Tag Archives: Aleksandra Lopes

Ewa Piatkowska: Poland’s Best Fighter

Ewa Piatkowska: Poland’s Best Fighter is Ready for America   By Felipe Leon   Despite tasting some success in their home country many fighters, male or female, always look towards the United States as the “Promised Land.”  That is no different for former WBC super welterweight champion Ewa Piatkowska (14-1, 4KO) of Poland.   “I […]

Poland’s WBC Champ Ewa Piatkowska: “I Want All The Belts.”

Poland’s WBC Super Welterweight Champ Ewa Piatkowska: “I Want All the Belts”   By David A. Avila Poland’s only world champion Ewa Piatkowska likes contact sports and especially likes to fight. Need proof? When an offer to meet Aleksandra Lopes for the WBC super welterweight world title arrived in September 2016, it was like a […]

The Most Important Female Fights in 2018

The 10 Most Game-Changing Fights of 2018   The last 12 months were exciting ones for female boxing with new barriers being broken by women in the ring.  The sport is evolving as well in the way consumers enjoy it with all the emerging streaming apps including DAZN, ESPN+ as well as more traditional terrestrial […]

Looking Back at 2018: Claressa, Cecilia, Jessica, Katie and More

Female Prizefighting: A Look Back at 2018   By David A. Avila It was the best year yet for female prizefighting in 2018 and expect even more in 2019. Blame it on Rio for what’s slowly and powerfully developing into a slow growing tidal wave of appeal. Boxing fans are catching on to female boxing […]

Cecilia, Claressa and Lulu All Win in L.A., HBO’s Final Show

Cecilia Braekhus, Claressa Shields and Lulu Win in L.A.   By David A. Avila LOS ANGELES-A farewell show by boxing network HBO also showcased two dominant women in the boxing world as Cecilia Braekhus and Claressa Shields mowed through their respective opponents with little resistance on Saturday. Braekhus (35-0, 9 KOs) tried hard to put […]

Cecilia Braekhus Returns to StubHub in L.A. on Saturday

Cecilia Braekhus in L.A.   It has been a banner year for the woman known as the “First Lady”.  The 37 year-old Cecilia Braekhus (34-0, 9KO) of Norway is getting ready to fight for the third time in this calendar year and second time in Los Angeles, California, this Saturday night.  The scheduled ten-round fight […]

Brenda Flores Pulls Out of Title Rematch With Bang Bang Lawton

Beaten By A Cold Flores is Out   By Felipe Leon   TIJUANA, MEXICO-In late breaking news Tijuana-based promoter Guillermo “Memo” Mayen informed the local daily newspaper Frontera his fighter current interim WBC atomweight champion Brenda “Bonita” Flores (15-4-1, 3KO) has withdrawn from her first defense against Louisa “Bang Bang” Hawton (8-2, 4KO) slated for Saturday, […]

Poland’s Ewa Piatkowska Wins WBC Title

Poland’s Ewa Piatkowska Wins WBC Super Welterweight title Poland’s Ewa “The Tigress” Piatkowska grabbed the vacant WBC super welterweight world title by unanimous decision against Polish born American Aleksandra Lopes on Saturday Sept. 17, in Gdansk. Piatkowska (10-1, 4 Kos), 32, moved up in weight to defeat Lopez (16-4-2) by unanimous decision after 10 rounds. […]