She was a marvelous kickboxer in her day, and very good boxer, who unfortunatley has now allowed the business end of pro boxing to steer her down a path of picking and choosing her opponents very carefully. she is not the same fighter who once would fight anyone, anywhere, anytime.

She appears to be under the illusion that if she can avoid any losses, that she will eventually get a huge six figure contract to fight Christy Martin, her old nemesis. Unfortunatley, both rijker and martin badly overplayed their hand, demaniodng outlsandish pursed to fight-and hance let pass what would have been a great fight
four years ago..

But now Martin;'s best days are way behind her and so are rijker's.
, and this fight cannot generate anywhere near the revenues necessary to pay the kind the purse that Lucia wants. So the fight t is very unlikely to happen for a number of reasons. she may have the potential for a small career in the movies.

Rijker could have really beenma help to the comeback of womens KB had she stayed with our sport. But she turned to boxing in search of more money and never found it. She didnt leave KB for lack of oppoents, as sunshine did..

there is no money in either sport, so why not stay wih the sport you best at? Suffice it to say I consider her a great dsiappointment to womens Kickboxing, and no longer much of an asset for womens boxing either.

The title of her documentary "Shadow Boxintg" is actually a great metaphor for the last three years of her boxing career-as that is pretty close to what she has been doing.
maybe two good opponetns (Fetkether and jane couch) in the last three or four years.

Lucia is avoiding the best female fighter in womens boxing today. (Sumya Anani)

Frankly I would prefer to see more focus on the great and deserving women kickboxers, active today. jmo


dan