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Palace regular adds pair of world titles

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- It was a different weight class but a familiar result for Carina Moreno.

The Watsonville fighter captured the vacant IFBA and NBA world championships Friday night, winning a one-sided 10-round decision over Eileen Olszewski at the Isleta Casino and Resort.

Moreno, a regular attraction at the Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino in Lemoore, fought in the 108-pound weight division after capturing a WBC title belt in the 103-pound class.

The move up seemed to make little difference, as Moreno (18-1, 5 KOs) won her 10th consecutive bout.

"She had kind of an awkward style, and that threw me off, but I was able to get into a rhythm.''

"As the fight went on, she kind of slowed down, and I got stronger.''

Two judges gave her a shutout victory, scoring it 100-90. Another judge had it 97-93 -- or 7-3 in rounds.

That's a closer margin than Moreno's used to.

Her last defeat came almost exactly two years ago, when she dropped a six-round technical decision to Wendy Rodriguez in Louisiana.

That bout went to the scorecards four rounds early, because Rodri guez unable to continue because of a cut caused by an accidentally head butt. The latter won via a close decision.

Since then, Moreno has dominated her last 10 opponents, winning virtually every round on every official scorecard.

During her winning streak, she had lost only one round on one scorecard until Friday night.

Moreno said she plans to fight at both 105- and 108-pound weight divisions. Her next scheduled bout is an Aug. 21st title matchup in the 105 class at the Tachi Palace, where she's fought seven times.

Olszewski, from Honolulu, dropped to 5-1-1. In her previous bout, she won the WIBA's 112-pound championship with a 10-round majority decision over Elena Reid in February.

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