Author Archives: David A. Avila

Jessica McCaskill Out-Brawls Anahi Sanchez for WBA and WBC Titles

Jessica McCaskill Out-Brawls Argentina’s Anahi Sanchez   By David A. Avila Imagine a brutal brawl in a dark alley between two unforgiving warriors and that’s what fans saw as Jessica “Caskilla” McCaskill emerged the winner by unanimous decision over Anahi Sanchez for the WBA and WBC super lightweight world titles on Saturday. After 10 violent […]

Unification Battles: McCaskill, Sanchez, Acuna and Nava

Unification Battles and Other Female Fight News   By David A. Avila Unification, the word, lingers in the air like a cloud of cigar smoke. Next up in the unification battle of female world titlists will be Chicago’s Jessica McCaskill and Argentina’s Anahi Sanchez vying for each other’s super lightweight belts in the USA. And […]

Tiara Brown vs. Angel Gladney on Saturday in D.C.

Tiara “T Baby” Brown Fights Angel Gladney on Saturday   By David A. Avila Tiara Brown puts aside her street protecting duds and returns to the boxing ring against veteran Angel Gladney. Washington D.C. police officer Brown (7-0, 5 KOs) meets Gladney (10-14-1) at the Mystics Sports Arena in D.C. on Saturday May 18. At […]

Female Pound for Pound Rankings by The Prizefighters.com

Top 12 Pound for Pound Rankings and More Female Fight News   By David A. Avila Female prizefighting has taken giant steps in 2019. We have several unification bouts taking place with more to come. The top world champions are willing to face each other and more explosive pairings are yet to come. In this […]

Melissa Hernandez Reloads and More Female Fight News

Melissa Hernandez Reloads and Female Fight News April 29, 2019   By David A. Avila If anyone thought the new wave of young talented fighters coming from the amateur world signals a takeover, just hold on a minute. There are plenty of skilled veterans remaining to remind boxing fans that speed, power and youth are […]

Melissa Hernandez Tops Selina Barrios in Louisiana

Puerto Rican Melissa Hernandez Tops Selina Barrios in Louisiana   By David A. Avila It was old school versus new school and veteran Melissa Hernandez showed a representative of the new wave of fighters Selina Barrios that some lessons still need to be learned. Thirty-nine year old Hernandez (23-7-3, 7 KOs) scrapped off three years […]

Marlen Esparza Returns With a Win

Marlen Esparza Wins NABO Flyweight Title in Southern Calif.   By David A. Avila INDIO, Calif.-Dressed in bright red robes and trunks, Marlen Esparza marched in with her team closely behind into the boxing ring. A year had passed since her last bout, but the former Olympic bronze medalist emerged the winner by decision and […]

Selina Barrios vs Melissa Hernandez

Seliina Barrios vs. Melissa Hernandez and More Female Fight News   By David A. Avila Texas born Selina “Aztec Queen” Barrios travels a rocky path that most professionals with less than two years-experience seldom partake. She fights anybody who wants to fight regardless of record or experience. She doesn’t worry about it. But out of […]

Claressa Shields “the One”

Claressa Shields is America’s Biggest Star and Female Fight News   By David A. Avila The regal coronation ceremony has begun for Claressa Shields the newest addition to the prestigious members of the undisputed club. Now there are two. In female prizefighting’s first true mega fight Shields showed the world with an overpowering performance that […]

Claressa Shields Blazes Past Christina Hammer In Middleweight Showdown

Claressa Shields Blazes Past Christina Hammer and now is Undisputed Middleweight Champion   By David A. Avila Behind a sterling defense Claressa Shields showed the boxing world that she is indeed the undisputed middleweight world champion of the world by handing Germany’s Christina Hammer her first pro defeat on Saturday. It was an undisputed win. […]