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Miyo Yoshida Defends WBO Title in Japan and More Fight News

Super Flyweights Title Fights in Japan and Mexico and more fight news   By David A. Avila Two of the greatest fighting countries in the world headline this week’s best action. Japan stages WBO super flyweight titlist Miyo “Mushashi” Yoshida defending against Tomoko Okuda, while Mexico pits WBC super flyweight titlist Guadalupe Martinez against Lourdes […]

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 […]

San Francisco Shines with Boxing Hall of Fame and Tourney

San Francisco Shines with Boxing Hall of Fame and More News   By David A. Avila They came from Hawaii, San Diego, Utah, and other parts of the USA to compete and compare in the Beautiful Brawlers amateur tournament in San Francisco. More than 60 female boxers showed their talent in two boxing rings on […]

Mikaela Mayer Says Her Job is Knockouts

Mikaela Mayer On The Hunt for KOs in Arizona   By David A. Avila In a little over a year Mikaela Mayer enters the boxing ring for the seventh time but this time as a full fledge super featherweight. “We tried to fight at super featherweight before but the girls we contacted dropped out and […]

Wakako Fujiwara, Mother of Three, Takes OPBF Title in Tokyo

Wakako Fujiwara, Mother of Three, Wins OPBF in Tokyo     By Yuriko Miyata   TOKYO, Japan-A 37-year-old mother of three kids surprised everyone including the defending champion at the famous Korakuen Hall in Tokyo this Monday night.   An eight rounds contest for the OPBF Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation featherweight title saw number […]

Major Promoters Signing Female Fighters and Female Fight News

Female Fight News for week of Jan. 15, 2018 Promoters
By David A. Avila
Female prizefighting ignited with a bang as Claressa Shields opened up the year with an eye-catching

Best of the Best in Female Prizefighting 2017

Undoubtedly the year 2017 has been the best year ever for female prizefighting. It also brought forth a number of memorable moments.

Layla McCarter In Mexico City Fight and Female Fight News

Many of the top female prizefighters fought last week and perhaps the best “Amazing” Layla McCarter travels to Mexico to end 2018 with a bang.

Female Fight News for week of July 24th American Assault

Female Fight News for week of July 24 American Assault   By David A. Avila American prizefighting arrived with a boom last week and continues on with assistance from Ireland. Boricua star Amanda “Real Deal” Serrano brushed aside Hungary’s Edina Kiss with a third round knockout on the island paradise of Puerto Rico. It was […]

Amanda Serrano “The Real Deal” and Female Fight News for week of July 17

Female Fight News for week of July 17, Amanda Serrano “The Real Deal.”   By David A. Avila It looks like it’s North America’s turn for female prizefighting. The spotlight has been turned on brightly for many of the top Americans including the announcement that another U.S. Olympian Mikaela Mayer will now be fighting as […]