Tag Archives: Selina Barrios

Prizefighter of the Year – Jessica McCaskill; plus more

Best in Prizefighting in 2020 – Jessica McCaskill and More   By David A. Avila It was a crazy year and despite the problems of the world some of the elite women prizefighters were able to share their talent. Here’s a look at some of those best moments. Prizefighter of the Year Jessica McCaskill When […]

Melissa “Shark” Hernandez In Wait for Mikaela Mayer

Melissa “Shark” Hernandez the Old School Warrior   By Felipe Leon   A subject that has been mentioned nearly ad nauseum is the fact female boxing is currently enjoying a renaissance of unprecedented heights.  Average purses are at the highest they have ever been, although still not at par with men’s, and the exposure women’s […]

Three-Minute Round Female Fights, Katie Taylor and More

Three-Minute Rounds, Katie Taylor and More   By David A. Avila In a three-minute round battle between Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada and Marlen Esparza, the Olympic bronze medalist, the sports world got a glimpse of just how good female prizefighters can be with the extra minute. Yes, it was bloody due to an accidental clash […]

Eva Wahlstrom vs Ronica Jeffrey in Las Vegas and More Fight News

Las Vegas Hosts WBC World Title Fight Wahlstrom vs Jeffrey and more Female Fight News   By David A. Avila In the heart of Las Vegas two top notch female prize fights including a world title match take place on Friday Aug. 2, and will be free to the public compliments of Roy Jones Jr. […]

Melissa Hernandez Reloads and More Female Fight News

Melissa Hernandez Reloads and Female Fight News April 29, 2019   By David A. Avila If anyone thought the new wave of young talented fighters coming from the amateur world signals a takeover, just hold on a minute. There are plenty of skilled veterans remaining to remind boxing fans that speed, power and youth are […]

Melissa Hernandez Tops Selina Barrios in Louisiana

Puerto Rican Melissa Hernandez Tops Selina Barrios in Louisiana   By David A. Avila It was old school versus new school and veteran Melissa Hernandez showed a representative of the new wave of fighters Selina Barrios that some lessons still need to be learned. Thirty-nine year old Hernandez (23-7-3, 7 KOs) scrapped off three years […]

Selina Barrios vs Melissa Hernandez

Seliina Barrios vs. Melissa Hernandez and More Female Fight News   By David A. Avila Texas born Selina “Aztec Queen” Barrios travels a rocky path that most professionals with less than two years-experience seldom partake. She fights anybody who wants to fight regardless of record or experience. She doesn’t worry about it. But out of […]

American Promoter Exporting Female Boxing to Tijuana

Promoter Ronald Cruz-Hunt Exporting Female Boxing to Tijuana   Just as you have your big name female fighters with elite promoters like Mikaela Mayer with Top Rank and Katie Taylor with Matchroom Boxing USA, there are countless fighters who battle it out in the trenches on club level shows throughout the United States.   The […]

Knockout Puncher of the Year is Adelaida “La Cobra” Ruiz

Knockout Puncher of the Year is Adelaida Ruiz; plus three best KOs of 2018   By David A. Avila One of the main complaints boxing fans make about female prizefighting is the lack of knockouts. A number of reasons are responsible for knockouts being rare in female boxing but the primary reason has to be […]

Mexican Women Continue TV Success and other Female Fight News

Female Fight News Sept. 24, 2018 Mexican Women Continue TV Success   By David A. Avila Two world title fights in different parts of Mexico took place and were both televised on that country’s main television networks. Imagine if that happened in the USA? While Yesenia Gomez battled WBC titlist Esmeralda Moreno for the light […]