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Miyo Yoshida Upsets Ebanie Bridges in San Francisco

Miyo Yoshida Wins IBF Bantamweight World Title in San Francisco   By David A. Avila Sometimes gambling pays off. Miyo Yoshida accepted a fight with less than two weeks-notice against IBF bantamweight world champion Ebanie Bridges and fought the perfect storm in dethroning the Aussie favorite by unanimous decision on Saturday. “I always respected Ebanie,” […]

Ebanie Bridges vs Miyo Yoshida and Amanda Dumps WBC

Ebanie Bridges vs Miyo Yoshida; Amanda Serrano Dumps WBC Belt and More News   By David A. Avila Extraordinary. One is a former Australian ring girl, trainer, teacher turned boxing world champion. The other is a single mother from Asia who moved to another continent in pursuit of her American dreams in New York. On […]

Katie Taylor vs Chantelle Cameron II

Katie Taylor and Chantelle Cameron Return to Ireland and More News   By David A. Avila Katie Taylor returns to native soil and seeks to correct a loss to Chantelle Cameron in their second go around in the prize ring. All that sizzle remains. “I’m very grateful to have the chance for a rematch, not […]

Mayerlin Rivas Defends World Title in L.A.

Mayerlin Rivas Meets Erika Cruz in LA Title Fight and More News   By David A. Avila Suddenly the Southern California area has become “target zero” for women’s world title fights. For the second consecutive week a world title fight featuring women from other countries will challenge each other in the Los Angeles area. This […]

Kenia Enriquez Wins Battle of Mexico and More News

Kenia Enriquez Defeats Ibeth Zamora and More Fight News   By David A. Avila Whether its politics or envy, Kenia Enriquez has long been one of Mexico’s greatest fighters, yet without a world title. Enriquez once again proved superior in defeating multi-division world champion and fellow Mexican Ibeth “La Roca” Zamora by unanimous decision this […]

Ellie Scotney and Nina Hughes Walk Away with World Titles

Ellie Scotney Defeats Sugar Neekz Johnson for IBF Title, Hughes Wins Too   By David A. Avila British fighters walked away with two titles on Saturday. England’s highly profiled Ellie Scotney achieved expectations in defeating New Zealand’s Cherneka “Sugar Neekz” Johnson for the IBF super bantamweight title on Saturday in England. Every round was contentious. […]

Katie Taylor vs Chantelle Cameron Fight News and More

Katie Taylor and Chantelle Cameron Fight Tickets and More News   By David A. Avila (Photo by Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing) Today ticket offices flipped the switch for the Katie Taylor and Chantelle Cameron mega fight headed for Dublin, Ireland on May 20 at 3Arena. Taylor and Cameron will not be alone. Several key matchups accompany […]

Is Marcela Acuna Retiring and More Fight News

Argentina Roars Into Action with Marcela Acuna, Evelin Bermudez and More News   By David A. Avila It’s not official, but Marcela “La Tigresa” Acuna could be retiring or has retired after defeating Natalia Alderete by decision last week. Argentina’s Acuna has been the face of her country’s female boxing movement since making her debut […]

The Prizefighters.com Pound for Pound Best Top 10

Best of the Best Female Fighters Pound for Pound   By David A. Avila (Photo by Skysports) Claressa Shields (13-0, 2 Kos) – It’s already been seven years since Shields entered the professional ranks as a two-time Olympic gold medalist. Time flies. Now 27, she has fought 111 rounds and lost no more than 10 […]

Amanda Serrano vs Erika Cruz at Madison Square Garden

The Amanda Serrano Era Resumes on Saturday    By David A. Avila (Photo by Lewis Ward/Matchroom Boxing) Amanda Serrano continues to build an unprecedented journey of formidable accomplishments that no one can duplicate again. Already the Empire State Building next door seems puny next to her resume. Serrano, 34, the Puerto Rican fighter from Brooklyn, […]