Tag Archives: Susie Ramadan

Jamie Mitchell Enters Bantamweight Elite and More News

Jamie Mitchell Enters Bantamweight Elite and More News By David A. Avila American bantamweight Jamie Mitchell became the newest addition to the world class prizefighters with a convincing majority decision win over England’s Shannon Courtenay. One judge’s mistaken scorecard cannot detract from a performance witnessed by millions. Courtenay, though overweight, was never out of the […]

Dina Thorslund and World of Super Bantamweights

Dina Thorslund Wins Super Bantamweight Fight; What’s Next for Division?   By David A. Avila Super bantamweights where have you been? Denmark’s Dina Thorslund successfully defended the WBO super bantamweight world title with a solid victory over Serbian veteran Nina Radovanovic. It was the blonde bomber’s third title defense in two years. With fans now […]

Master Fighter Layla McCarter Analyzes Taylor and McCaskill Wins

Layla McCarter Analyzes Taylor and McCaskill Wins and More News   By David A. Avila Women’s prizefighting has entered a completely new realm – promoters with television or Internet streaming contracts are now signing female boxers. With it come new rules and requirements: some good and some not so good. One such requirement emerging is […]

Mary McGee Wins and the Return of U.S. Female Prizefighting

Mary McGee and American Eruption and Female Fight News   By David A. Avila Fans of European female boxing, pardon us. Increased excitement over the rise of the women’s fight game has American fans outright giddy over recent developments. A six-female boxing card saw IBF super lightweight titlist Mary McGee retain the title by knockout […]

Mexico’s Mariana Juarez vs. Spain’s Eva Naranjo

Mariana Juarez – Eva Naranjo; Battle in Zacatecas   If the legendary Mariana “Barbie” Juarez (51-9-4, 18KO) is disappointed she sure doesn’t show it.  Last year the talk of the female boxing world was if and when Juarez would face off with fellow Mexican warrior Jackie Nava.  After fighting on the same card in August […]

Jackie Nava Drops to Bantamweight to Fight Carolina Alvarez

Jackie Nava vs Carolina Alvarez   By Felipe Leon   This past summer the female boxing world was dangled a carrot but as quickly as it was offered, it was pulled away.   Back in August Mariana “Barbie” Juarez (51-9-4, 18KO) and Jackie “Aztec Princess” Nava (34-4-3, 15KO) shared a bill in Mexico City as […]

Claressa Shields Fights on Nov. 17, on DAZN and other Female Fight News

Female Fight News Claressa Shields and World Title Fights   By David A. Avila Claressa Shields will be fighting Scotland’s Hannah Rankin in defense of the IBF and WBA middleweight titles on Nov. 17, said Salita Promotions. It keeps the ball rolling for the undefeated super star. Despite a cancellation of the mega fight with […]

Mariana Juarez vs. Susie Ramadan, Battle in Mexico

Mariana Juarez vs. Susie Ramadan: Contrasting Battle Styles By David A. Avila Mexico’s reigning queen of boxing Mariana “Barby” Juarez defends the world championship against Australia’s Susie Ramadan who is looking to reclaim it. Two vastly experienced fighters from different continents finally meet. Juarez (50-9-4, 18 KOs) defends the WBC bantamweight title against Ramadan (27-2, […]

Beat Goes On for Female Prizefighting on TV and Streaming

Female Fight News Oct. 22, 2018 HBO and more By David A. Avila It’s beginning to be a habit. Female prizefighting was showcased on a major fight card once again this past weekend and it continues its upward trajectory this week too. The beat goes on. The Katie Taylor parade rolled into Boston where the […]

Wish List for Female Boxing in 2018 Part 2

2018 Wish List Part II   By Felipe Leon   In 2017 we saw the sport of female boxing get to a level we had not seen before in quite some time.  In part one we went through the list from super feather to heavyweight of the female division for matches we would like to see. […]