 #x.
Hardy just outworked Cardoso. It was competitive, but she just worked more. I don’t see Hardy ever being champion again though. They said she was up for any title shot from feather to lightweight. You have 3 undisputed champions in there so title shots are hard to come by, but I think the top contenders around there like Persoon, Mayer and Choi don’t have many problems with Hardy.
One – Thanks BoxingInsider for making the whole card free online via Youtube.
Two – great room to see a fight.
Three – Hardy deserves a chance to hit the 25-2 record as well as a final payday vs a name, i don’t see her winning but she’ll make it entertaining always coming forward. She’s at the end of an entertaining career, hope she makes a decent payday before shes done.
It was a good match.