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Tonya Harding's Professional Boxing Career
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Tonya's First Professional Bantamweight Fight
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February 22, 2003 at The Pyramid in Memphis, Tenn.
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Bantamweight Class
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Tonya Harding vs Samantha Browning
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News conference at the Grand Casino
Tunica, Miss.
Feb 20, 2003
AP Photo/Dave Martin
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At the weigh-in
Feb 21, 2003
AP Photo/Dave Martin
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At the weigh-in
Feb 21, 2003
AP Photo/Bill Waugh
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At the weigh-in
Feb 21, 2003
AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
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At the weigh-in
Samantha Browning
Feb 21, 2003
AP Photo/Dave Martin
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AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
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AP Photo/Mark Humphrey
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Reuters/Peter Jones
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Samantha Browning wins split decision
Browning 39-38 / 39-37 Harding 39-37
AP Photo/Dave Martin
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AP Photo/Dave Martin
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Tonya Wins Second Pro Fight 03/15/03
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Tonya Harding won her first professional bout, winning a four-round unanimous decision over Shannon Birmingham in a bantamweight bout. Judges Fred Steinwinder III and Robert Williams both
had Harding winning 40-36. Judge Hughes had Harding winning 38-37.
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Tonya Wins Third Pro Fight 03/28/03
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Tonya won her third pro bout. Her opponet was Alejandra Lopez. At the Creek Nations Gaming Center, there was a sold out crowd of about 900
boxing fans. The fight has been described as a "cat fight" . Final Scoring by all three judges was 36-40 for Harding. Her record is now 2-1-0 (0KO).
Needless to say, she's
very happy. She said she's not hurt, and that her opponent was very gracious to her. Tonya signed autographs for over an hour after the bout.
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Tonya Harding wins Oregon debut
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Friday, June 13, Chinook Winds Casino, Lincoln City, Oregon
Tonya Harding won the four round bout with Emily Gosa by unanimous decision.
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Tonya defeated in bout with Melissa Yanas on 08/02/03
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Tonya didn't fare too well in this one and was defeated by Melissa Yanas from San Antonio, Texas via TKO in the first round at 1 minute and 13 seconds at the Silver City
Cabaret in Dallas, Texas
It looks like Tonya got snookered on this one as they changed her opponent three times. She ended up going up against a tougher and more experienced
fighter. Yanas (2-1) dominated Harding (3-2) throughout the 73 second fight.
Tonya will now be under a 60-day medical suspension that was imposed by the Dallas officials
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