Congratulations to Baltimore, MD's Franchon Crews Dezurn, who recently signed a promotional contract with Salita Promotions and she will be a part of the Friday, January 12th card featuring Claressa Shields vs. Tori Nelson at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY.
Crews Dezurn (2-1, one KO) made her pro debut against Shields in November of 2016 and lost a four-round unanimous decision. Since then, she has knocked out Latashia Burton in the first round in March of 2017 at the UDC Physical Activities Center in Washington, DC and won a four-round unanimous decision over Sydney LeBlanc in August of 2017 at the Howard Theatre in DC. Crews Dezurn will face Tiffany Woodard of Wilson, NC (4-9-3, three KO's) in a bout scheduled for six-rounds on the January 12th undercard.
Of course, prior to her pro career, Crews Dezurn was a former highly decorated, elite amateur boxer. Among her many championships, she was an eight-time US Open National Champion, a four-time National Female Golden Gloves Champion, a four-time Pan Am Continental Champion, a two-time National PAL Champion, and a two-time US Olympic Team Alternate.
She also represented Team USA in numerous international competitions, and in 2011, Crews-Dezurn made history by becoming the first of three women in the United States to qualify and compete in the debut of women's boxing at the Pan American Games.
Salita Promotions, headed by former world title contender Dmitriy Salita, has a number of female boxers under contract including Shields and Christina Hammer, who was originally scheduled to be on the January 12th card but now will not be there.
"Women's boxing is suddenly flooded with great talent and Franchon, as a pioneering woman of the modern boxing age, deserves to be part of that group," said Salita. "I'm happy to have reached an agreement with her. With her tremendous skill and marketable personality, Franchon has the potential to become another women's superstar in a golden age for the sport."
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