29-01-2018 01:59 via edmontonjournal.com

Nick Lees: Boxing champion's title defence campaign hit with moratorium haymaker

Jelena Mrdjenovich, the eight-time world super featherweight boxing champion, has been told she must defend her title by July 1 and says she has a mountain to climb to become fight-fit.
“I was exhausted and working as hard as I could to get my own gym open when Mayor Don Iveson last month announced a one-year moratorium on combative sports in Edmonton,” she said.
“I was creating and marketing my Champs Boxing Studio, organizing training classes and conducting interview after in
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