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EDMONTON, Alberta: Tonya Harding's face took a severe beating Friday, along with her new career as a boxer, as she was knocked out by a relatively unknown Canadian boxer.
Boxing fans booed the bad girl of U.S. sports when she entered the ring and cheered as she was pummeled brutally by 22-year-old Amy Johnson.
Harding, 33, had hoped to use Friday's bout as a launching pad for a big money title fight after trading in her figure skates for boxing gloves.
But that dream took a pummeling in round three when she was pushed up against the ropes by Johnson and punched repeatedly in the face.
Johnson was awarded a technical knockout and a $25,000 purse when the referee stopped the fight at 1:03 of the third round.
Harding said before the fight that she hoped to exploit her bad girl image in the ring. "People made money off the bad-girl image and now it's my turn," Harding said.
Harding had hoped to win a date with Serbian-born Canadian boxer Jelana Mrdjenovich in a pay-per-view event that could have netted her as much as $600,000, said boxing promoter Wayne Barry.
-- Associated Press
Boxing fans booed the bad girl of U.S. sports when she entered the ring and cheered as she was pummeled brutally by 22-year-old Amy Johnson.
Harding, 33, had hoped to use Friday's bout as a launching pad for a big money title fight after trading in her figure skates for boxing gloves.
But that dream took a pummeling in round three when she was pushed up against the ropes by Johnson and punched repeatedly in the face.
Johnson was awarded a technical knockout and a $25,000 purse when the referee stopped the fight at 1:03 of the third round.
Harding said before the fight that she hoped to exploit her bad girl image in the ring. "People made money off the bad-girl image and now it's my turn," Harding said.
Harding had hoped to win a date with Serbian-born Canadian boxer Jelana Mrdjenovich in a pay-per-view event that could have netted her as much as $600,000, said boxing promoter Wayne Barry.
-- Associated Press
