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EricR
Posted: 2003-11-10 03:55:09
Time goes fast Sandy. It was Nov. 4th 2001 for sure.
Good to see you English tip Lisa. That for one is something here in Holland we can learn from.

I really don't know Lisa good enough to know if she is a better technical fighter. Maybe she is, and considering the difference in time these 2 girls are busy with this sport, she should be. If I had to judge from that "fight" in Zonnenhuis, I would do Lisa wrong, so I won't. However the fact that she wants to stop often means that she considers herself at, or just over her top.
Ilonka is learning and perfecting herself every day, and makes lots of progress. She isn't the fighter you saw in Leeds Townhall by far anymore and did 8 or 9 fights since. Judging on what I hear from you guys, it would be a tragic to loose Lisa from the sport. So let's hope she reconsiders, and hopefully we will indeed get the rematch. Ilonka is ready.

Question:
Is Lisa Howarth considered GB's best female fighter at this weightclass (-52 Kg to strech it a bit)? Did she ever fight Lisa Houghton-Smit? How do these 2 compare? To be honest, I really don't know, and always considered Houghton-Smit GB's best fighter at this weightclass.

Ilonka does normally between 49-51 Kg. before a fight. She was even lighter then Lisa H.S. last time (49,3 vs. 50,0 Kg.) But this are details.
Fact is Ilonka already has proven multiple times she handle herself and the handicap to fight (way) above her normal weight. (Last girl in Curacao was nearly 60 Kg.) Most fighters won't do that because they have too much to loose, and maybe they are right. Lack of good competition in her own weight division and the will to fight made Ilonka take-up these fights, where most of her collegues don't want to do that.

But the basic question remains:
Can Lisa Howarth make (-52,16 Kg)? Last time she coulndn't. If so, Ilonka is ready, and always willing to do a rematch, as she already has said in her interview with Dan C.
To me, with Lisa HS on absence (congrets btw!!!) I don't see any other fighters who can match up with Ilonka in GB at this point. Sad, but I really can't, and hopefully I'm wrong.

Regards,
EricR



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