Avila David A.

David A. Avila was raised in East Los Angeles and comes from a boxing family that includes his father who fought several times at the Olympic Auditorium during the 1950s. His great grandfather was Battling Ortega and fought numerous world champions from 1916 to 1928. Avila formerly wrote for the L.A. Times and has a weekly column for the Riverside Press-Enterprise, La Prensa, Unidos and Excelsior newspapers. He is the West Coast editor for TheSweescience.com and has written for the popular web site since 2005. Avila has long been one of the few boxing writers that has covered women’s boxing since the 1990s and remains a strong proponent for female prizefighting. He is the new editor of ThePrizefighters.com a site devoted to highlighting women in the fight circles.
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Rare Pair of Female Fights on Big L.A. Card

Rare Pair of Female Fights on Big L.A. Card – Women’s boxing returns to the big stage again in Southern California. Former flyweight world champion

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Layla McCarter Wins in Mexico

Layla McCarter Wins in Mexico – It’s no secret that in the land of pyramids female prizefighting has taken root and flourished to the nth

Female Fight Chatter April 11, 2016

Female Fight Chatter April 11, 2016 – A female middleweight world title bout between Kali Reis (8-5-1) and Maricela Cornejo (4-1) leads a seven female bout

Female Fight Chatter April 4th
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Female Fight Chatter April 4th

Female Fight Chatter April 4th – WBA female super lightweight titlist Ana Laura Esteche (11-4-3, 2 Kos) retained the world title after 10 rounds with

Female Fight Chatter March 28th
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Female Fight Chatter March 28th

Female Fight Chatter March 28th – Keela Byers, 60, of Lake Elsinore, California lost by knockout to 46-year-old Laura Ramsey in a female heavyweight bout on

Female Fight Chatter March 21st
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Female Fight Chatter March 21st

Female Fight Chatter March 21st – Southern California’s Mikaela Mayer and Michigan’s Claressa Shields earned their spots as U.S. Olympians. Shields win in the semi-finals guaranteed

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Female Fight Chatter March 14, 2016

Female Fight Chatter – More than 10,000 tickets have been sold for the upcoming Gennady “GGG” Golovkin versus Dominic Wade fight that takes place at

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