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Carlette "The Truth" Ewell was born on August 20, 1971 in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Her love for boxing began at a tender age when she and her father would sit in
their living room on Saturday nights to watch boxing on TV.
Some of her favorites in the sport were Sugar
Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Jerry Cooney, Larry Holmes, and her two
all-time favorites Muhammad Ali and Carl "The Truth" Williams.
In 1985-1986 Ewell received the MVP Award for Basketball at her High
School. She also ran on the all-county track team in 1986-1987. After
transferring from Glenn High School, she lettered in Chorus / Music in
1988-1989 at RJ Reynolds High.
Ewell told WBAN, "I met my current trainer
and former New York State Heavyweight Champion, Mr. Eddie Gregg in 1999. I
started training in the sport of boxing to lose weight. I continued to train
and made the decision to box in the amateurs. I lost my three amateur
bouts."
After participating in Toughwoman contests and
winning the North Carolina Toughwoman championship in both 2000 and 2001,
Carlette decided to turn to pro boxing.
She made her pro debut on April 20, 2002 in Greensboro, North Carolina, winning by TKO at 1:00 of the second round
over Denise Grant, another debut fighter.
On July 20, 2002 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina she won a four-round unanimous
decision over Xynthia Jones, who was making her own debut.
Ewell was next invited to participate in the first
Honey 'B' Boxing & Entertainment women's Amateur and Professional Exhibition
card in New York. She told WBAN, "The boxer whom I was to face was Keisha 'Awesome' Snow.
I was excited. I must admit, to my current bouts, she has been the toughest,
roughest, hard-hitting boxer I have faced. It was a great exhibition.
Our exhibition match was voted best match of the night."
On January 18, 2003 at Civic Arena in Huntington, West Virginia,
southpaw heavyweight Nikki Eplion of South Point, Ohio
knocked Carlette out in the second round of a scheduled six-rounder that was the main event of a card
featuring a Toughman contest.
Eplion improved to 5-0-2 (3 KO) with this win.
Ewell told WBAN "my trainer and I drove from North Carolina to West
Virginia and my promoters drove from Atlanta, GA. I allowed myself to be taken
out of the game mentally with the focus on the outside of the ring instead of
the inside of the ring."
 Ewell reflects on her fight with Eplion and said that she was glad that
experience came to her early in her boxing career, because she now understands that she is a professional boxer in a
professional career so she must prepare herself mentally as well as
physically.
On
April 4, 2003 at Lawrence Joel Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Carlette (186 lbs)
won by a third-round TKO over Kimberly Massey (201¼ lbs), who was making her pro
debut.
On August 9, 2004 at Lawrence Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, Carlette TKO'd
debut fighter Kathy Goins in the first round of a 175-lb bout.
On
August 19, 2003 at Trap Nightclub in Nashville, Tennessee, Carlette (177 lbs)
KO'd Ebony Teague (179 lbs) of Indianapolis, Indiana in the first round.
The fight was a brawl until until the stronger Ewell landed several hard shots
that dropped the younger Teague for the count.
Teague fell to 0-2.
Fighting Valerie Mahfood in February 2004
© Copyrighted photo taken by
Patricia Butaud and Janis
Guidry.
On
February 20, 2004 at Ford Theater in Beaumont, Texas, Valerie Mahfood (169 lbs) of Beaumont won an
eight round split (78-74,78-74,75-77) decision over Carlette (175 lbs). The split decision for Mahfood pleased her fans, but many at the fight felt that
it was much closer than the scorecards that had favored Mahfood. The fighters
had traded rounds back and forth for most of the bout. Ewell lost some rounds by
not throwing enough punches and backing up, while Mahfood lost rounds when the
slower Ewell came forward with left hooks and
uppercuts at close quarters. Mahfood improved to 16-7-0 (8 KO). (See
Photo Gallery #147
on the WBAN Records Member Site).
Ewell was scheduled to fight on May 30, 2004, in Washington D.C. but her
opponent, Angela Simpson was a "no show" according to Ewell.
On June 5, 2004 in Greensboro, North Carolina, Carlette (175 lbs) defeated Gwen Wood
(166 lbs) of Glenn Easton, West Virginia, when Gwen's
corner threw in the towel after the second round. The first round had been a war
with Wood trying to take the fight to Ewell in toe-to-toe action. Ewell finally settled down and began
to use her reach and strength to control the pace. After hurting Wood with a body shot
and uppercut combination, Ewell worked her over for the
last 25 seconds of the second round. Wood, clearly hurt by Ewell's ferocious
body attack, was unable to continue and fell to 0-3 with the loss.
Rematch with Valerie Mahfood in August 2004
© Copyrighted photo taken by
Patricia Butaud and Janis
Guidry.
On August 28, 2004 at Grand Casino Coushatta Pavillion in Kinder, Louisiana
Valerie Mahfood (169¼ lbs) won a ten-round unanimous
(97-93,97-93,97-94) decision over Carlette (169¼ lbs) for the IBA Continental Light Heavyweight
title. The rematch bout was the card's co-main event. Valerie Mahfood boxed
early in this bout while Carlette preferred to go straight ahead
and take the fight to her. It became more of a slugfest in the middle rounds
when Mahfood began to trade with Ewell on the inside, a strategy that
Valerie abandoned in the later going as Ewell began to land more punishing
shots. Mahfood improved to 17-7-1 (8 KOs) with the win. (For more on this
fight, see
Photo/MPEG Galleries
#197 and #198
on the WBAN Records Member Site).
