On February 18-19, 2023 at the Beautfiul Brawlers that the event took place in Pacifica, California. Huang Hsiao Wen from Team Taiwan, is a 2020 Olympic Bronze Medalist. Lupi Gutierrez-Beagle of BabyFace Boxing said it was an honor to have her compete at the Beautiful Brawlers International Tournament. Her bout against Army’s Lupe Gutierrez was “Fight of the Night!”.
In 2019, Wen won a medal at the 2019 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships. In the TaipeiTimes.com article dated August 5, 2021, they wrote the following:
“Taiwanese boxer Huang Hsiao-wen (黃筱雯) yesterday won bronze in the flyweight category at the Tokyo Olympics, the first medal Taiwan has ever won in the sport, after falling to world No. 2 Buse Naz Cakiroglu of Turkey in the semi-finals. Huang, who is competing at the Olympics for the first time, lost 0-5 to Cakiroglu. Despite the defeat, she won a medal because athletes who are defeated in a boxing semi-final at the Olympics are all awarded bronzes, unlike other Olympic sports in which losing semi-finalists vie for a single medal.”
At the time, Huang said that she was honored to represent her nation, but added that nerves had got to her and her opponent was more composed.
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