Our Fighter of the Year is Seniesa Estrada, Plus Other Award Winners By the Prizefighters staff It was a year that saw the best of the best tangle with each other until the final months, final weeks and final days of 2021. We saw Katie Taylor, Chantelle Cameron and Kali Reis all perform their […]
Amanda Serrano Defeats Miriam Gutierrez, Is Katie Taylor Next? By David A. Avila Seven-division champion Amanda “Real Deal” Serrano (42-1-1, 30 KOs) moved back up to 135-pounds and proved that fighting the bigger Miriam Gutierrez (14-2) was not a problem in winning decisively by unanimous decision after 10 rounds. “She’s a tough girl,” Serrano […]
Marlen Esparza vs Anabel Ortiz in San Antonio, Texas By David A. Avila Marlen Esparza, world champion. It has a magical ring to it and though she’s accomplished incredible amateur success representing the USA, it’s even better boxing as a professional. “It’s been a lot more exciting, 1000 percent. Slower, but everything means a […]
Amanda Serrano’s Turn in Tampa and More Fight News By David A. Avila Brooklyn’s Amanda Serrano takes on yet another challenge in moving up to lightweight to face Spain’s Miriam Gutierrez. A Serrano win assures a showdown with Katie Taylor early next year. After winning seven weight division world titles and dominating every foe […]
Katie Taylor, Amanda Serrano, Seniesa Estrada and more fight news By David A. Avila One of boxing’s best years in a decade culminates with Katie Taylor delivering another salvo of her brand of fighting. We saw battles between top super featherweights like Mikaela Mayer, Maiva Hamadouche, Alycia Baumgardner, and Terri Harper tangle in superior […]
Jessica McCaskill Stops Kandi Wyatt in Seven in Las Vegas By David A. Avila Welterweight world champion Jessica McCaskill overpowered Canada’s Kandi Wyatt to win by technical knockout and show fans and her new promoter on Saturday why she’s undisputed and among the best pound for pound fighters in the world. In her first […]
Raquel “Pretty Beast” Miller Stays Undefeated By Felipe Leon COSTA MESA, Calif.-Former interim WBA super welterweight champion Raquel “Pretty Beast” Miller (11-0, 4KO) might need a couple more rounds than the six she got against the overmatched but game Sonya Dreiling (4-2, 2KO) on Thursday. In a entertaining scrap part of the […]
Jessica McCaskill vs Kandi Wyatt in Las Vegas and Much More Fight News By David A. Avila Undisputed welterweight champion Jessica McCaskill returns to action immediately after signing a promotional contract with Matchroom Boxing and several other American females too in different cards. First, McCaskill (10-2) defends the WBA, WBO, WBC and IBF world […]
Erika “Dinamita’ Cruz Retains WBA Featherweight Title, Kenia Fight Canceled By David A. Avila WBA featherweight titlist Erika “La Dinamita” Cruz cranked up the machine and simply out-worked Melissa Esquivel to retain the world title by split decision on Friday in Mexico. The battle between two Mexican featherweights saw southpaw Cruz (14-1, 3 KOs) […]
Another Look at Reis and Camara and More Clash of the Titans By David A. Avila When Kali Reis and Jessica Camara concluded their epic battle, it continued yet another weekend of back-to-back-to-back sensational championship fights. Furthermore, all were televised, streamed and available for fans. In all my decades covering women’s championship fights I […]