Tag Archives: Maureen Shea

Mariana “Barbie” Juarez vs Yulihan Luna and More

Mariana “Barbie” Juarez vs Yulihan Luna Preview and Yesenia Gomez Too   By Felipe Leon   Despite the global pandemic, boxing is slowly but surely coming back to pre-Covid 19 action all over the world.  In Mexico, one of the superpowers of the sport, the return has been a bit slower than north of the […]

Tiara Brown vs Vanessa Bradford and More Female Fight News

Tiara Brown, Melissa St.Vil, Mikaela Mayer and More Fight News   By David A. Avila Several elite prize fights available for viewing highlight this week’s schedule. Not too long ago anyone interested in watching female prizefighting was out of luck. Television rarely showed the women for decades especially in the USA. That’s all changed. Here’s […]

Jessica McCaskill, Adelaida Ruiz and More Female Fight News

Punching Preferred, Not Holding and Female Fight News   By David A. Avila A major world title fight saw Jessica “Kaskilla” McCaskill retain the WBC and WBA super lightweight world titles by majority decision against Argentina’s Erica Farias otherwise known as “La Pantera.” A more appropriate name would be “La Anaconda” Farias showed an overwhelming […]

State of Women’s Boxing Looks Good with Title Clashes in NYC and LA

Second Coming of Women’s Boxing with Title Clashes in NYC and LA   By David A. Avila When Pat Emerick, a stylishly dressed 88-year-old, walked into a ballroom in South San Francisco, all of those in attendance got to their feet and lustily applauded female boxing’s oldest living world champion boxer. It’s been a long […]

The Super, Super Featherweights and Female Fight News

Female Fight News Aug. 27, 2018 Super featherweights   By David A. Avila Super featherweight prospect Mikaela Mayer brought light to the division with her dominating win this past weekend. After beating Hungary’s Edina Kiss by technical knockout on Saturday, it shed light on a division that overflows with talent all over the world. Mayer […]

Former Champions Critique Hollywood Female Fights

Former Champions Critique Hollywood Female Fights   By Maureen Shea and Sindy Amador Whenever female fights are showcased in Southern California, or any place in the world for that matter, fans seem motivated to witness the altercations. Female fights almost always deliver. 360 Promotions staged its second Hollywood Fights show and included not one but […]

Olympians Mikaela and Claressa and Female Fight News for week of Aug. 7

Female Fight News for week of Aug. 7, 2017 Olympian Week   By David A. Avila Olympian week took hold as former American team mates both made history over the weekend in different parts of the U.S.A. The sleeping giant has awoken Claressa Shields dominated WBC super middleweight champion Nikki Adler to rip the world […]

Melissa St. Vil Sets the Record Straight

Melissa St. Vil Sets The Record Straight   By Felipe Leon The story is as old as boxing. Promoter needs to sell tickets so they announce their star in a fight facing another big name but the other big name never gets contacted and is never told.  Come fight night, an injury is invented or […]

Fresh Faces: Raquel Miller

Born one of eight siblings, there might not have been another choice for 31-year-old super welterweight Raquel Miller (2-0, 1KO) but to become a fighter.   Always boxing enthusiasts, her family would gather around the television and like most of the rest of the world in the late 80s, would watch the “baddest man on […]