Victoriva 5 Showcase in Tokyo: Hanagata, Alarcon, Matsuda and More   By Yuriko Miyata   A vigorous promoting company DANGAN is doing a great job of running the all-women event "Victoriva". The fifth version was held last Thursday at the boxing Mecca, Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.   In the main event, current IBF atomweight champion Saemi Hanagata （16-7-4, 7KOs）won a ...

No Surrender in Female Boxing World – Serrano, Hardy plus Claressa and Seniesa News   By David A. Avila If you watched the two world title fights this past weekend you saw a pair of electric performances. First, we saw Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano reclaim the WBO featherweight world title with a unanimous decision victory over fellow Brooklynite, Heather “The Heat” Har...

Battle of Divas: Heavy-Hitter Franchon Crews-Dezurn Victorious Over Maricela Cornejo   By Felipe Leon   LOS ANGELES-For reasons like this, Larry Merchant, the legendary commentator formerly of HBO, poignantly dubbed boxing the “theater of the unexpected.”   After weeks of promoting the first defense of WBC super middleweight champion Baltimore, Maryland’s Franch...