Boxer Tianna Guy pulled off a much-needed, morale-boosting win over Jessica Maria Munoz of the Dominican Republic in a 60kg contest of the 43rd Copa Independence De Bexeo in Santiago De Los Caballeros, Dominican Republic on Monday evening.
The win puts her in the final against another hometown favourite Katerina Vera on Friday. Guy, speaking to the media yesterday said the fight was a customary warm-up fight which they usually go to every year.
Guy who failed to advance in her first match of the Olympic Qualifiers in Italy recently said “ This was basically a warm-up tournament. I just came back from Italy at the Olympic Qualifiers. My team felt I should continue working and being involved in competition, so we came here which we do every year to get match practice.”
“I was able to execute on a lot of the stuff we have been working on in training.”