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Claressa Shields Returns to Boxing

Claressa Shields Returns and More News in Boxing   By David A. Avila A year has passed since Claressa Shields stepped in between the ropes but the undisputed super welterweight and middleweight champion has returned to boxing after a moment in MMA. She’s back. Shields (11-0, 2 KOs) faces Slovenia’s undefeated Ema Kozin (21-0-1, 11 […]

Women’s Boxing Headlines Southern California Card

Return of Women’s Boxing in Southern California   By David A. Avila Adelaida “La Cobra” Ruiz led the return of the smaller fight shows in Southern California last weekend and was rewarded with a super flyweight title. After 18 months of waiting to re-enter the prize ring due to the pandemic that paralyzed live boxing […]

Claressa Shields vs Marie Eve Dicaire for Undisputed Crown

Claressa Shields and Marie Eve Dicaire – Fight the Power   By David A. Avila Led by super-talented Claressa Shields a group of female prizefighters stand ready to fight the power as the Public Enemy song stated. An all-women fight card called “Superwomen” including Shields (10-0) versus Marie Eve Dicaire (17-0) headline a FITE.tv pay-per-view […]

Women’s Boxing Gaining A Grip in the Fight World

Women’s Boxing Gaining Traction and More Female Fight News   By David A. Avila While most of the sports world slowed down, boxing kept trudging along especially women’s prizefighting. Bulging with cash in his pockets, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing was able push the female prizefighting agenda forward with a number of big matchups for […]

Summer Mega Fight -Cecilia Braekhus vs Jessica McCaskill

A Summer Mega Fight Braekhus and McCaskill in US on Saturday   By David A. Avila Pandemic or not the women’s fight world puts its best foot forward and once again a mega fight takes place this week. Welterweight queen Cecilia Braekhus (36-0, 9 KOs) meets the fast-charging super lightweight queen Jessica McCaskill (8-2, 3 […]

Things Female Prizefighting Needs to Succeed

What Female Boxing Needs to Succeed and Grow   By David A. Avila Germany’s Christina Hammer returns to the boxing ring on Saturday when she faces Elene Sikmashvili in a middleweight contest in Berlin. If she wins, as most undoubtedly she will, Hammer is poised to face America’s Claressa Shields sometime in April. Their clash […]

Mikaela Mayer vs. Vanessa Bradford for Title in Omaha

Mikaela Mayer Meets Vanessa Bradford for Title in Omaha     By David A. Avila Finding the next great world champion can be a fruitless endeavor filled with potholes, disappointments and clouded perceptions. But every so often a fighter stands out like a piercing light. Mikaela Mayer (7-0, 4 KOs) crackles with energy and looks […]

Amanda Serrano Says Goodbye for Now

Amanda Serrano Says Goodbye for Now
For years boxing in general has become a niche sport in the United States With the rise of the National Football

UFC and Bellator Courting Amanda Serrano

Is Female Boxing Losing Another One? Amanda Serrano Considers MMA     By Felipe Leon   The fact female fighters do not get the respect they deserve is no secret.  For years their biggest argument has been although they do everything their male counterparts do, the vast majority of them do not get anywhere near […]

Mikaela Mayer Sizzles in L.A. Pro Debut

Mikaela Mayer Sizzles in Pro Debut in Hometown L.A.   By David A. Avila LOS ANGELES-Mikaela Mayer blitzed to her first pro win with an emphatic knockout victory over Widnelly Figueroa in front of her native hometown on Saturday. It has been years since she fought in Los Angeles. “I’m from here but I rarely […]