Yokasta Valle Unifies in Costa Rica and Adelaida Ruiz Wins Too By David A. Avila Costa Rica’s champion Yokasta Valle returned home after a lengthy training camp overseas and showed native fans new wrinkles in dominating Vietnam’s Thi Thu Nguyen to unify the minimumweight titles on Thursday. “Dreams come true with hard work,” said […]
Super Middleweight Raquel Miller and More Fight News By David A. Avila (Photo by Al Applerose) Its rare to see fighters above 147 pounds in the west coast of the USA perform but action begins on Thursday with the arrival of a young amateur star and the return to California of a long-established veteran. […]
Chantelle Cameron vs Mary McGee in London, Mexicans Clash and More By David A. Avila Two Americans hold super lightweight world titles and one British fighter Chantelle Cameron aims to topple their hold. Can she do it? WBC titlist Cameron (14-0, 8 KOs) has homefield advantage on Saturday when she meets IBF titlist Mary […]
Thi Thu Nguyen beats Japan’s Estuko Tada to Be Vietnam’s First Champion By Yuriko Miyata History has been written as top contender Thi Thu Nhi Nguyen (5-0, 1KO) edged the champion Etsuko Tada (20-4-3, 7KOs) by decision to snatch her WBO minimumweight title in a 10-rounds scheduled contest at Wadong Gymnasium, in Ansan, […]
Savannah Marshall Wins, Kenia Enriquez Waits and More News and Notes By David A. Avila Stage one of the epic showdown between the two top fighters above super welterweight took place this past weekend with Savannah Marshall blowing out unknown and untried Lolita Muzeya in two rounds in England. The second stage toward the […]
Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame Week in Las Vegas and More Fight News By David A. Avila Las Vegas welcomes the International Women’s Boxing Hall of Fame when it hosts the 2020 and 2021 inductees to its honor roll on Saturday Aug. 14, at the Orleans Casino and Resort. Because of the pandemic, last […]
Yokasta Valle and Deborah Rengifo Battle in Three-Minute Round Fight By David A. Avila Yokasta Valle stands eager to stay sharp and prove that 3-minute rounds are the future of all female world title fights when she meets Venezuela’s Deborah Rengifo in a nontitle fight set at 3-minute rounds on Saturday. IBF minimumweight titlist […]
Best Female Fighters Pound for Pound and More News By the Prizefighters.com staff Here at the Prizefighters.com our process for selecting those on the Pound for Pound list consists of basing each fighter by their skills, experience and fighting other high level foes. Popularity doesn’t matter. Regardless of television or streamed fights it all […]
Celebrating International Women’s Day, Superwomen Card and More News By David A. Avila Today is International Women’s Day and what better example to show determination and self-reliance than Claressa Shields piecing together her own boxing card when others abandoned her cause. It was both poignant and inspiring. After more than a year of trying […]
Yokasta Valle vs Sana Hazuki and More Fight News By David A. Avila One of the world’s most talented divisions finds Costa Rica’s Yokasta Valle defending the IBF minimumweight world title against Japan’s Sana Hazuki on Saturday. Valle (20-2, 9 KOs) meets number one contender Hazuki (8-4-1, 2 KOs) at Oxigeno Human Playground in […]