If you live in Peru you may have heard about female boxer Kina Malpartida, you may have even seen one of her latest fights.  Well it's know surprise that Kina has become a national sensation and hero in the eyes of many Peruvians.  Kina Malpartida is better known for her accomplishment as the 2009 World Boxing Association Champion in the Super Featherweight division. 

I first heard about Kina in June of this year when I was at a bar in Los Calles de Los Pizzas in Miraflores with a few friends of mine.  There we watched on a large projector screen what was a highly anticipated fight between Malpartida and Halana Dos Santos from Brazil.  That fight was the first time I had ever heard the name Kina Malpartida and when she won by KO in that very same match I would continue to hear her name and see her face everywhere.  Following the fight with Dos Santos, Kina became an overnight sensation in Peru and she started appearing everywhere from billboards to toothpaste commercials on TV.









So who is Kina Malpartida Dyson aside from professional boxing champion?  I did some reading and was intrigued to learn that miss Malpartida belongs to the classification of what I like to call Super Humans, these are people with extraordinary athletic abilities commonly seen in professional athletes.  Kina Malpartida (a Peruvian-Australian) since her childhood has always been involved athletically, earning her boxing reputation from her beginnings in Karate at the age of 6.  Aside from her martial arts activities, Kina also played competitive Soccer, Basketball, Tennis, and Track & Field. 

In 1996, Kina having surfed since she was 10 became the Peruvian Surfing Champion when she competed in the Women's Open World Surfing Championship, it was in this very competition that Kina defeated world renouned surfering champion Sofia Mulanovic (also Peruvian).  Kina has competed in our championships in Peru as well as in Australia where she has placed in the top 10.

With professional boxing as her new athletic challenge Kina is on a roll and with her victory defeating her title from British boxer Lindsey Scragg in Citizens Business Bank Arena in Los Angeles where she won by unanimous decision.  Her current boxing track record is listed below:

Boxing record
Total fights	13
Wins	10
Wins by KO	3
Losses	3
Draws	0
No contests	0

Date	Lbs.	Opponent	Location	Result
20-Jun-09	129½	Halana Dos Santos	Coliseo Dibos Dammert, Lima, Peru	Win
21-Feb-09	129½	Maureen Shea	Madison Square Garden, New York, USA	Win
20-Nov-08		Rhonda Luna	San Manuel Casino, Highland, California, USA	Lose
29-Nov-07	126	Ela Nunez	Marriott Hotel, Irvine, California, USA	Lose
27-Set-07	127¾	Elizabeth Moreno	Marriott Hotel, Irvine, California, USA	Win
19-Jul-07	128½	Crystal Morales	Marriott Hotel, Irvine, California, USA	Win
20-Abr-06	134¼	Miriam Nakamoto	Irvine Marriott, Irvine, California, USA	Lose
23-Feb-06	134	Lisa Martin	Marriott Grand Ballroom, Irvine, California, USA	Win
11-Feb-05	138	Mirelle Walford	Bronco's Rugby League Club, Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Win
23-Abr-04	127¾	Holly Ferneley	Southport RSL Club, Southport, Queensland, Australia	Win
03-Abr-04	128¾	Leona Nicholls	Shire Hall, Gatton, Queensland, Australia	Win
28-Nov-03	133½	Sharon Bischoff	Southport RSL Club, Southport, Queensland, Australia	Win
22-Ago-03	139	Katrina Harding	Southport RSL Club, Southport, Queensland, Australia	Win

Observing her long history of accomplishments it's not hard to understand how this competitive and young (born in 1980) woman has managed to accomplish so much and it is no doubt that Ms. Malpartida has much more in store for us down the road.  

Here are the videos from the last fight that took place in LA on the 5th of December against British boxer Lyndsey Scragg

A Peruvian hacker managed to hack the website of Argentine national soccer coach (well not really, I don't think he knows anything about coaching) Diego Maradona (or Maradroga as he is often referred to), following the close match between Peru (1) - Argentina (2), which took place last Saturday.

On the Website (www.diegomaradona.com)the hacker who referred to himself as the "Elite Peruvian" posted a large photo of Maradona from his younger years crying with the following phrase: "we made you cry".  In the background Peruvian folkloric music could be heard with another dedication to the coach stating:

Below the phrase the Peruvian national soccer team is displayed along with one of Peru's most famous if not patriotic and protected by law quotes of all time:

It's unfortunate that Peru was unable to beat Argentina in the match last Saturday and many seem to blaim the Bolivian referree for the bad call that was made.  In my opinion the extra-time should have never lasted as long as it did (5 minutes).  All I can say is that Argentina barely escaped being eliminated from the finals and I am sure Maradona felt the pressure.  With Peru out of the way the Argentine Soccer team needed to beat 5th place Uruguay which they did on Wednesday in Montevideo (1-0), Fortunately qualifying them for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.





How exactly did Maradona respond to all of his opponents and critics in his latest press conference that followed the match with Uruguay, simple by eloquently telling them all to go and suck it!  Yup, he told them not ONCE, not TWICE, but told them THREE times to blow him.   In his defense, he did excuse himself to the ladies present in the room (Maradona always the gentlemen).  You have to admit like him or hate him the guys got balls to such a statment, he backs up his comments by saying:

"I'm black or I'm white, but I will never be grey in my life, Eh!" 

Clearly that statement should have absolved him of his remarks, right!  Well some folks did'nt seem to think so, some would go as far as to say that they were offended by what he had to say.  Needless to say there were some journalists and others who did'nt like what Maradona had to say and even sent complaints to FIFA pleading that he should be suspended for such remarks or at the least censored.

I'm curious as to how his speech would have played out had he lost to Uruguay?

For those of you interested in seeing the video, the comments are made at around 1:38.



**Coach Maradona's website has since been restored to it's original state.
*** Photo: Screengrab taken from www.sophos.com; Graham Cluley's blog