On October 16, 2004 at Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Carlette
(180 lbs) TKO'd 43-year-old pro debuter Ramona Crim (182 lbs) of Covington,
Kentucky at 0:39 in the fourth round.
 On January 15, 2005 at Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, North
Carolina, Carlette (173 lbs) won a four-round unanimous (39-37,39-37,40-36)
decision over Leanna Owens (172 lbs) of Covington, Kentucky. Owens fell to 1-2-1 (0 KO).
On April 16, 2005 at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, North
Carolina, Carlette (180½ lbs) TKO’d Ramona Crim (180½ lbs) of Covington, KY at 0:22 in the fourth round to
win the WBE Light Heavyweight title. Crim fell to 0-2.
On August 13, 2005 at the Lawrence
Joel Coliseum Annex
in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Carlette improved her record to 10-3-0 (7 KO)
with a first round TKO of Tristen Jones of Wilson, NC, who fell to 0-2-0.
On November 5, 2005 at the Lawrence
Joel Coliseum Annex in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Carlette (170 lbs) lost by
a second-round TKO to Ijeoma Egbunine (170 lbs) of Marietta, Georgia for the WBE
Light Heavyweight and Super Middleweight Titles. The catch weight bout was the
card's Main Event. According to WBAN's insider, Ewell and Equbinine were in top
condition for this bout. "In round one, Ewell moved well as a boxer, and was
impressive in how she has improved as a boxer. Ewell (was) known more as a
brawler, the latter style may have suited her more when fighting Egbunine,
sticking to more of her old style and making a war out of it. By trying to box
“the boxer” Egbunine ----used her height and reach to her advantage." Ewell
went down in both rounds before referee Bill Clancy stopped the bout at 1:15 in
the second. The crowd was reported to have been “stunned” as they thought their
hometown favorite (Ewell) would win the bout. Instead, Egbunine improved to 6-1 (4 KO's).
Ragosina knocks Ewell to the canvas
On April 15, 2006 at the
Maritim Hotel in Magdeburg, Germany, Natascha Ragosina
(168 lbs) retained her WIBF Super Middleweight belt and gained the GBU
belt with a TKO win over Carlette (173¼ lbs). The referee stopped the fight at
1:23 into the fifth round after Ewell remained wobbly after surviving a
knockdown by a hard right from Ragosina. According to WBAN correspondent Torben
Lodberg: "Ewell was a very game opponent and managed to put pressure on
Ragosina when she got in close, but she had to work very hard to get in there.
As the fight progressed, Ragosina took full advantage of her longer reach and
her very good boxing skills. Ewell kept coming forward, but her attempts to
close was paid for by a lot of good jabs from Ragosina. Halfway into to fifth
round, Ewell was stunned by a hard right hand, and Ragosina set in the chase,
resulting in another right that sent Carletta Ewell to the floor. She beat the
count, but the renewed bombardment from from Ragosina made the referee stop the
fight." Ragosina improved to 11-0 (8 KO's).
On April 14, 2007 at Lawrence Joel Coliseum Annex, Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
Carlette (188½ lbs) won an eight-round unanimous (79-73,79-73,79-73) decision over
Alexandra Maloy (179½ lbs) of Tampa, Florida for the UBC America's Cruiserweight Title.
Maloy fell to 2-3-2 (0 KO's)
On June 23, 2007 at Lawrence Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina,
Carlette (195¾ lbs) won by a retirement over pro debuter Kelly
Young (247 lbs) of Salisbury, North Carolina. The fight had been scheduled for six rounds,
but at the end of the first round Young complained of a hand injury and
the bout was called off. Ewell improved to 12-5 (9 KO's) with the win.
On February 23, 2008 at Chapparells Community Center in Akron, OH,
6'6" former world heavyweight champion Vonda Ward of
Ohio won a clear unanimous (100-90,100-90,99-91) 10-round decision
over Carlette. . Ward improved to 23-1 (17 KO's)
while Ewell fell to 12-6 (9 KO's).
On June 6, 2008 in St Maartin,
Netherlands Antilles, Gwendolyn O'Neil of Guyana won a 10-round split decision over
Carlette for the vacant WIBA Light Heavyweight title. O'Neil moved her record to
13-5-1 (7 KO's) with the win.
On November 1, 2008 in St.
Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, Carlette (174 lbs) won a 10-round unanimous
decision over
Gwendolyn O'Neil
(173 lbs) of Guyana in a rematch for the WIBA Light Heavyweight title. The
judges' scores were 97-95, 98-96, 99-95.
O'Neil slipped to 13-6-1 (7
KO's).
On June 18, 2010 at Benton Convention Center
in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Carlette (215 lbs) won a unanimous (78-72,77-73,80-70)
eight-round decision over Tiffany Woodard (198 lbs) of Wilson, NC for the vacant
UNBC Heavyweight title. According to WBAN's sources, Woodard went down in the
third and sixth rounds. We were told that Ewell controlled the majority of the
fight using her jab and fighting in close quarters, letting loose with fierce
combinations to the body. The fight was voted by fans as the best fight of the
evening. Ewell improved her record to 14-7 (10 KO's) while Woodard fell to
2-3.
 Ewell
earlier
told WBAN that her goal was to become a world champion,
adding "I believe through Christ all things can and will be done if
only the person believes in themself and is willing to follow through."
To check out fight reports, complete up-to-date boxing records, with huge digital photos you can go to
the WBAN Records Member Site
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