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![]() by Scott Ploof, FightNews.com (Photo: Emily Harney, FightWireImages.com) 2009-11-24 Four time women’s world title holder Jamie “The Hurricane” Clampitt (20-4-1, 7 KOs) made her return to the ring a successful one as she won a convincing six round unanimous decision over North Carolina’s Rachel Clark (4-3-1, 3 KOs). All three judges scored the fight a shutout at 60-54 on the cards. Clampitt worked the body of Clark at will by punishing her midsection with vicious hooks all night long. This would setup her strong right hand which complimented her attack and gave no chance for Clark to get into the fight. Clampitt came out firing like wild fire in round one as her jab immediately led to a brawl with her opponent. She landed three left hands before Clark was able to even counter her attack. “The Hurricane” went to work on Clark’s midsection in round two as she punished her ribs with several hooks that started to take the gas out of the now eight fight veteran Clark. Clampitt landed a nice straight combination backing Clark into the corner just as the round had ended. Clampitt continued to pour on the attack as she gave Clark everything she had. To her credit, Clark could have quit fighting at any time but she was spirited and continued to press on hoping to get a chance to knockout the former four time women’s champion. In the end however Clark’s dreams of that knockout will have to live for another day as Clampitt easily outboxed her opponent en route to the unanimous decision victory. After the bout Clampitt stated to the media, ““It felt unbelievable. After the first round I came back to the corner and told Kurt (Reader, head trainer) that she was a lot faster than we thought. She had a great jab. I think my experience and body punching was the difference. It’s tough right now in women’s boxing and I give her credit for taking the fight. I’m very happy with my performance.”
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