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Han to Defend title at SW University Park

a fortnight….or one week in layman’s terms ….from jennifer han’s world title fight. but that isnt the only news coming out of her camp today. her feather weight opponent has changed just a week out. for more on this development we bring in a man who’s been punched in the face repeatedly by jen han before…luke lyddon. trevor..and lemme tell yah it didn’t feel good.. headache for 2 hours after. so lillian martinez is out and calista silgado is now in. 3rd world ranked martinez failed to appear at a visa interview this week– so instead 6th world ranked silgado will jump in the ring. regardless–han told me she is thrilled to be the first ever fighting at the ballpark right down the street. nats: “punching bag, traing.” punch after punch– nats: “punching.” jennif han hasn’t wasted a single day training for this moment. a chance to defend her world title in front of her home crowd at southwest university park. “ha it hit you yet, that like this, its hard to believe i’m sure, but has it hit you yet that this will all be transformed for you in just a week from now? yes! i am like so excited just imagining the ring being there on home plate, the crowd cheering, and the crowd cheering, it’s just going to be beautiful.” the fight was originally supposed to be in france– instead han will be the first ever to fight at this ballpark. “they said its gonna be in ep and at sw university park. i don’t think we even had a reaction, we just more speechless than anything.” standup: “it real may be hard to believe at this moment, but this ballpark is going to completley transformed in just one week as home plate will be turned into a state of the art boxing arena and give fans an up close view of han defending her title.” but after weeks of negotiations hans promoters were able to bring this fight back home. ” enjoy fighting in other places, but nothing beats my hometown, especially when my fam and friends have the opportunity to come and see me.” “i the defending champion of course there is pressure, but i wouldn’t have it any other way, you can always lose, and things can always happen but to have the support i am going to have, nothing tops it.” but you just gotta love hans attitude. she said quote i don’t care who steps on the scale i will beat her. tickets are still available for the fight and we have a link on our website for more information. so in just about 168 hours from now han will be looking to remain the world champ. trevor back to

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