Belinda Laracuente
Puerto Rican boxer
ベリンダ・ララキュエント
- Born
- 1980, Bridgeport
- Citizenship
- United States
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- super bantamweight
- Occupation
- boxer
Belinda Laracuente (born 1980) is a women's boxing competitor from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, where she lived from 1989 to 1998. Her nickname is Brown Sugar.
Laracuente debuted as a professional boxer on 12 February 1997 in a match against Karen Nye, which Laracuente won.
On 10 October 1999 she reached a draw in four rounds with Jeanne Martinez. After winning her next fight, she went to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where she was arrested the night before the fight for underage gambling. She spent a night in jail, and then lost a decision in ten rounds to Denise Moraetes.
In her next competition, Laracuente beat future world champion Daniela Somers by a unanimous decision in Miami. After Somers went on to win the world title by beating Leah Melinger, Laracuente asked for a rematch, but she was denied by Somers' management.
After winning three more matches, she faced Zulfia Koutdoussova, who she ultimately lost to on a split decision.
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