UFC Fight Pass Delves into Female Boxing and More Fight News By David A. Avila In less than two weeks WBC super featherweight world titlist Eva Wahlstrom defends against Ronica Jeffrey and in a co-feature Rosalinda Rodriguez clashes with local favorite Jamie Mitchell. Both female fights take place at the Thomas and Mack Center […]
Marlen Esparza Brushes Aside Osorio, Wants Seniesa Estrada By Tarrah Zael 2012 Olympic bronze medalist and WBO NABO Flyweight champion Marlen Esparza (7-0, 1 KO) of Houston, Texas retained her belt against Mexico’s former world title challenger Sonia Osorio (13-7, 3-1 KO) at Fantasy Spring’s Thursday Night Fights on July 18. This […]
Hanna Gabriels Fends Off Sturdy Attack from Argentina’s Abril Vidal By David A. Avila Nothing extraordinary was expected, yet Costa Rica’s Hanna Gabriels was forced to pull out her veteran’s bag of tricks to out-fight Argentina’s young gun Abril Vidal and retain the WBA super welterweight world title by unanimous decision on Wednesday. Gabriels […]
Hanna Gabriels vs Abril Vidal in World Title Clash – UFC Fight Pass will stream By David A. Avila Costa Rica’s queen of boxing Hanna Gabriels returns to the boxing ring but this time she has all of Norther America watching. WBA super welterweight world titlist Gabriels (19-2-1, 11 KOs) defends against undefeated Argentine […]
Marlen Esparza Returns, Naoko and Tsunami and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila Change, can make you want to hustle. Marlen Esparza the NABO flyweight titlist returns to the boxing ring minus a few wrinkles and adding a few new bullets to the arsenal. Houston’s Esparza (6-0, 1 KO) puts it all […]
Possible Female Fights for Second Half of 2019 By Felipe Leon One can say the new wave of female boxing in the United States began in the late summer of 2016 when Heather Hardy’s win over Shelly Vincent was broadcast on NBC Sports. Since then we have seen a resurgence of female boxing […]
Naoko Fujioka vs Tsunami Tenkai in Japan and Female Fight News By David A. Avila A battle of titans takes place in Japan as Naoko Fujioka defends the WBA flyweight world title against Tsunami Tenkai on Friday July 12, in the famous Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. These are Japan’s two best female fighters. Fujioka […]
Franchon Crews Enters the Golden Age and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila Franchon Crews Dezurn grabbed her first fight and win in a year by knockout. Despite holding the WBC super middleweight world title her match against Kayla Williams was a non-title fight and ended by knockout. On most occasions it […]
Mariana “Barby” Juarez Educates Youngster and More Female Fight News By David A. Avila One of the best known fighters in the world, Mariana “Barby” Juarez, showed us why she still also belongs among the top pound for pound lists with a strong performance against one of Mexico’s new wave of fighters. The older […]
Mikaela Mayer Wins in Las Vegas, World Title Next By David A. Avila LAS VEGAS-Mikaela Mayer showed the right stuff in overcoming a slow start against Lizbeth Crespo and successfully defended the NABF super featherweight title by unanimous decision on Saturday. The Mayer right cross was on point. A Las Vegas crowd of more […]