on may 17, 1997 during a new all women's card in indio california against jolene blackshear trevino had several questionable knock downs ruled as slips, despite obtaining a first round technical knockout win over blackshear who suffered a major cut under her eye after review of the fight footage during the battle the cut was suffered by an inadvertent elbow. on august 2, 1997 in biloxi mississippi a boxing match with suzanne riccio trevino obtain an opportunity at a vacant ifba world bantamweight title belt (trevino disappointingly being stripped of her first 1995 wibf flyweight title belt, by jimmy finn the current wibf sanctioning federation) trevino learned she was exclusive to only the wibf sanctioning body and not allowed to fight for any other sanctioning body. trevino forged ahead and went on to become the new ifba bantamweight world champion defeating suzanne riccio in a ten-round decision. following six months of inactivity on february 15, 1998 in biloxi mississippi trevino returned to the boxing ring in a title defense of her ifba's world bantamweight championship belt against bridgett riley in a rematch. the bout ended with trevino being out pointed by riley and thus losing her current ifba title by decision.