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On December 4, 2009 Jodie Esquibel (5-4-1, 1 KO Albuquerque, NM) meets Suszannah “Destiny” Warner (8-8-1, 2 KOs Los Angeles, CA) for the second time in an 8 round NABF title fight scheduled to be the semi-main event on the “Bad Blood” Holm VS Hernandez undercard. In their first meeting Esquibel walked away with the “W” by way of unanimous decision. Their first meeting was fight back in 2005 and was both fighters 2nd professional bout. Esquibel and Warner have had similar careers fighting mostly on the road as well as coming up short in World title fights. Esquibel’s last two fights have been for World Titles, her first world title shot was October 23, 2008 against Carina Moreno for the WBC female Minimumweight Title and WIBA Minimumweight Title but Jodi came up short losing by a 9th round TKO. Esquibel said Moreno was her toughest opponent to date and would like a rematch. On July 25, 2009 at the City Gymnasium in Bucheon, South Korea, Ji Hyun Park won a 10-round decision over Esquibel for the IFBA Strawweight World Title scores were 95-97, 92-98, 91-99. In Warner’s last world title fight was against Mariana Juarez where she was outpointed losing a 10-round UD in Juarez’s hometown Mexico City. Suszannah “Destiny” Warner came up short at two other attempts at world titles against Carina Moreno who also outpointed Esquibel.
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